Suspect in Charlottesville attack charged with hate crimes

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr., accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist r... CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A reputed Hitler admirer accused of plowing a car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, killing a young woman, was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes in a case that stirred accusations last summer that President Donald Trump was giving a free pass to racists.

House to vote on immigration bill, will kick crisis back to White House

House Republicans moved to kick the migrant crisis created by President Donald Trump back to the White House on Tuesday by scheduling a vote for a broad immigration bill that is unlikely to pass before Congress goes on break, and almost certainly would be a nonstarter in the Senate if it does. After failing to pass a conservative immigration overhaul last week, deeply divided House Republicans faced similar low odds for success as they planned a second vote Wednesday on legislation that would fund a border wall and curb legal immigration programs, as well as provide legal status for so-called Dreamers and keep families together in detention.

Democratic heavyweight loses in New York as Trump picks win

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., Monday, June 25, 2018, for Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. . FILE - In this Saturday, June 23, 2018, file photo, incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, R-N.Y., center left, and former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, right, attend a property tax protest rally with New York State Assembly member ... .

Travel ban ruling stirs dismay among immigrants, advocates

Maryam Bahramipanah is torn between staying with her husband, who came to Michigan from their native Iran, and returning home to see her mother, who suffered a stroke. With the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to uphold President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, she expects that she can't do both.

The Latest: Few visa applicants granted travel ban waivers

The Trump administration has granted waivers to less than 2 percent of visa applicants exempting them from President Donald Trump's travel ban on several mostly Muslim countries. Visitors depart the Supreme Court early Monday, June 25, 2018.

Donald Trump seeks to rally Republicans around border security message for fall midterms

Donald Trump seeks to rally Republicans around border security message for fall midterms Democrats vow to make President Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies and separation of families their issues as well. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2txS26J WASHINGTON - Despite widespread criticism of family separations at the border , President Donald Trump said Tuesday he thought his tough immigration polices would be a winning issue for Republicans in the November midterm elections.

Dan Rather on MSNBC, CNN: Trump Is ‘Reckless,’ ‘Mean as a Wolverine’

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather spent most of Monday night slamming President Donald Trump as everything from "reckless" and "divisive" on MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes to "mean as a wolverine" while a guest on CNN Tonight with host Don Lemon two hours later. While on CNN, Rather asserted: "History is going to not judge well Republicans in Congress and others who don't speak out when their heart, when their conscience tells them that they should.

Travel Ban Ruling ‘Was a Fantastic Fulfillment of…

Former Republican, failed McCain/Palin campaign manager, and MSNBC political analyst Steve Schmidt has been suffering near daily meltdowns over the Trump administration for some time, but the last week has triggered another level of desperation. On Tuesday's Deadline: White House , Schmidt vilely suggested that the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling for the Trump administration "was a fantastic fulfillment of Osama bin Laden's vision" for America in causing "a war of civilization...between the West and 1 billion Muslims."

Low-key Washington insider makes a bid to fix struggling VA

Modest and low-key, Robert Wilkie was hastily dispatched to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs after a furious President Donald Trump fired Secretary David Shulkin amid political infighting at the department. Wilkie wasn't Trump 's first choice to replace Shulkin; his nomination of White House doctor Ronny Jackson withered in the face of late-surfacing allegations of workplace misconduct.

Leak fight nixes Stormy Daniels meet with feds in Cohen case

Stormy Daniels' planned meeting with investigators Monday in the federal probe of President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney was abruptly canceled just hours before it was to start after an ugly, finger-pointing spat between prosecutors and the porn star's lawyer over who tipped off the media to the sit-down. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was supposed to meet with prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan in preparation for a possible grand jury appearance as they work to assemble a case against Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Trump’s clout within GOP on the line in Tuesday elections

President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but he has invested time, energy and political capital in a slate of primary contests across America that will again test his clout within his own party. Voters weigh in on candidates in seven states Tuesday, but the contest that matters most to Trump is South Carolina, where he appeared at a rally to help Gov. Henry McMaster hours before polls opened.

Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim

In this file photo taken on June 26, 2017 protesters with "Today Refuse Fascism" hoist signs at Columbus Circle in New York City prior to a march to Trump Tower to denounce the Supreme Court's reinstatement of large parts of the Trump/Pence travel ban. The US Supreme Court on June 26, 2018 upheld President Donald Trump's controversial ban on travelers from five mostly Muslim countries -- a big victory for the Republican leader after a tortuous legal battle.

House GOP struggles with immigration bill ahead of recess

Struggling to find the votes to pass an immigration overhaul, House Republicans are focusing on a slimmed-down bill to stem the crisis of separating immigrant families at the border. But even that more modest measure has hit uncertainty.

GOP leaders eye new bill on family separations at border

House Republicans say they will make another run at immigration legislation in the coming ... WASHINGTON - Struggling to find the votes to pass a sweeping immigration overhaul, House Republicans are narrowing on a slimmed down bill to stem the crisis of separating immigrant families at the border. But even that more modest measure hit uncertainty Monday.

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A top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee said President Donald Trump is using "inhumane" immigration policies to "gin up" his base. "It's wrong to separate babies, to use cruel, inhumane policies in order to gin up your political base," Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago told "This Week" Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos.