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  • Homeland Security secretary heckled at Mexican restaurant over immigration

    Nielsen has fiercely defended the Trump administration's policy.

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  • Almost $118 billion worth of US homes threatened by rising sea levels: Report

    Thousands of homes are at risk of coastal flooding.

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  • Trump charts immigration strategy with House GOP amid family separation uproar

    President Donald Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol Tuesday.

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  • Republican rep heckled on border crisis: 'What are you going to do for these babies?'

    "Tents and Walmarts?" a heckler yelled. "They're babies!"

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• Jun 19

  • First ladies issue 'damning' denunciation of Trump separation policy: COLUMN

    We’ve never seen the likes of this before.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

    The US withdrew after threatening to do so for more than a year.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Family separation worse than Japanese-American internment camps: Actor George Takei

    Takei and his family were ordered to internment camps during World War II.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • If I'd kept quiet I would have been criticized: Comey on DOJ IG report

    The former FBI Director says he disagrees with, but respects, the criticism.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Senate Republicans buck Trump and back bill to halt immigrant family separations

    "I think we need to fix the problem," Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

    The US withdrew after threatening to do so for more than a year.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Michael Cohen hires new lawyer in ongoing New York criminal probe

    Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, has hired a new lawyer.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Major retailers say they'll phase out paint stripper with chemical linked to deaths

    Advocacy groups have been campaigning for the chemical to be banned.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Comey doesn't agree with IG report but respects the criticism

    "I thought we had it right but ... the Inspector General, the watchdog for the Department of Justice, sees it differently," the former FBI director...

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • All GOP senators want to halt separation of families at border, McConnell says

    "The president says we need to act, the Democrats say we need to act, we say we need to act," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Trump faces GOP rebellion on immigration as midterms loom: ANALYSIS

    GOP lawmakers are concerned about the political fallout ahead of the midterms.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • President Trump digs in on false claim that crime on rise in Germany

    The president has doubled-down on the claim despite facts to the contrary.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Trump launches into free-wheeling defense of 'zero tolerance policy'

    The president blamed Democrats for loopholes causing families to be separated and accused the media of supporting smugglers.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • State Department trolled over 'traveling with kids' tips amid family separations

    "Do you guys just have terrible PR timing," a Twitter user wrote.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Governors won't send Guard units to border if family separation continues

    Trump called for the National Guard to support DHS efforts in April.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Trump digs in on false claim that crime on rise in Germany due to migrants

    The president has doubled-down on the claim despite facts to the contrary.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Rev. Al Sharpton decries separation of immigrant families

    "This bigoted and insensitive policy should end today," Sharpton said.

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Members of Sessions' church accuse him of 'child abuse' on family separation

    United Methodist Church members accuse Sessions of "child abuse, "immorality."

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Senators refute Trump's stance that only Congress can end child separation at border

    "I think that, administratively, the secretary, the attorney general, the president - they can move on this tomorrow," Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski...

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Congress wants to end practice of separating families but is divided on how to do it

    Two House Republican bills will get votes on Thursday.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Advocacy groups mobilize supporters to end 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy

    The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling the Trump policy "insensible."

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Bipartisan group of former US attorneys calls on Sessions to stop family separation

    They say responsibility for family separation is 'squarely' on Sessions.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • Congressman blasts immigration policy, makes emotional plea to GOP

    Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asked his Republican colleagues to "stand up to President Trump."

    Jun 19

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• Jun 19

  • Senate votes overwhelmingly to reverse White House deal with Chinese tech giant

    The vote was a rebuke to the president's deal from earlier this month.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

  • The Note: Trump thrives on immigration divisions

    This might be a reasonable time to expect action from Congress.

    Jun 19

• Jun 18

  • Senate Democrats push back on Trump claim blaming them for family separations

    GOP senator on border separations: This is "not the right thing to be doing."

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Experts say psychological impact of family separation on par with abuse

    The physical conditions in detention centers doesn't make it better, experts say

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Trump directs creation of 'Space Force' as sixth branch of military

    Trump said the new branch would be separate but equal to the Air Force.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • All 5 first ladies speak out against family-separation immigration policy

    Hillary Clinton said it's a humanitarian crisis, and Laura Bush called it cruel.

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • Justice Department IG investigating Comey memos after FBI referral

    IG investigating Comey's handling of possibly classified information.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • President Trump doubles down on immigration amid backlash

    "Crime in Germany is way up," the president tweeted while warning that migrants have "so strongly and violently changed their culture!"

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • Nielsen defends family separation as enforcing the law: 'We will not apologize'

    Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen offered a full-throated defense of the administration's immigration enforcement policies that lead to...

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • Nielsen defends family separation as enforcing the law: 'We will not apologize'

    The DHS secretary and the attorney general spoke to the a sherrifs' convention.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • President Trump doubles down on immigration amid backlash

    President Trump blames Democrats for immigration backlash

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Border crisis roils key campaigns in the battle for Congress

    The controversy at the U.S.-Mexico border is factoring into key midterm races.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Trump directs creation of 'space force' as sixth branch of military

    Trump said the new branch would be separate but equal to the Air Force.

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • Separating families imperils immigrants, Republicans and Trump himself: COLUMN

    Blaming “criminal elements” from Mexico is not being accepted by the country.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Supreme Court puts off weighing in on partisan gerrymandering

    The Supreme Court on Monday put off weighing in on whether gerrymandering is unconstitutional - allowing, for now, maps in Wisconsin and Maryland to...

    Jun 18

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• Jun 18

  • A conservative Republican senator calls for action on 'acute' LGBTQ suicide crisis

    Sen. Orrin Hatch dedicated speech to "young friends in the LGBT community."

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Supreme Court puts off weighing in on partisan gerrymandering

    Supreme Court puts off weighing in on partisan gerrymandering

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • Supreme Court cases to watch as term nears end

    Cases involve cell phone privacy and gerrymandering.

    Jun 18

• Jun 18

  • The Note: Nothing ‘simple’ about crisis stemming from separating migrant families

    The story is quickly becoming a tipping point of national concern.

    Jun 18