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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kanavanaugh confirmation hearing set for Sept. 4

Republicans said Friday they've scheduled Judge Brett Kavanaugh for a confirmation hearing Sept. 4, moving ahead with a speedy schedule that could still see him confirmed in time to be on the Supreme Court before October.

August 10, 2018
This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter icon on a mobile phone, in Philadelphia. Twitter reports earnings Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Man arrested for offering $500 bounty to kill ICE agents

A Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday on charges of offering a $500 bounty on Twitter to anyone who killed an ICE agent -- the latest in a series of horrific threats aimed at the immigration law enforcement amid the ongoing deportation debate.

August 9, 2018
Republican U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins, center, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves federal court, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in New York. Rep. Collins of western New York state has been indicted on charges that he used inside information about a biotechnology company to make illicit stock trades (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Chris Collins arrested after insider trading allegation

The FBI arrested Rep. Chris Collins Wednesday on charges of insider trading after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of passing on secret information about a failed clinical test to his son, who dumped 1.3 million shares of stock in a pharmaceutical company.

August 8, 2018
In this July 26, 2018, photo, visa applicants wait to enter the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. Data analysis by the Center for Migration Studies shows that about 5.5 million illegal immigrants since the year 2000 came to the U.S. legally but overstayed their visas. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) **FILE**

Visa overstays present wrinkle in immigration issue

More than 400,000 people came to the U.S. on legal visitor visas in 2017 but were still here six months after their time was up, the government said in a new report Tuesday detailing the less-talked about side of illegal immigration.

August 7, 2018
FILE - This April 2, 2017 file drone photo shows the U.S.-Mexico border fence on the outskirts of Nogales in southern Arizona. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

Illegal immigrant ‘family’ nabbed after man found to have raped girl

A woman turned her juvenile daughter over to a sexual predator to sneak them both into the U.S. in exchange for getting the mother a job, Homeland Security officials said Tuesday, detailing one of the horrific abuses that migrants are able to make of the immigration system.

August 7, 2018