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Sen. Chuck Schumer. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer: Don’t vote on new justice until next year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised the country Wednesday that a new justice will be confirmed to the Supreme Court this fall, setting out an ambitious goal for himself to approve a key seat with the narrowest of majorities.

June 27, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., center, accompanied by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., right, speaks with reporters following a closed door policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer shoots down calls to abolish ICE

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer shot down suggestions to abolish ICE, saying Wednesday that the government's top deportation agency does things that are "very much needed."

June 27, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration judge accused of anti-GOP behavior

President Trump has been complaining over the last week about immigration judges -- and on Wednesday his complaints were bolstered by a federal watchdog who accused one judge of actively promoting Hillary Clinton during a 2016 deportation trial.

June 27, 2018
Protestors carry signs and chant slogans in front of Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Immigrant-rights advocates asked a federal judge to order the release of parents separated from their children at the border, as demonstrators decrying the Trump administration's immigration crackdown were arrested Tuesday at a rally ahead of a Los Angeles appearance by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Dem states sue to stop family separations

Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to step in and officially put an end to family separations at the border.

June 26, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, about the $1.3 trillion spending bill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Federal debt to reach $100 trillion: CBO

The government is now staring at $100 trillion in total debt, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, chronicling the disastrous trajectory of federal fiscal health.

June 26, 2018
An immigrant child holds bag from Homeland Security as he arrives at the bus station after being processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Friday, June 22, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Feds tell courts not to get involved in family separation issue

The Trump administration begged the courts Tuesday not to wade into the border family separation crisis, saying the government should be given time to work out what it's going to do about more than 2,000 children who were taken from their parents after the zero-tolerance policy.

June 26, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., Monday, June 25, 2018, for Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump says travel ban ruling is ‘tremendous victory’

Vindicated by the Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling upholding his travel ban policy, President Trump called it a "tremendous victory" and a rebuke to the "hysterical commentary" from anti-Trump critics who'd accused him of religious hatred and racism.

June 26, 2018
Protesters hold up signs and call out against the Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump's travel ban outside the the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban

President Trump's travel ban policy is both legal and constitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, delivering a massive victory to the White House and dashing hopes of Democrats and activists who hoped the justices would join the resistance.

June 26, 2018
Protesters and media gather outside a closed gate at the Port of Entry facility, where tent shelters are being used to house separated family members, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Fabens, Texas. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an order to stop the separations. Justice Department lawyers are working on a legal challenge to allow families to be detained longer than 20 days. (AP Photo/Matt York)

White House says DHS ‘out of resources’ to prosecute families

The administration poked holes in its own zero-tolerance immigration policy Monday after the man who oversees the Border Patrol said they are no longer prosecuting illegal immigrant parents and the White House said they are out of resources to hold them anyway.

June 25, 2018