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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump admin. claims victory as travel ban set to expire

President Trump is preparing to add more countries to his six-nation travel ban executive order -- though he'll likely impose lesser penalties such as additional traveler screening on them, administration officials said Friday.

September 22, 2017
In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

DOJ backs former Sheriff Arpaio, tells judge to erase conviction

The Trump administration renewed its defense of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, telling a federal judge that not only has the lawman been pardoned, but that his original conviction needs to be stripped from the record altogether.

September 21, 2017
Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival demonstrated in front of the White House against President Trump’s order to phase out protections for immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children. (Associated Press/File)

DACA denial rate doubles under Donald Trump administration

The Homeland Security Department has doubled the rate of denials of Dreamers' amnesty applications, according to numbers released Wednesday that suggest the administration had been taking a harder line even before President Trump's announcement this month that he would phase out the DACA program altogether.

September 20, 2017
While President Trump's claims of millions of fraudulent votes have not been substantiated, Philadelphia's data shows fraudulent voting happens — contradicting claims by voting rights activists that it is so rare as to not be worth investigating. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Philadelphia finds hundreds of illegal voters

Hundreds of non-citizens were registered to vote in Philadelphia over the last decade, and at least 90 of them actually ended up casting ballots that should never have been allowed, City Commissioner Al Schmidt said Wednesday, adding more fuel to complaints of bogus voting in U.S. elections.

September 20, 2017
Lisa Jackson, vice president of Environmental Initiatives at Apple Inc., speaks at the PUSHTech2020 Summit Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) ** FILE **

Lisa Jackson, Ex-Obama EPA chief, blasts Trump transparency

Former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who used a secret email alias during her time at the agency, lashed out Tuesday at the Trump administration for destroying the agency's credibility by being "non-transparent."

September 19, 2017
In this July 6, 2017, file photo, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio leaves the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Angie Wang, File)

Judge in Joe Arpaio case skeptical of erasing conviction

The federal judge handling former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's case signaled Thursday she's not inclined to erase his conviction from his record -- though she did seem inclined to accept the pardon President Trump gave.

September 15, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she is thinking about sensors, drones and access roads for border security, but President Trump is sticking with his demand for a wall. (Associated Press)

Dreamer chain migration would grow immigrant number

Granting citizenship rights to 700,000 Dreamers really means giving a foothold in the U.S. to perhaps 1.5 million other future immigrants, according to analysts who urged Congress to weigh the implications fully before pressing ahead with a mass legalization program.

September 14, 2017
A family walks by a wall covered by a symbol from the Mara Salvatrucha, of MS-13 gang in Ilopango, El Salvador, on Aug. 21, 2014. In communities across El Salvador, the Mara Salvatrucha and their arch-rivals, the 18th Street Gang, are de facto rulers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) **FILE**

House approves crackdown on MS-13, other immigrant gangs

The House approved a bill Thursday to speed up deportation of immigrants deemed to be part of gangs, calling it a critical step in trying to stem the rise of MS-13 and other violent transnational criminal organizations whose violent reach is increasing.

September 14, 2017