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Vice President Mike Pence rallies with supporters during the Louisiana GOP Unity Rally in Kenner, Louisiana, on Saturday. According to polling, Republican participation in early voting last week in Louisiana is up 84% compared to the 2015 election. (Associated Press)

GOP early voting up in Louisiana gubernatorial election

Republican turnout surged in early voting in Louisiana's election this year in what one analyst in the state says is the beginnings of a backlash against Democrats' fixation on impeaching President Trump.

October 9, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks after a signing ceremony for a trade agreement with Japan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Impeachment support plateaus: Quinnipiac poll

A majority of voters say it's fine for the House to investigate President Trump, but they do not believe he should actually be impeached, according to the latest poll Tuesday from Quinnipiac University.

October 8, 2019
A Customs and Border Control agent patrols the defining line between the U.S. and Mexico near Nogales, Arizona, — far from the noise of immigration arguments on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. (Associated Press)

DHS claims victory as border numbers tumble in September

Illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border tumbled in September, officials said Tuesday, saying the administration has solved the migration crisis by stopping Central Americans before they ever reach the border.

October 8, 2019
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan takes the podium at a immigration law and policy conference, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 in Washington. As he took the stage, a handful of protesters stood up and held large black banners, one read Hate is Not Normal, and shouted out that children were under attack. They also began yelling the names of children who had died after they were in immigration custody. McAleenan was scheduled as the keynote speaker at Georgetown University Law Center during an annual immigration law and policy conference held by the nonprofit immigration think tank Migration Policy Institute. (AP Photo/Colleen Long

Protesters force DHS chief to cancel speech

Protesters shouted down acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan Monday morning, forcing him to cancel a speech he was trying to give at an immigration conference at Georgetown University Law Center.

October 7, 2019
This Jan. 31, 2019, file photo shows a display of fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry at a press conference in Nogales, Ariz. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP) ** FILE **

DHS drug detector devices can’t spot fentanyl at the border: Audit

Homeland Security spent millions of dollars on drug detection devices for use at the border even though the detectors can't reliably spot the type of deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl that is pouring across the border, the department's inspector general said in a report this week.

October 4, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP tells court Pelosi’s ‘impeachment inquiry’ is bogus

Whatever Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, the House is not actually in the midst of an official impeachment inquiry, a key Republican told a federal judge Thursday, undercutting Democrats' demands to get a peek at secret grand jury information they believe will expose President Trump.

October 3, 2019