Trump, stumping in Nevada, makes immigration a central midterms issue for GOP
President says Democrats “just want to use this issue - and I like the issue for [the] election, too.”
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Numb to outrage, Republican voters feel a deepening bond to Trump
Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is now about 90 percent.
Congress' record on immigration is repeated failures
The legislative futility has created an opening for aggressive presidents, Democratic and Republican, who have acted unilaterally in setting policy.
Backed up by data, a border city asks Trump: What border crisis?
News analysis: Unauthorized crossings along the border with Mexico have sharply declined over the past two decades, according to government data.
Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention
Immigration authorities on Friday issued a notice that they may seek up to 15,000 beds to detain families.
US House candidate who beat Sanford seriously hurt in wreck
State Rep. Katie Arrington underwent surgery for her injuries and was recovering Saturday at a Charleston-area hospital, said Arrington spokesman Michael Mule.
He stole the identity of a dead 8-year-old. Police now want to know what he was hiding from.
Robert Ivan Nichols, a veteran of the war in the Pacific, took his own life in 2002, leaving behind a complex mystery.
A giant wave of plastic garbage could flood the US, a study says
China has been the world’s largest importer of scrap such as plastic since 1992, But it is finding that a huge volume of the plastics are mainly single-use items that are low in quality and value when recycled.
Supreme Court rules that a warrant is needed for government to access cell tower records
The Supreme Court on Friday put new restraints on law enforcement's access to the ever-increasing amount of private information about Americans available in the digital age.
Saboteur or whistleblower? Battle between Elon Musk and former Tesla employee turns ugly, exposing internal rancor
The showdown has exposed a deep rancor in a tech giant that has become infamous for its head-turning cars, high-pressure workloads - and Musk, its unyielding boss.
Melania Trump shocked some with her Zara jacket - but statement clothing is in vogue
Just as the controversy of her husband’s immigration policies had begun to cool off, first lady Melania Trump touched off a new backlash.
Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and intellectual provocateur, dies at 68
His syndicated Washington Post column championed neoconservative thought and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Pentagon will make room for up to 20,000 migrant children on military bases
Three bases in Texas and one in Arkansas have been considered as part of the proposal.
GOP immigration bills backed by Trump appear headed for defeat
House Republican leaders abruptly postponed a high-stakes vote Thursday on GOP immigration legislation that appeared headed to defeat, despite President Donald Trump's last-minute lobbying.
Trump directs U.S. agencies to reunite families at border
There were some early signs that prosecutors at the border with Mexico were showing more leniency.
US military expecting repatriation of troop remains from North Korea in coming days
North Korean officials have said they have the remains of about 200 U.S. service members that they have recovered since the active conflict with the United States ended in 1953.
Melania Trump visits migrant children at Texas detention center
The trip was intended to lend support to those children who remain separated from their parents, said Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's spokeswoman.
Fewer births than deaths among whites in majority of U.S. states
The Census Bureau has projected that whites could drop below 50 percent of the population around 2045, a relatively slow-moving change that has been years in the making.
Koko, the beloved gorilla that learned to use sign language, has died
The Gorilla Foundation said the 46-year-old celebrity ape - a western lowland gorilla - died in her sleep this week at the organization's preserve in Northern California.
Supreme Court rules that states may require online retailers to collect sales taxes
More than 40 states and the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a 1992 decision that restricts states from collecting sales tax from retailers without a physical presence in those states.