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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, arrives for a private meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kavanaugh hearings likely to push to September

Judge Brett Kavanaugh may not be on the Supreme Court for the start of the justices' new term in early October, a key senator signaled Tuesday, suggesting a slightly slower schedule than some Republicans had hoped for.

August 1, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell charged the committees with evaluating sanctions legislation against Russia and to recommend additional measures that could respond to or deter Russian malignant behavior. (Associated Press)

GOP focused on avoiding government shutdown

Congressional Republicans on Tuesday brushed off President Trump's threats of a government shutdown over border wall funding, saying that while money for the wall is important, they're not going to let it send Congress into partisan gridlock.

July 31, 2018
From left, Customs and Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief Carla Provost, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Executive Associate Director of Enforcement And Removal Operations Matthew Albence, Federal Health Coordinating Official for the 2018 UAC Reunification Effort Cmdr. Dr Jonathan White, and Executive Office for Immigration Review Director James McHenry III, testify as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top health official warned feds against family separations

A senior government health official had warned the Trump administration against any policy that would lead to immigrant family separations after crossing the border illegally, and was assured no such plan was in the works -- only to see the Justice Department announce the zero-tolerance policy anyway.

July 31, 2018
FILE - In this March 8, 2018, file photo, Paul Manafort, left, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, walks with this wife Kathleen Manafort, as they arrive at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va. Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Paul Manafort will remain in jail during trial, court rules

Paul Manafort will remain behind bars while he fights two separate prosecutions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding a district court judge's decision that Mr. Manafort tried to tamper with witnesses in the case against him.

July 31, 2018
Immigrants described hunger, cold and fear in a voluminous court filing about the facilities where they were held in the days after crossing the border. Advocates fanned out across the southwest to interview more than 200 immigrant parents and children. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant court complaint: Bad food, chill, disease

Illegal immigrant families are furious at the treatment they received after being detained at the border, complaining of bad burritos, cold soups, being forced to drink water out of toilets and contagious disease outbreaks that have swept through the facilities.

July 29, 2018
Samuel Cazun, of Guatemala, right, waves to his family at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport before reuniting with his father Edvin after being separated about a month ago at the southern border after they crossed the Rio Grande into the United States, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Hebron, Ky. Edvin said they were separated at the "detention" and he spent 15 days without knowing anything about his son. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Judge: Border family reunification ‘has been completed’

The judge overseeing the chaos from President Trump's zero-tolerance border policy gave the government good marks for its efforts to reunify families, saying that for the parents the government has control over "that process has been completed."

July 28, 2018
In this Jan. 25, 2017 photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a press conference where sanctuary cities, which don't arrest or detain immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and Chicago violence, two issues raised by President Donald Trump, were discussed in Chicago. A federal juge on July 27, 2018 ruled in the city's favor, saying the Trump administration overstepped its bounds by withdrawing police grants. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File) **FILE**

Chicago beats Trump in sanctuary-city challenge

The Trump administration suffered another legal defeat on its sanctuary city crackdown after a judge Friday permanently blocked the government from retaliating against Chicago's sanctuary policy by stripping police grant money.

July 27, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., attends a news conference following a GOP caucus meeting, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP: Trump is willing to wait on wall funding

President Trump is "willing to be patient" in waiting for more funding for his border wall, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday, suggesting there won't be any new money in the pipeline at the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.

July 26, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., attends a news conference following a GOP caucus meeting, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan dismisses impeachment push for Rod Rosenstein

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan threw cold water Thursday on the new effort to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, saying the move could even end up hurting the chances of confirming President Trump's Supreme Court nomination.

July 26, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks on the opioid and fentanyl crisis, Friday, July 13, 2018, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Feds bust illegal immigrants on ID fraud

More than 20 illegal immigrants have been charged with document and benefit fraud, officials announced Thursday, after a Boston-based sweep designed to crack down on the means many illegal immigrants use to live and remain in the U.S.

July 26, 2018