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US senator meets with Venezuelan president, jailed Utah man

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, to travel to Washington. Trump spent the holiday weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his club in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Homeland secretary unclear on Trump vulgarity

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Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, speaks at a news conference as he visits students of Year Up Chicago, a one-year long job training program that provides low-income young adults, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Chicago. The senator present at a White House immigration meeting says President Donald Trump used vulgar language to describe African countries, saying he "said these hate filled things and he said them repeatedly." (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Durbin says GOP senators are trying to ‘rescue’ White House over offensive comment

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President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump goes after the Dem who surfaced his immigration remark

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President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, to travel to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump defends vulgar remarks while partly denying them

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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, to discuss their bipartisan Dream Act, which would allow young immigrants who grew up in the United States to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually American citizenship. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sen. Dick Durbin insists Trump used vulgarity to describe African countries

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Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Democrat, told reporters on Jan. 12, 2018, that it is "painful" to hear President Trump refer to "chain migration" because African slaves were once shackled and shipped overseas. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

Trump mocks Durbin’s lecture on ‘painful’ term ‘chain migration’: ‘Good line’

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Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, is negotiating for a solution with Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who has been among his party's most liberal members on immigration. (Associated Press/File)

Senators to pursue immigration deal over Trump’s objections

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FILE - This May 8, 2017, file photo shows an aerial view of Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Environmentalists have sued the administration of President Donald Trump seeking to pry loose details of its plan to shrink some national monuments and open the protected areas to more resource development. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Zinke says Democrats holding Interior nominees ‘hostage’

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Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat. (Associated Press/File)

Sen. Dick Durbin blames Chicago’s gun violence on Indiana’s gun laws

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Duplicitous Durbin Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

When Democrats try to impose a ‘religious test’

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A person holds up a sign in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, and Temporary Protected Status programs during a rally in support of DACA and TPS outside of the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump's administration will &quot;wind down&quot; a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared Tuesday, calling the Obama administration's program &quot;an unconstitutional exercise of authority.&quot; (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lindsey Graham says Trump’s decision on DACA is a ‘defining moment’ for Republicans

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Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., left, speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the minority whip, before doing TV news interviews at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Durbin: Health insurance debate will start when GOP bill dies

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Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat. (Associated Press/File)

Durbin: Rosenstein was ‘duped’ into writing reason for Comey’s firing

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This April 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago shows several guns that were stolen by street gangs from a train stopped in Chicago. The guns had been en route from New Hampshire weapon maker Sturm, Ruger &amp; Co. to Spokane, Wash. The photo entered into evidence in the April 2017 trial of one suspect in the case. Norfolk Southern that operates a rail yard in a high-crime part of Chicago where thieves stole 150 guns in recent years says in a letter to Sen. Dick Durbin it has implemented new measures to thwart gun thieves. (U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago via AP)

Railroad says it’s taken steps to thwart Chicago gun thieves

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Sen. Durbin treated for irregular heartbeat

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Durbin calls for findings from Cairo public housing probe

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Durbin prompts medical, dental schools to combat drug crisis

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Durbin hesitant on some Trump Cabinet nominees

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Durbin, Sessions discuss federal probe into Chicago police

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