Donald Trump Jr. heads to Capitol to explain 2016 meeting

President Donald Trump's oldest son is scheduled to make his first appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday as part of a Senate investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and a meeting he had with Russians during his father's campaign last year. Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed by staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is one of three congressional committees investigating the meddling and possible Russian links to his Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Ohio’s Sen. Sherrod Brown Denounces Trump’s DACA Decision

Brown says he wishes President Trump would have followed his healthcare-related campaign promises rather than one that "didn't make a lot of sense." Ohio's Democratic U.S. senator is criticizing President Trump for his decision to end the DACA program , which allows young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to remain.

15 States, DC Sue Trump Administration Over Plans to Scrap DACA

Fifteen states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration to stop plans to end the program that keeps young undocumented immigrants from deportation. They argue that the decision to scrap the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is unconstitutional because it would deny those affected the due process of law against arbitrary punishment.

Dreamers: The best of this nation

In deciding to phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protected the children of immigrants who came to the United States illegally, Trump built in a six-month grace period before deportations could begin. He has called on Congress to act on a replacement before that happens.

Trump, Democrats make debt deal

President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington.

.com | House passes $7.9bn Harvey aid bill

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm, as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package - likely the first of several - to the Senate in hopes of sending the bill to President Donald Trump before dwindling federal disaster reserves run out at the end of this week.

Fake Russian accounts bought targeted Facebook ads during 2016 campaign

This sign, posted outside Facebook headquarters in 2011, depicts the symbol with which users give their approval to each others' posts. Now Facebook has disclosed that a Russian company linked to a Kremlin intelligence operation bought sponsored ads targeting voters during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Feinstein introduces bill to help deported Oakland nurse and

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, left, says goodbye to Maria Mendoza-Sanchez after meeting with Mendoza-Sanchez and her family at the Sanchez home about their deportation order August 10, 2017 in Oakland, Calif. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, left, says goodbye to Maria Mendoza-Sanchez after meeting with Mendoza-Sanchez and her family at the Sanchez home about their deportation order August 10, 2017 in Oakland, Calif.

House overwhelmingly passes $7.9 billion Harvey aid bill

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package - likely the first of several - to the Senate in hopes of sending the bill to President Donald Trump before dwindling federal disaster reserves run out at the end of this week.

15 states, DC sue Trump administration over ending DACA

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation -- an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country." The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of New York.

15 states, D.C. sue Trump administration over ending DACA

Dreamers from left; Isaac Montiel, 28, of NYC, Monica Camacho, 23, of Bethesda, Md., and Cynthia Toyco, 33, of Rogers, Arkansas, hold their pictures, during the House and Senate Democrats, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.

Fifteen states, D.C. sue Trump administration over plan to end DACA

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia on sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation - an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country." The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of New York.

Trump sends Marino’s drug czar nomination to Senate for confirmation

President Trump has forwarded to the Senate his nomination of Pennsylvania Congressman Thomas A. Marino to be the next drug czar. Marino's can be confirmed by a simple majority of the Senate, said Daniel C. Bucheli, press secretary for the office on National Drug Control Policy.

Minneapolis demonstrators protest end of immigration program

Several hundred people rallied in downtown Minneapolis against President Donald Trump's decision to wind down the program that protects young immigrants who were mostly raised in the U.S. but lack legal status. Demonstrators marched and carried signs late Tuesday in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA.