For days, President Trump and his top administration officials were unwilling to unilaterally reverse the separation policy. But images of young children housed in metal cages set off an international outcry that reached the White House.
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Analysis Make no mistake: The administration just admitted its arguments were bogus and that it overplayed its hand.
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The president this week likened Hispanic immigrants to vermin, warned they would “pour into and infest our country,” and said parents crossing the southern border with their children were poised to commit crime and murder. For him, this language is not new.
In early-morning tweets, Steve Schmidt, a vocal critic of President Trump, urged voters to elect Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections.
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GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Richard Burr joined Democrats in rebuffing the package of cuts.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum amid bipartisan criticism.
The lawsuit adds a new layer of intrigue to a company already consumed with production pressures and internal suspicions about a conspiracy.
Church officials announced that McCarrick has been credibly accused of abusing a teenager in New York decades ago — and that he had faced three earlier allegations of sexual misconduct with adults.
World Cup 2018
Julieth Gonzalez Theran, who said she only wants to talk about soccer “systems and strategy,” was doing a live shot when a stranger ran up to her and interrupted.
The acclaimed drama had already featured scenes of rape, torture and death, but the latest episode included one of the show’s most disturbing scenes ever.
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