The Department of Homeland Security announced this week it will waive labor and procurement rules to speed up construction of President Trump's border wall, as the department rushes to build as much as possible before Mr. Trump's self-imposed end-of-year deadline. Published February 22, 2020
Immigrant-rights activists are on a winning streak against the Trump administration in the deserts of Arizona -- and they have a 1990s-era religious freedom law to thank for it. Published February 22, 2020
The Russian government is trying to boost Sen. Bernard Sanders' presidential campaign, according to a report the candidate appeared to confirm Friday -- though he vehemently denounced the effort. Published February 21, 2020
ANALYSIS: Sen. Bernard Sanders appears to have hit a ceiling of support, with polls and early results showing him struggling to top 30% of the vote in most states. Yet that may still be more than enough to win the Democratic nomination this year. Published February 20, 2020
Pete Buttigieg accused Sen. Amy Klobuchar of being complicit in the Trump administration's child separation practice because she voted to confirm his border chief, who went on to promote the Zero Tolerance border policy, and voted for judges he claimed were anti-immigrant. Published February 19, 2020
Michael R. Bloomberg forged a campaign juggernaut by breaking all the usual rules, shunning retail politics and ignoring the first primary-season contests. He has yet to collect a single convention delegate. Published February 19, 2020
President Trump hit a new high approval rating in yet another opinion survey Wednesday, with Emerson College Polling showing him with a 48-44 split, a net-positive 4-point rating. Published February 19, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it will waive labor and procurement rules to speed up construction of President Trump's border wall, as the department rushes to build as much as possible before Mr. Trump's self-imposed end-of-year deadline. Published February 18, 2020
Sen. Bernard Sanders brags about his ties to working people, so it was a particularly harsh shot Tuesday when a California union blasted his idea to have the state take over a large power utility and said they were more disappointed he never ran the proposal by the workers. Published February 18, 2020
Immigrant-rights activists are on a winning streak against the Trump administration in the deserts of Arizona -- and they have a 1990s-era religious freedom law to thank for it. Published February 17, 2020
To immigration officials they were tourists. To the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, they were "full-time workers," ready to be sent out onto the streets to beg for money to keep church leaders living in luxury. Published February 16, 2020
The Justice Department unleashed a legal assault on sanctuary jurisdictions across the country this week, filing a new round of civil lawsuits asking judges to overturn the policies, and warning state and city officials they could soon face their own criminal charges for harboring illegal immigrants. Published February 15, 2020
The slogan in the 1970s was ERA Now. But what happens when it's ERA Later, in a time of the rise of the transgender rights movement and shifting societal definitions of sex and gender? Published February 15, 2020
Homeland Security is sending elite Border Patrol teams to assist ICE in tracking down and deporting people from sanctuary cities, The New York Times reported Friday, marking a major escalation in President Trump's battle with communities that shield illegal immigrants. Published February 14, 2020
A woman whose 92-year-old grandmother was slain in a sanctuary city-related killing blamed New York City Friday for her death, and praised President Trump for fighting the city to end the policy. Published February 14, 2020
Border Patrol agents chanted "four more years" as President Trump spoke to them at the White House Friday, taking a victory lap over ongoing construction of his border wall. Published February 14, 2020
Three leaders of a Philippines-based church were charged this week with a massive immigration scam that authorities said saw them entice immigrants to come to the U.S., fool Homeland Security into admitting them, then sending them out on the streets to beg for money. Published February 13, 2020
The Pentagon informed Congress Thursday it will siphon another $3.8 billion from its accounts to build President Trump's border wall, as he rushes to get as much construction done as possible before the end of the year. Published February 13, 2020
The House pushed through a bill Thursday to remove a four-decade-old deadline on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, brushing aside Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's caution that they're barking up a dead tree. Published February 13, 2020
Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday accused YouTube of censoring his speech from the Senate floor last week about the impeachment trial -- a speech in which he mentioned a name some believe to be the whistleblower who ignited the investigation into President Trump. Published February 13, 2020
