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

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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.

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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.

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

    Colleen Kraft details her visit to a Texas facility.

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Trump signs executive order ending family separation policy at US-Mexico border

    "It's about keeping families together," Trump said.

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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

• Jun 20

  • 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...

    Jun 20

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• Jun 20

  • House GOP voting Thursday to end family separation

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

    Jun 20

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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...

    Jun 20

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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

• Jun 20

  • Global outcry grows against Trump border policy

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

    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.

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Former Trump aide mocks migrant with Down syndrome

    Corey Lewandowski is facing backlash after he mocked the story of an immigrant girl with Down syndrome in a Fox News interview about the current...

    Jun 20

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• Jun 20

  • The Note: Trump standing virtually alone

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

    Jun 20

• Jun 20

  • Homeland Security secretary heckled at Mexican restaurant over immigration

    Nielsen has fiercely defended the Trump administration's policy.

    Jun 20

• 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.

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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.

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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