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President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting with Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under President Richard Nixon, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump not personally under investigation, top senators say

President Trump was correct when he said he wasn't personally under investigation in the FBI's Russia election meddling probe, two key senators said Thursday, though both of them said the government owes the public a better explanation of what's going on.

May 11, 2017
In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rod Rosenstein’s firing memo faces questions as Democrats demand recusal

Key Democrats are questioning the memo Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote justifying the ouster of FBI Director James B. Comey, saying it doesn't sound like the kind of document someone with the lawyer's long experience would craft -- and saying it's more evidence for why he should recuse himself from probing President Trump.

May 11, 2017
President Trump appointed Kansas Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach to join Vice President Mike Pence in leading a commission to study voter fraud and suppression. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump signs order creating voter-fraud panel

President Trump established a commission Thursday to study voter fraud and suppression, tapping Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach to lead an effort that is drawing fire even before its first meeting.

May 11, 2017
Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York (left), Sen. Christopher Murphy of Connecticut (second from left) and Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon addressed the media after a Democratic policy luncheon on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

James Comey’s firing stops Washington business

Washington ground to a halt Wednesday as Democrats exploded over the firing of FBI Director James B. Comey, laying out a list of demands they said must be met before President Trump and Congress regain a sense of normalcy.

May 10, 2017
In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dems now say deputy attorney general also tarnished by FBI firing

Senate Democrats said Wednesday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whom most of them voted to confirm just weeks ago, has now been tainted by this week's firing of FBI Director James Comey and can no longer be involved in deciding the next big steps in the Russia probe.

May 10, 2017
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., ranking member on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, second from right, accompanied by, from left, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, subcommittee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 8, 2017, during the subcommittee's hearing: "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate Democrats cancel VA oversight to protest Comey

Democrats shut down most action in the Senate on Wednesday, saying they were retaliating for the firing a day earlier of FBI Director James Comey, forcing the cancellation of a number of important hearings.

May 10, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks to members of the media about healthcare, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mitch McConnell accuses Dems of hypocrisy on Comey firing

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Democrats are being hypocritical in complaining about FBI Director James Comey's firing a day earlier, saying they lodged many of the same complaints about him that the Justice Department cited as reasons for the ouster.

May 10, 2017
In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, photo then-FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. President Donald Trump abruptly fired Comey on May 9, ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an investigation into whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's election meddling.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

James Comey fired as FBI director

President Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey on Tuesday, saying the country's top law enforcement agency had lost the public's trust, but sparked a new round of questions over why he ousted the man leading an investigation into his campaign operatives' ties to Russia.

May 9, 2017
In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017, photo, a Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies at a low altitude over the U.S.-Mexico border fence near the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Illegal immigration across southwest border down 70 percent under Trump

Illegal immigration across the southwestern border is down a stunning 76 percent since President Trump was elected, with the flow of children and families dropping even faster as analysts say the administration's commitment to enforcing the law has changed the reality along the border.

May 9, 2017
Senior Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins is one of three judges appointed by President Clinton who is hearing the Trump administration's appeal of Hawaii's so-far successful challenge to the president's travel ban that targets six predominantly Muslim countries. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ campaign remarks in legal question

The administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to look beyond President Trump's campaign statements about Muslims and defer to his judgments as president, hoping to revive his executive order on refugees and travelers from six majority-Muslim countries.

May 8, 2017
Protestors chant in Terminal B at the Newark International Airport prior to addressing the media, in Newark, NJ., Thursday March 16, 2017. A diverse group of advocates and immigrant New Jerseyans gathered to condemn Trump's updated travel ban. (Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Advance Media via AP)

Judges struggle with ‘taint’ from Trump’s Muslim ban comments

Federal appeals court judges questioned President Trump's motives in signing his extreme vetting executive orders in oral argument Monday, wondering whether his own words suggesting he was singling out certain religions for special treatment have poisoned the entire exercise.

May 8, 2017
In this Aug. 9, 2012, file photo, people are detained for being in the country illegally and are transferred out of the holding area after being processed at the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Tucson, Ariz. The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally has changed little since the Great Recession began, dropping to 11.1 million in 2014 from 11.2 million in 2012 and 11.3 million in 2009, according to a study released Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, by the Pew Research Center. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Human Rights Watch: Immigrant detainees’ deaths preventable

More than a third of the immigrants who died while being held in U.S. detention were given substandard health care, contributing to their deaths, human rights groups charged in a new report being released Monday that demands major changes in the detention system.

May 8, 2017

Texas governor signs ban on so-called ‘sanctuary cities’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed a law targeting so-called "sanctuary cities" that allows police to ask about a person's immigration status and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with federal authorities.

May 7, 2017
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington in this March 24, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Greg Abbott signs Texas anti-‘sanctuary city’ law

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the country's toughest anti-sanctuary city law Sunday, moving not only to fine jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents but even threatening jail time for the sheriffs or police chiefs who refuse to cooperate.

May 7, 2017