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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a point during his speech at the Western Conservative Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Jeff Sessions cracks down on bogus asylum claims

The Trump administration announced a major new crackdown on asylum-seekers Monday, issuing new guidance that saying people trying to claim the special protections must prove they were targeted because of their race, religion, or some other key characteristic.

June 11, 2018
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, left, and National Security Adviser John Bolton look on as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the G-7 summit, Saturday, June 9, 2018, in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: Top economies should drop all tariffs

President Trump proposed a major shakeup of the world's economic order during a summit in Canada this week, suggesting the big economies drop all tariffs and market-distoring subsidies and go to a fully free system of trade.

June 9, 2018
A diverse group gathers on the steps of the Utah state capitol in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, with Comunidades Unidas (Communities United), an organization that says that the Trump administration's plans to end the DACA program is bad for Utah's families and economy. Individuals including "Dreamers" spoke out for Congress to come up with alternative legislation. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) **FILE**

House GOP struggles for answers on immigration

House Republicans emerged from a critical meeting on immigration Thursday to say they are committed to writing a bill that matches President Trump's four pillars of reform -- but didn't make much headway on settling big issues such as whether illegal immigrants will get full citizenship rights.

June 7, 2018
FILE – In this April 20, 2017, file photo, Austin Fire Department Capt. Greg Pope, left, and firefighter Coitt Kessler demonstrate flying a DJI Inspire 1 drone at the Austin Fire Department Training Academy in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File) **FILE**

Security officials plead for new laws to seize, shoot down drones

Attack drones pose a serious and growing threat to the U.S. and the federal government is not prepared to handle it, Homeland Security and FBI officials told Congress on Wednesday, pleading for new laws that would allow the government to seize or even shoot them down.

June 6, 2018
Children detained at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility color and draw, part of the many activities as well as meals and clothing they are provided at taxpayer expense. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant children on border quadrupled in May

The number of children surging across the border illegally quadrupled in May compared with a year ago at the same time, and the number of people traveling as families is up sixfold, according to Homeland Security statistics released Wednesday.

June 6, 2018
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is shown standing while listening as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answers questions from the panel just after President Donald Trump canceled the June 12 summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, citing the "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent statement from North Korea, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senators announce bill to stop Trump tariffs

A bipartisan group of senators struck back against President Trump's new tariffs on U.S. allies, announcing legislation Wednesday that would give Congress a chance to review any new duties before they take effect.

June 6, 2018
Demonstrators supporting the group Border Dreamers and other advocates for an open border policy hold signs while lining a walking bridge inside United States behind Customs and Border Protection officers who are blocking the vehicle entrance to the United States Monday, March 10, 2014, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi )

DACA fix will spur new wave of illegal immigration: ICE chief

Passing a "clean" Dream Act to legalize "Dreamers" will spur a new wave of illegal immigration and create a new population that will need an amnesty 10 or 20 years in the future, the government's chief deportation official said Tuesday.

June 5, 2018