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Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., center, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, flanked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, respond to the Justice Department's internal 18-month review of the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2018. While the report faulted former FBI Director James Comey for being "insubordinate" and breaking protocols in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation during the 2016 presidential election, it also concluded there was no evidence that Comey was motivated by political bias. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jerrold Nadler: ‘Asterisk’ on Trump’s election after IG report

The inspector general's report faulting former FBI Director James Comes for his handling of the 2016 campaign-season investigation into Hillary Clinton "puts an asterisk" on President Trump's victory, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee said.

June 15, 2018
In this Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

California sanctuary policies prompt manslaughter, rape convicts’ release

Deportation officers arrested 162 people in the Los Angeles area this week in a new action aimed at one of the country's most notorious sanctuary city areas. Nearly a third of those arrested had been in local custody before but were released under sanctuary policies, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

June 14, 2018
In this June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey reacts during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

James Comey was ‘insubordinate,’ FBI wracked by leaks in 2016 campaign probe

Fired FBI Director James B. Comey was "insubordinate" and a top agent's political bias might have skewed the bureau's focus on candidate Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton in the waning days of the 2016 presidential race, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report that cast shame on the storied bureau.

June 14, 2018
FBI Director Christopher Wray visits the Louisville FBI field office to share remarks and take a few questions, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 in Louisville, Ky. (Sam Upshaw Jr./Courier Journal via AP)

FBI orders bias training for employees after latest embarrassing emails

The FBI will make its employees undergo bias training, Director Christopher A. Wray promised Thursday, after a devastating report found the bureau made bad decisions, has a culture of leaking sensitive information, and may have skewed campaign-season decisions because of bias.

June 14, 2018
James Comey. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Report to ding James Comey for hurting FBI’s reputation

Fired FBI Director James Comey damaged the bureau's aura of impartiality during the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, the Justice Department inspector general will say in a new report Thursday, according to Bloomberg.

June 14, 2018
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Thomas Homan, front, shakes hands with mounted Border Patrol agents during a news conference along the border Monday, May 7, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

U.S. clears more asylum cases than it receives in May

The government is making headway on the asylum backlog for the first time in years, clearing more cases in May than it received, as officials finally think they have hit on ways to tamp down on people abusing the system as a backdoor method of illegal immigration.

June 13, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions from reporters following a closed-door GOP meeting on immigration without reaching an agreement between conservatives and moderates, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018. Ryan says party leaders will try crafting a compromise that follows President Donald Trump's immigration proposals. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Ryan says Trump will sign GOP’s new immigration bill

President Trump would sign Republicans' new immigration plan, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday, saying they wrote legislation that matches his "four pillars" approach of combining legalization for "Dreamers" with limits to both illegal and legal migration in the future.

June 13, 2018
FILE - In this March 30, 2015, file photo, marines of South Korea, right, and the U.S aim their weapons near amphibious assault vehicles during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing military exercises as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between the two countries in Pohang, South Korea. On May 16, 2018, North Korea abruptly cancels a high-level meeting with the South and threatens to cancel the summit with U.S. President Donald Trump too in protest over U.S.-South Korean military exercises. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

U.S.-South Korean military exercises still on: GOP senator

Any final deal President Trump signs with North Korea should come to Congress for ratification as a treaty, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, adding his powerful voice to the calls for Congress to weigh in.

June 12, 2018
"The Senate is saying loudly and in a bipartisan fashion that the president is dead wrong to back off on ZTE," said Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s ZTE deal poised for Senate rollback

The Senate appears poised to take the first major step to rein in President Trump's trade policies, after senators struck a deal Monday on a measure that would block his plans for dealing with Chinese telecom firm ZTE.

June 11, 2018
Polling workers mill about an empty voting location at the University of Cincinnati on Nov. 7, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court gives OK to states to clean voting rolls

States have a legal duty to clean up their voter rolls, the Supreme Court said Monday in a decision upholding Ohio's particularly proactive approach to deleting people it suspects have moved out of a district.

June 11, 2018