President Trump expanded a travel ban to include additional countries, bringing the total number of fully restricted nations to 27.

President Donald Trump, early Wednesday, signed a proclamation significantly expanding the US travel ban, increasing the number of countries with full or partial entry restrictions from 19 to 39.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said she recommended to Mr. Trump “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies....