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First lady Melania Trump has waded into the emotional controversy over policies enacted by her husband's administration that have increased the number of migrant children being separated from their parents. Mrs Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said the first lady believes "we need to be a country that follows all laws", but also one "that governs with heart".
Democrats expanded their campaign Sunday to spotlight the Trump administration's forced separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S. border, trying to compel a change of policy and gain political advantage five months before midterm elections. Against a notable silence on the part of many Republicans who usually defend President Trump, Democratic lawmakers fanned out across the country, visiting a detention center outside New York City and heading to Texas to inspect facilities where children have been detained.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, from right, D-Ore., speaks to the media along with fellow Democratic lawmakers Sen. Chris Van Hollen, center, of Maryland., Rep. David Cicilline, of Rhode Island, and Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, on June 17, 2018. Sen. Jeff Merkley, from right, D-Ore., speaks to the media along with fellow Democratic lawmakers Sen. Chris Van Hollen, center, of Maryland., Rep. David Cicilline, of Rhode Island, and Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, on June 17, 2018.
New York's 19th Congressional District stretches from the wealthy enclaves of Rhinebeck and the tie-dye world of Woodstock across the Catskill Mountains to the struggling dairy farmers near Cooperstown. In this enormous district, seven Democrats are competing in the primary on June 26 to challenge Representative John Faso, a first-termer who is considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is planning to join with immigrant families to protest the decision by federal authorities to separate children from their parents as families arrive at the nation's southern border. The Connecticut Democrat is calling for the end of what he called an inhumane practice being conducted as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
Senator Susan Collins refuses to pick a side on the Trump/Miller "tearing kids away from their asylum-seeking parents and placing them in concentration like detention centers" debate. In this clip, she is pseudo-defending the Trump policy...while also kind of not.
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday railed against companies claiming to sell the benefits of sunscreen in a pill form, arguing the method is not effective against sun damage and should be taken off the shelves. Schumer said several companies sell such pills, falsely promising protection against UVA and UVB rays.
There is literally no logic in obsessing over what a Congressional candidate believed in decades ago if that candidate has fully disavowed the views they held decades ago. People evolve , and what they believe in 2018 is far more important than what they believed in 1998.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - In Minnesota's surprise race to fill Al Franken's former Senate seat, the two women running tell their own versions of a familiar story.
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani dismissed President Donald Trump's misstatements and untruths on Sunday, but he admitted that lying breaks one of the Bible's Ten Commandments. During an interview on CNN, host Jake Tapper noted that Trump had lied about his role in crafting a statement to deny that his son met with a Russian lawyer to get "dirt" on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2018. The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party's most animating issues __ and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost the party control of the House in November.
Larry Hay's Army tour in Vietnam was a half century ago, long before he married Margaret, his wife of 34 years. "When he goes to bed at night, he goes back to hell.
On 6/19, we're partnering with Huffington Post for a LIVE Q&A at 2pm ET to answer your questions on Facebook Live. FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington.
President Trump "will visit North Dakota on June 27 to campaign with GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer, a trip that could go a long way toward extinguishing tensions between the White House and the Senate hopeful," Politico reports.
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America's first ladies, current and former, have weighed in on the "zero tolerance" policy that is separating families seeking asylum in the United States. What the first ladies have to say about 'zero tolerance' immigration policy America's first ladies, current and former, have weighed in on the "zero tolerance" policy that is separating families seeking asylum in the United States.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, left, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, arrive to testify as the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the ro... . Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, left, and FBI Director Christopher Wray arrive to testify as the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the rol... .
Something is terribly wrong when a U.S. senator can't get into a facility that is filled with federal detainees, as happened June 3 when Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., arrived at the Southwest Key center on Texas Highway 48 in Brownsville. Victoria Palmer with Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families said Merkley arrived unannounced.
A possible U.S. Senate vacancy in Arizona would be temporarily fil... . FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington.