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The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Feds spent $1 trillion last month

The federal government spent $1.1 trillion last month, shattering the record for the highest monthly spending ever, and sending the deficit soaring to $2.7 trillion so far this fiscal year, the Treasury Department reported Monday,

July 13, 2020
In this June 3, 2020, file photo, demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. It’s rare for public opinion on social issues to change sharply and swiftly. And yet in the wake of George Floyd’s death, polling shows dramatic movement in Americans’ opinions on police brutality and racial injustice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Democrats bring ‘Defund’ movement to Capitol Police

Democrats from Seattle to New York are working to cut their police budgets, but not on Capitol Hill, where the House -- controlled by Democrats -- is moving ahead with a budget that freezes but doesn't trim any funding for the U.S. Capitol Police.

July 12, 2020
President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Trump was returning from a visit to nearby Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House clarifies Trump’s remarks on DACA, immigration

The White House played clean-up Friday after President Trump suggested he was working on an executive order that would attempt to grant citizenship rights to "Dreamers," saying Mr. Trump is actually talking about two different issues.

July 12, 2020
In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo people rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) **FILE**

Business leaders warn Trump not to mess with DACA

Leaders of some of the country's biggest companies signed a letter Saturday urging President Trump not to make a new attempt at revoking the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty, saying it would be a significant disruption to lose those employees during the coronavirus recovery.

July 11, 2020
This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Tax audits plummet amid IRS budget cuts

Budget cuts have hollowed out the IRS's enforcement abilities, leaving tens of billions of dollars in money that's owed to Uncle Sam and could have been collected, had Capitol Hill ponied up, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

July 8, 2020
Demonstrators chant and hold signs, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami. Immigrant rights groups are protesting conditions at ICE detention centers due to the potential spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

ICE dinged for broken showers, bungled treatment of detainees

Homeland Security's inspector general found problems at all four ICE detention facilities where it conducted unannounced visits last year, including one that didn't document why it sent some migrants into segregation, and another that failed to check up on migrants often enough, heightening risk of suicide.

July 7, 2020
In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers transfer a man in handcuffs and ankle cuffs onto a van during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

House Democrats announce cuts to Border Patrol, ICE

It's not "abolish ICE," but House Democrats took their best shot Monday, announcing a bill to slash the Department of Homeland Security's deportation operations by 25%, blocking new hiring of Border Patrol agents and trying to erase dozens of miles of President Trump's border wall.

July 6, 2020
President Donald Trump greets visitors as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House during a "Salute to America" event, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Manufacturers warn recovery could falter without more immigration

President Trump's coronavirus immigration pause could stunt the recovery by preventing key managers from multinational companies from being able to come into the U.S. to get their operations moving again, the National Association of Manufacturers warned Monday.

July 6, 2020