Beto O’Rourke to march to Tornillo tent city for immigrant children

U.S. Rep Beto O'Rourke announced he is leading a march on Father's Day to the tent camp that is housing immigrant children in Tornillo. O'Rourke, who is currently running against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, sent an email out announcing the march, which will start at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at 18051 Island Guadalupe Rd. He also posted about the march on Twitter.

Jay-Z, Beyonce release surprise album ‘Everything Is Love’

In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. Jay-Z and Beyonce have released a joint album that touches on the rapper's disgust at this year's Grammy Awards and features a shout out from their daughter Blue Ivy to her siblings.

Republicans worry new immigration proposal will spark conservative backlash

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 GOP control of the House in November. To many conservatives, the compromise immigration proposal released this past week by House Speaker Paul Ryan , R-Wis., is little more than "amnesty."

The Latest: Wyden: Immigration policy ‘makes zero sense’

The Latest on a visit by Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation to a federal prison where immigrants from Latin America are being held : Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation visited a federal prison where immigrants from Latin America have been transferred and blasted the Trump administration for separating parents from children. Sen. Ron Wyden said Saturday afternoon that "what we saw over the last hour demonstrates that the Trump 'zero tolerance' policy makes zero sense and shows zero understanding of American values" Around 120 immigrants from Mexico and Central America are reportedly being held at the prison, located 20 miles northwest of Salem, the state capital.

Father brushing daughters hair in bathroom

CONNECTICUT Percentage of Kids Younger than 18 with Dad Present Living in Poverty Rank: 2 out of 51 Source: WalletHub CONNECTICUT Percentage of Kids Younger than 18 with Dad Present Living in Poverty Rank: 2 out of 51 Source: WalletHub In today's world where foregoing a paycheck is often not an option, many parents work outside the home while raising their kids. Two-thirds of family households depend on two incomes, according to financial site WalletHub.

Trump Taps Kraninger for Consumer Protection Post

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kathy Kraninger, associate director of the Office of Management and Budget, to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which seeks to prevent financial abuses to consumers. In a statement Saturday, the White House said Kraninger would continue the efforts of the current CFPB chief, Mick Mulvaney, to scale back the agency's regulatory ambitions while continuing efforts to keep financial fraud in check.

Suburb plans for driverless vans to ease traffic

Just this month, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a driverless van began shuttling students and staff the one-mile round trip between a research complex and a distant parking lot and bus stop. In Las Vegas, an autonomous van launched last year, taking curious passengers on a three-block loop between a downtown retail park and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Kim Kardashian West to Jerry Brown: Test the DNA of Kevin Cooper

Kim Kardashian West, coming off her a recent a success in getting President Trump to pardon a grandmother serving a life sentence, has taken to Twitter to ask California Gov. Jerry Brown to give San Quentin death row inmate Kevin Cooper the DNA tests he has been denied, tests which could prove his innocence. a Cooper has been imprisoned for 34 years for a a savage crime he insists he did not commit-the slaughter of chiropractors and Arabian horse breeders Doug and Peggy Ryen, both 47, their 10-year-old daughter Jessica, and her 11-year-old friend Christopher Hughes, in 1983.

Blues Brothers’ Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy Dies

Matt "Guitar" Murphy, guitarist for the Blues Brothers and noted sideman for blues legends like Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim, died Friday at the age of 88. A veteran of the legendary Chicago blues scene of the Forties and Fifties, Murphy worked alongside artists ranging from Ike Turner and Etta James to blues musicians like James Cotton, Willie Dixon and Sonny Boy Williamson.

Congressman: Youth shelter reflects flawed immigration plan

A Republican congressman from Texas who toured a tent-like shelter for hundreds of minors who entered the country illegally said Saturday the facility is a byproduct of a flawed immigration strategy. U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said the shelter near the Tornillo port of entry in far West Texas will house about 360 boys who are 16 and 17. The teens began arriving Friday, the same day Hurd toured the shelter, he said, noting that they're being moved from other shelters to make way for younger immigrant children taken into custody at the border.

New directive in Mexico takes aim at immigrants fleeing gang violence

The MS-13 gang made Jose Osmin Aparicio's life so miserable in his native El Salvador that he had no choice but to flee in the dead of night with his wife and four children, leaving behind all their belongings and paying a smuggler $8,000. Aparicio is undeterred by a new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions declaring that gang and domestic violence will generally cease to be grounds for asylum.

Despite cancer, McCain’s maverick ways press on in tweets

Sen. John McCain's legacy was thrust into focus nearly one year ago when he announced his brain cancer diagnosis. The six-term Senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran is now fighting the illness from his beloved Arizona, and filling the role of one of the few Congressional Republican voices to publicly rebuke Trump administration decisions.

Hallelujah! Macron and Italian PM Conte Back Eu Asylum Centers in African Nations

French President Emanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte backed a plan for EU asylum centers in AFRICAN NATIONS! Italy and France have jointly expressed support for EU "asylum centres" to be set up in countries where many migrants begin their journeys to Europe. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris after a days-long row over the fate of the rescue ship Aquarius.