SCOTUS and sales taxes

Texas stands to gain hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that states may force online retailers to collect sales tax even when they have no physical presence in the state. Every year, Texas loses $1.1 billion in uncollected sales tax, according to the Texas comptroller's office - well over the $800 million the state will spend securing its southern border this year and next.

Kushner: Mideast Peace Plan Due Soon, With or Without Abbas

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser said in an interview published Sunday that the administration will soon present its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, with or without input from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In an interview published in the Arabic language Al-Quds newspaper, Jared Kushner appealed directly to Palestinians and criticized Abbas, who has shunned the Trump team over its alleged pro-Israel bias, particularly on the fate of contested Jerusalem.

Senator Cruz introduces legislation for more border judges – World News with Matt Bevan

Last week, under immense public pressure, Donald Trump said they would stop separating families in immigration detention centres and create family detention centres instead to keep them all together. Former Presidential candidate, Senator Ted Cruz says they need to almost double the number of border judges, from 400 to 750, in order to speed up processing.

Turkey’s Erdogan Claims Presidential Election Victory

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory after unofficial election returns Sunday showed him with enough votes to serve another term that carries new executive powers. "The nation has entrusted to me the responsibility of the presidency and the executive duty," Erdogan said in televised remarks from Istanbul after a near-complete count carried by the state-run news agency gave him the majority needed to avoid a runoff.

Amid anguish, Mpls. police shooting investigation begins

Video : Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo urged patience as the BCA takes up the investigation of Thurman Blevins's fatal shooting. About 300 people gathered Sunday afternoon at the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct headquarters on Plymouth Avenue N. to grieve and protest in the wake of Saturday night's fatal police shooting of a 31-year-old black man.

‘Ready, fire, aim’ – critics see pattern to Trump’s approach

Maybe it's not so easy after all. President Donald Trump's struggles to push immigration legislation through Congress and his about-face on breaking up immigrant families are putting a spotlight on his competence in carrying out his policies.

Trump wants to send undocumented immigrants back without hearings: What we know now

President Donald Trump pressed his case for cracking down on undocumented immigrants on Sunday, tweeting that "zero tolerance" is fair and gives preference to those who "legally wait their turn." He tweeted: "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country."

‘We’re here’: Thousands in rainbow colors make a statement at New York City’s Gay Pride parade

NEW YORK Thousands of people clad in rainbow colors marched Sunday through Greenwich Village and up Fifth Avenue for the annual Gay Pride parade, a massive celebration of LGBTQ identity. One of this year's grand marshals is tennis legend Billie Jean King, along with transgender advocate Tyler Ford and the civil rights organization Lambda Legal.

Trump’s GSE plan: Familiar solution, familiar problems

Since not long after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were seized by the government a decade ago, policymakers have been circling the same idea for how to revamp the housing finance system. Broadly speaking, that plan would privatize the two government-sponsored enterprises while providing an explicit federal backstop for the mortgage market.

James Lankford says Trump administration knows ‘where every single child is’

Sen. James Lankford , Oklahoma Republican, insisted Sunday that the administration knows where "every single child is," refuting reports that agencies have lost track of some children recently separated from their border-crossing families. "These are career professionals that work with HHS and that work with DHS and Customs and Border Patrol and ICE," said Mr. Lankford .

Elijah Cummings blames Donald Trump for political climate after Red Hen boots Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Rep. Elijah Cummings , Maryland Democrat, is certainly no fan of the Trump administration , but he said Sunday that the Red Hen owner should have served White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders . "As far as the restaurant incident, I think the restaurant owner should have served her.