Congressional Republicans began to break Thursday with the Trump administration over its zero-tolerance border policy, saying that while they respect the goal of enforcing the…
House OKs bill requiring electronic data on foreign packages to help fight opioid crisis
The House approved a bill Thursday to give the government a better chance to weed opioids such as deadly fentanyl out of mail coming in…
Report: Lt. Gov. bought condo from lobbyist below value
ATLANTA (AP) – A leading Republican candidate for Georgia governor reportedly bought a downtown Atlanta condominium from a lobbyist at what appeared to be a…
Donald Trump to impose tariffs on China
President Trump is ready to slap tariffs on nearly $50 billion in Chinese goods, according to reports, reigniting fears of a trade war between the…
House immigration vote snafu enrages activists
Immigrant-rights groups are vowing to punish House Republicans in the midterm elections after moderates were unable to secure a vote on a generous amnesty for…
Court-appointed monitor says children being treated well in border detention facility
Sen. Jeff Merkley upended the immigration debate earlier this month after he visited a border detention facility in Texas and described maltreated children stowed in…
We should relish Donald Trump’s successful meeting with Kim Jong-un
ANALYSIS/OPINION: This week was a very good week for peace in the Pacific. There is no need to overstate what was accomplished. North Korea’s reclusive…
Jeff Sessions introduces Place to Worship Initiative
The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a new effort to prevent municipalities from discriminating against religious groups. Dubbed the “Place to Worship Initiative,” the…
U.S. clears more asylum cases than it receives in May
The government is making headway on the asylum backlog for the first time in years, clearing more cases in May than it received, as officials…
Donald Trump tells world it can ‘sleep well’ after North Korea summit
President Trump asserted Wednesday that North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat, raising questions in Washington about the administration’s elusive details for disarming Pyongyang,…