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President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking, a Politico report says. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday afternoon to discuss the rollout of a decision likely to ignite a political firestorm - and fulfill one of the president's core campaign promises.
President Donald Trump is expected to end a program that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children -- so-called "Dreamers" -- from deportation, four sources familiar with the decision told CNN. Two of the sources said the plan is to have a six-month delay in any action regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to allow Congress time to pass a fix through legislation that would allow the undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.
Sen. Lamar Alexander speaks on Capitol Hill. Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and receive no government help for premiums are facing another year of double-digit premium increases and frustrations are boiling over.
US President Barack Obama, with his letter to Donald Trump, is seen before leaving the White House for the final time. In the final minutes of his time in the Oval Office, just before he left for his successor's inauguration, US President Barack Obama slipped a handwritten letter inside the top drawer of the Resolute desk.
Sen. Luther Strange and former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore spent Labor Day weekend trying to rally voters ahead of this month's critical GOP runoff for a U.S. Senate seat. Strange and Moore face off in the Sept.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans return to work this week facing enormous pressure to achieve major policy victories and fulfill such basic acts of governance as providing disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, avoiding a default on the nation's debt and keeping federal agencies open. On Sunday, a proposal from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to attach recovery aid to legislation raising the nation's borrowing limit quickly drew objections from conservative lawmakers.
In this Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, file photo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington. During a CNBC interview, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, Mnuchin avoided a direct answer when asked whether he supported the decision made by the Obama administration to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the 19th century African-American abolitionist who was a leader in the Underground Railroad.
Recently re-elected Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri thinks it's a mistake to oppose President Donald Trump, according to an interview Sunday. "It's not a mistake to disagree when you disagree," he said on NBC's "Meet The Press."
The Senate returns to Washington in September preparing to take up a massive defense policy bill led by Sen. John McCain as the Arizona Republican returns to Congress following his first round of treatment for brain cancer. The chairman of the Senate armed services committee, McCain will lead debate on the National Defense Authorization Act, one of the few remaining "must-pass" pieces of legislation that would authorize $700 billion in Pentagon spending and set a wide swath of military policy.
Recent polling has revealed who the least popular, most unfavorable lawmakers are on Capitol Hill. A Harvard-Harris poll last week gave the top honor to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Eddie Murphy's concert movie, 'Raw' featured a bit where he talked about guys that have seen 'Rocky' movies and come out of the theater thinking they can beat anybody up. He directed it in part at Italians, but it applies to almost any guy.
President Donald Trump condemned North Korea's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb in a series of tweets Sunday morning, calling Pyongyang's words and actions "hostile and dangerous" and saying "talk of appeasement will not work." "North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test.
Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of double-digit premium increases, and their frustration is boiling over. What they pay is tied to the price of coverage on the health insurance markets created by the Obama-era law, but these consumers get no protection from the law's tax credits, which cushion against rising premiums.
The protester who was arrested for laughing during Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing had her case thrown out by a judge. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Amberia Allen, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you how she's not out of the woods yet.
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After the 2016 U.S. presidential race was subject to Russian cyber meddling, analysts say the ferocity of more recent assaults is a preview of what could be coming in the 2018 elections, when Republicans will be defending their control of both chambers of Congress. "They haven't stood still since 2016," said Ben Nimmo, a senior fellow in information defense at the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council in Washington, which tracked the activity.
After four years of civil war marked by brutal attacks on civilians, the United States is reviewing its support for South Sudan, USAID administrator Mark Green told the country's President Salva Kiir in talks in the capital Juba. WAU, South Sudan: After four years of civil war marked by brutal attacks on civilians, the United States is reviewing its support for South Sudan, USAID administrator Mark Green told the country's President Salva Kiir in talks in the capital Juba.
Federal prosecutors have filed a court document denying they or the FBI made inquiries into former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock's sex life when investigating whether he misused government and campaign funds. Lawyers for Schock, who has been indicted on charges of diverting these funds for personal use, said in August that investigators asked inappropriate questions, including whether Schock is gay.
Harvey has scrambled the equation for Congress as lawmakers return to Washington Tuesday. . In this Feb. 27, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, following their meeting wit... The expected crush of interviews, subpoenas and testimony this fall underscores both the broad scope of the Russia probes and the certainty that they will shadow Trump's presidency for months or even years.