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Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, talks about the "broken" immigration system on Monday, June 18, 2018, at a news conference at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. He was headed home from a visit Monday to the California-Mexico border.
Nevada congressional representatives as well as candidates running for key offices weighed in on the issue of children of undocumented immigrants being separated from their parents as part of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" crackdown on immigration. "Senator Heller doesn't support separating children from their families, and he believes that this issue highlights just how broken our immigration system is and why Congress must act to fix it."
US Republican and Democrat lawmakers parties have criticized the deal with Chinese telco ZTE to allow it to go back into business. Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida tweeted that ZTE "is a much greater national security threat than steel from Argentina or Europe," a reference to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, 85 yeas to 10 nays Monday, and in the legislation included language that would ban from conducting business in the United States. The Senate measure reverses an agreement by the Trump administration to allow ZTE to resume buying component parts from U.S. companies.
JUNE 12: A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center for possible separation.
President Donald Trump has again hit out in the escalating political crisis over the forced separation of migrant children and parents at the US-Mexico border. Former first lady Laura Bush has called the policy "cruel" and "immoral" while GOP Sen Susan Collins expressed concern about it and a former adviser to Mr Trump questioned using the policy to pressure Democrats on immigration legislation.
The FBI is determined to not repeat any of the mistakes identified in a harshly critical watchdog report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Director Chris Wray told lawmakers at a congressional hearing Monday at which he repeatedly sought to distance himself from his predecessor. Wray said the FBI accepted the findings of the Justice Department inspector general report and has begun making changes, including about how the bureau handles especially sensitive investigations.
Rand Paul's neighbor-turned-attacker is headed to federal prison, but some critics aren't happy with the sentence . Rene Boucher was sentenced to 30 days in jail last week for tackling the Kentucky senator, knocking him off his lawn-mower and breaking his ribs last year.
Has anyone fact-checked U.S. Rep. Kay Granger's "estimated savings" for families? She failed to mention which income level will take home the most money. Does anyone really think that a $2,000 increase in take home pay is going to make a significant improvement in the standard of living for a family of four making $73,000? Children are being ripped from the arms of their parents on our southern border, and politicians on both sides are saying this is not right and not America.
Senator Maria Cantwell , ranking member of the Senate energy and natural resources committee, and Senator Richard Burr have launched a 100-day campaign to #SaveLWCF. Senators Cantwell and Burr along with fellow members of the House and Senate will highlight the looming expiration of LWCF on September 30th, unless Congress acts to #SaveLWCF.
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sat in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz announced emergency legislation Monday evening to keep immigrant families together after they cross the border into the United States.
It's Democrats who wrote the laws, President Donald Trump argued, trying to explain why his administration is OK with the practice of separating families of undocumented immigrants at the border. "Congress could fix this tomorrow," DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in the administration's defense at the White House Monday.
The Senate on Monday approved a defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for the military and would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. The Chinese company is accused of violating trade laws by selling sensitive technologies to North Korea and Iran. The Trump administration announced a deal with ZTE earlier this month, but Senate leaders have sought to reverse it by tucking a provision into the must-pass defense package.
The Trump administration on Monday defended its hardline immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border as furor grew over the separation of immigrant parents and children, including video of youngsters sitting in concrete-floored cages. Democrats blasted such treatment as "barbaric," while a few of President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans also voiced concern as the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives moved toward voting later this week on two pieces of immigration-related legislation.
A group of eight House Republicans has asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to give them the names of FBI employees mentioned in last week's report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation, some of whom were portrayed as anti-Trump. The letter said the lawmakers were "grateful" for Horowitz's work in compiling the report, but added that they were requesting the names "in the interest of justice and transparency."
President Trump is taking intense criticism from high-profile conservatives for his administration's policy of separating families at the border. And this week is likely Congress's last realistic chance before the midterms to take action on immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
In May, the Revolving Door Project and over 30 other organizations urged Senate Democrats to push for strong progressives for the leadership positions at key financial agencies allocated to Democrats. Democrats now have a chance to demonstrate that they have become the party of the people by whom they choose for open leadership positions at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation .
Former Mexico President Vicente Fox, who calls himself a soldier in the global campaign to legalize marijuana, is joining the board of directors of venerable cannabis publication High Times to advance his agenda. Speaking with The Associated Press about his views on cannabis and his new appointment, Fox said he foresees a day when a robust legal marketplace will produce new jobs and medicines while sharply reducing cartel violence in his home country.
Two candidates in a Republican primary runoff for a congressional race in central Mississippi agree on many big issues, including their overall support for President Donald Trump. Michael Guest and Whit Hughes are both cautious in any criticism of the man in the White House.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would not allow the United States to become a "migrant camp" as his administration faced a barrage of criticism for separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats and some in Trump's own Republican Party have admonished the administration for dividing nearly 2,000 children from their parents between mid-April and the end of May. Medical professionals have said the practice could cause lasting trauma to children.