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FILE - In this May 15, 2017 file photo, protesters wave signs and chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, rejected the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the United States under the president's travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the U.S. should not be prevented from coming to the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Supreme Court to hear Trump travel ban case

The Supreme Court said Friday it will take up the latest version of President Trump's travel ban, and in particular asked to hear arguments on whether the president showed illegal animosity toward Muslims.

January 19, 2018
President Donald Trump reacts on seeing visitors to the White House as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, to board Marine One helicopter for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. en route to Bedminster, N.J., for vacation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Major report finds ‘chaos’ in Trump’s first travel ban

Homeland Security was "caught by surprise" when President Trump issued his first travel ban last January, the department's inspector general said in a new report Friday that details the chaotic first days after the inauguration last year.

January 19, 2018
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (right) easily ushered the spending bill through his chamber with enough Republican votes, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are now in a shutdown showdown. (Associated Press/File)

GOP challenges Schumer to avoid shutdown

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, who is threatening a government shutdown over immigration, opposed that exact strategy five years ago, saying in 2013 that it would be "governmental chaos" to threaten a shutdown over his own demands for immigration reform.

January 18, 2018
Jeff McNamara wears a Trump campaign hat as he waves a U.S. flag during an anti-abortion rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, in Denver, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

GOP demands probe of ‘abortion bonds’

Two Republicans in Congress are asking the government's chief watchdog Thursday to investigate how many abortion clinics have tapped taxpayer money in the form of tax-exempt bonds to fund their operations.

January 18, 2018
The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Republicans, Democrats agree on need for earmark spending

In a Capitol growing ever more fractious, Republicans and Democrats managed to forge bipartisanship Wednesday on one of the few things they can all agree to: returning to the days of pork-barrel, or earmark, spending.

January 17, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to reporters about efforts to avoid a government shutdown this weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Donald Trump’s approval key to immigration deal

The Senate won't vote on an immigration deal unless it has President Trump's support, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday, effectively dooming the Gang of Six bill even before a bipartisan group of lawmakers officially introduced it.

January 17, 2018
Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Associated Press) **FILE**

ICE strikes deal with Florida sheriffs to hold illegal immigrants

More than a dozen Florida sheriffs announced a deal Wednesday that will allow them to hold illegal immigrants wanted by the federal government for deportation, in a key test case for cities and countries eager to cooperate but worried about legal problems associated with helping the Trump administration.

January 17, 2018
President Donald Trump listens to Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn DACA program

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal directly to the Supreme Court to approve President Trump's decision to phase out the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, hoping to cut corners and get the justices to quickly overturn a lower court's ruling.

January 16, 2018
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, "The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available." (Associated Press)

DHS asked prosecutors to charge sanctuary city leaders

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts.

January 16, 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 **

Trump can’t extend March 5 DACA deadline: DHS chief

President Trump does not have the legal authority to extend the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty beyond the March 5 phaseout deadline he set, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Tuesday.

January 16, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, says President Trump's plan has "zero" chance of success. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump blames Democrats for shutdown showdown

President Trump laid the groundwork Monday to blame Democrats if the government careens into a partial shutdown at the end of this week, saying their decision to turn their back on him in ongoing negotiations is a recipe for failure.

January 15, 2018