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The Supreme Court has a shot at expanding gun rights with a case by gun rights activists against New York City. (Associated Press/File)

Supreme Court halts citizenship question on 2020 census

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. derailed President Trump's plans to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, ruling Thursday that he just didn't trust the administration's stated reasons for why it wanted to do so.

June 27, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before joining congressional leaders at a closed-door security briefing on the rising tensions with Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Border bill becomes ‘Abolish ICE’ battle

The battle over border funding has turned into a battle over money for ICE, with Democrats insisting Thursday on cuts to the agency's proposed budget in order to approve humanitarian assistance for children.

June 27, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi rejects bipartisan border bill

House Democrats cannot accept the bipartisan border crisis compromise bill the Senate passed Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, and will demand changes to limit how long children can be held in some facilities.

June 26, 2019
In this June 21, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Pelosi says President Donald Trump’s threat to begin deporting migrants if Congress doesn’t quickly pass immigration legislation is ‘outside the circle of civilized human behavior.’ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rejects Pelosi’s border bill, passes bipartisan version

Senators shot down House Democrats' partisan border-funding bill Wednesday and were poised to pass their own bipartisan plan to deliver $4.6 billion in emergency money President Trump requested to help alleviate overcrowding and provide better care for children and families streaming into the U.S.

June 26, 2019
In this June 5, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats approve border bill

Five months after labeling the border a "manufactured" crisis, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led Democrats on Tuesday to approve a $4.5 billion humanitarian assistance package President Trump had requested to deal with the record surge of illegal immigrants.

June 25, 2019
Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Robert Mueller to testify before Congress, Democrats say

Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify to Congress next month after being subpoenaed by two committees, lawmakers announced Tuesday night, setting up a major showdown that could set the tone for the rest of President Trump's term.

June 25, 2019
Protesters gather to demand the defunding of government agencies for border protection and customs enforcement, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Dems rewrite border bill to answer liberal objections

House Democrats on Tuesday larded their border crisis spending bill with liberal wish-list items, hoping to win over enough wavering lawmakers to surmount a mini-rebellion and pass the legislation.

June 25, 2019
President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, speaks from the Truman Balcony of the White House during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Friday June 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Appeals court grants request to reopen census citizenship inquiry

President Trump's plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census continue to roil the legal world, with a federal appeals court on Tuesday sending the case back to a lower court to investigate whether the administration lied about its decision-making.

June 25, 2019
This March 2, 2019, file photo shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the U.S. side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Seven bodies found in five days on border in Texas

Bodies are piling up at the U.S.-Mexico border as the summer heat and the press of both countries' immigration policies take a toll, adding new urgency to the debate on Capitol Hill about what, if anything, should be done to stop it.

June 24, 2019