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President Donald Trump, joined by Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, left, and Brooke Rollins, right, President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, points to media before speaking during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

El Salvador lodges protest over Trump remarks

El Salvador lodged a protest with the Trump administration Friday, saying President Trump insulted the country when he reportedly made derogatory comments about the nation in a closed-door meeting a day earlier.

January 12, 2018
President Donald Trump greets Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., second from left, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right, as they meet to discuss immigration in the Roosevelt Room in the White House, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Washington. Also pictured is Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lindsey Graham, Dick Durbin immigrant deal falls short of Trump demands

The immigration proposal senators presented to President Trump on Thursday fell far short of what the president has said is needed for him to sign a bill, offering only a small downpayment on the border fence and just a small debt in the chain of family migration.

January 11, 2018
Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jane Moe, fourth illegal immigrant teen, demands abortion

Another illegal immigrant teen went to court Thursday to demand the government facilitate her access to an abortion, adding to the pressure on a judge to declare teen girls a legal class deserving of special protections.

January 11, 2018
President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference with Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump undercuts intelligence community ahead of critical vote

President Trump undercut his own administration's push to renew government snooping Thursday when he said the Obama administration used those intelligence collection powers to monitor his own communications during the campaign.

January 11, 2018
Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, left, speaks to a rally of people in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges, outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Supreme Court debates deletion of names off Ohio’s voter rolls

Supreme Court justices battled Wednesday over how to interpret the confusion surrounding a 1993 motor-voter law and what steps states need to take before ousting someone from their voter lists, as a national debate rages over how far states can go to clean up their rolls.

January 10, 2018
"Dreamers," people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and other supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, listen as lawmakers speak at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP offers get-tough approach to DACA debate

Key House Republicans announced a new DACA-fix bill Wednesday that offers some of the strictest enforcement provisions on the table, saying any new legal status for Dreamers must be coupled with a crackdown on sanctuary cities and new workforce checks to stop businesses from hiring illegal immigrants.

January 10, 2018
A supporter of President Donald Trump challenges police officers and a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program during a rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) ** FILE **

White House, Dems say judge’s shock ruling won’t derail DACA talks

A federal judge's shock ruling ordering President Trump to reinstate the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty shook the immigration debate Wednesday, erasing the Jan. 19 deadline Democrats had insisted on for action -- though all sides said they still want to get a deal done soon.

January 10, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump endorses return to earmarks

President Trump urged Congress on Tuesday to consider returning to the practice of earmarks, saying pork-barrel spending might be the only way to get Republicans and Democrats to cooperate in Washington.

January 9, 2018