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Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego in June 2016. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an arm of the Organization of American States, has said it will fight against President Trump's immigration plans. The group has accused him of fostering an “enormous human rights crisis."

GOP says border wall funds should come from immigrants in U.S.

A group of House Republicans on Thursday introduced the first major bill to fund President Trump's border wall, saying the government could collect billions of dollars by imposing a 2 percent fee on all the money Mexicans and other immigrants send back home.

March 30, 2017
President Trump is working with Mick Mulvaney (left), director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and other members of his team to prepare for a government shutdown in case Congress can't reach a budget deal by the end of the week. (Associated Press/File)

Debt to double over next 30 years, economy sputtering: CBO

The federal government will run a $5 trillion deficit three decades from now, the Congressional Budget Office predicted Thursday, saying nearly 30 percent of the country's economy will be consumed by Washington's spending.

March 30, 2017
Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said that his officers will not work with federal agents to enforce immigration policies by turning over illegals. Commissioner Davis said his officers won't even ask the legal status of those they encounter while on patrol. (Associated Press)

Sanctuary cities now number 150; Baltimore added to list

Homeland Security added dozens of jurisdictions to its latest name-and-shame list of sanctuary cities, released Wednesday, including Baltimore, where the police commissioner has said officers would not work with federal agents to enforce immigration laws.

March 29, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., in this Friday, March 3, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Trump cancels census sexual orientation questions for 2020

The Trump administration canceled plans to probe Americans for their sexual orientation in the 2020 Census, nixing efforts by congressional Democrats who'd wanted a better picture of the country's increasingly complex family and sexual dynamics.

March 28, 2017
President Donald Trump, accompanied by from left, Vice President Mike Pence, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, speaks at EPA headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, prior to signing an Energy Independence Executive Order. Trump signed an executive order aimed at moving forward on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama's plan to curb global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump to sign bill rolling back internet privacy protections

The White House signaled Tuesday that President Trump will sign a controversial bill rolling back Obama-era internet privacy rules, drawing the ire of online advocates who said he is failing his first major drain-the-swamp test by allowing broadband companies to sell users' personal browsing histories.

March 28, 2017

Drug scouts for cartels would be sent to prison under proposed bill

Mexican cartels for years have stationed scouts on hilltops inside the U.S., acting as spotters for smugglers trying to sneak by the Border Patrol to get drugs or illegal immigrants into the country — and the government has been hard-pressed to find ways to stop them.

March 27, 2017
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. House Republican leaders want to shift more than $2 billion in Medicaid costs from upstate counties to the New York State government. The provision would help mostly Republican-controlled counties that have struggled to subsidize Medicaid payments for the poor. New York City wouldnt get the same relief.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Republicans reschedule Obamacare showdown vote for Friday

President Trump's team delivered a final ultimatum to House Republicans Thursday night, saying they'll make one more round of changes to the health bill, then hold a final vote -- and if it fails, they're done.

March 23, 2017