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  • New Zealand prime minister becomes 2nd world leader in modern era to give birth

    Jacinda Ardern and her baby girl are expected to leave the hospital on Friday.

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  • Threshold for harmful chemicals in drinking water lower than thought: Study

    The study caused a controversy after reports the government delayed its release.

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  • Colbert calls out Trump for 'falsely insisting' he couldn't help immigrant kids

    Trump said he was confident that the order would make "a lot of happy people."

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• Jun 21

  • What's next for children already separated from their families?

    It's unclear how parents and children will be reunited.

    Jun 21

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  • Donald Trump on people from 'other countries': 'We're sending them the hell back'

    The president is doubling down on his hardline immigration approach.

    Jun 21

• Jun 20

  • Congressional panel respond to 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy

    Panelist says immigration policy is a 'flagrant violation' of human rights

    Jun 20

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  • Trump holds campaign rally in Minnesota

    The president spoke to his supporters hours after signing an executive order on immigration.

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• Jun 20

  • Democrats Merkley, Van Hollen say port of entry asylum process being 'slow-walked'

    The senators say undocumented immigrants seeking asylum are being turned away.

    Jun 20

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  • Lawmakers struggle to agree on immigration fix ahead of House votes Thursday

    House votes are expected on two measures while Senate talks continue.

    Jun 20

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  • Senate Dem accuses GOP of delaying Pruitt oversight hearing until August

    Senators want to question the EPA chief about investigations into his conduct.

    Jun 20

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  • Obama administration 'flat-footed' as Russians meddled in 2016 election: Senate panel

    Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee agreed.

    Jun 20

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  • For some Christian voters in Oklahoma, medical marijuana is a 'moral issue'

    Some Christian voters view it as an immoral step in the wrong direction.

    Jun 20

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  • Toddlers at a 'tender age' facility were 'traumatized,' doctor says

    Colleen Kraft details her visit to a Texas facility.

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Trump signs executive order to end policy of separating children from parents

    President Donald Trump signed the order after defending his zero-tolerance policy despite condemnation from GOP lawmakers.

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• Jun 20

  • Some GOP Senate hopefuls betting on Trump's immigration gamble

    GOP candidates from West Virginia to Wisconsin are pinning blame on Democrats.

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• Jun 20

  • Nevada Dem says Trump using kids as 'bargaining chips': Powerhouse Politics

    Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto spoke to ABC's Powerhouse Politics podcast.

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Michael Cohen resigns from RNC committee post, sources say

    Cohen is the president's longtime confidant and former personal attorney.

    Jun 20

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  • Immigration backlog exceeds 700,000 cases and rising

    More federal judges and prosecutors rush to the southern border.

    Jun 20

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  • What are 'tender age' shelters?

    Trump has announced that he will sign "something" to keep families together.

    Jun 20

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  • Trump signs executive order he says will keep immigrant families together

    The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action.

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Russian trolls are meddling in US immigration controversy, a top GOP senator says

    The administration is under political fire for its "zero tolerance" policy.

    Jun 20

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  • Trump to sign executive order on family separation

    President Donald Trump announced the order, which a source says will not end the zero-tolerance policy, just days after saying it's not possible to...

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• Jun 20

  • GOP aims at stopping family separation with immigration votes Thursday

    Speaker Ryan is "hopeful" bills will pass, but the GOP currently lacks votes.

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy

    British Prime Minister Theresa May, who will welcome President Trump next month on his first visit to the United Kingdom as president, blasted the...

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• Jun 20

  • Kids separated from families get better care than a lot of American kids do: Sessions

    The attorney general made the comments in an op-ed responding to crtitics.

    Jun 20

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  • Global outcry grows against Trump border policy

    The president said Wednesday that he would act to end the family separations.

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• Jun 20

  • SPECIAL REPORT: Trump says he will act to keep families together

    The president's move comes amid growing outrage over the practice and on the eve of House votes Thursday to address the immigration problem.

    Jun 20

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• Jun 20

  • Trump says he will sign 'something' soon to keep immigrant families together

    The president has been under pressure to take unilateral action.

    Jun 20

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• Jun 20

  • Former Trump aide Lewandowski mocks immigrant child with Down syndrome

    The former campaign manager made sarcastic comments about the girl on Fox News.

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• Jun 20

  • The Note: Trump standing virtually alone

    President Donald Trump has grown used to creating his own realities.

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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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• Jun 19

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

    Thousands of homes are at risk of coastal flooding.

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

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

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

    Jun 19

• Jun 19

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

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

    Jun 19

• 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

• Jun 19

  • Debate over Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy heats up

    ABC News' political analysts break down the latest on the immigration policy.

    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

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  • 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.

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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

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  • 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...

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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.

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