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President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at U.S. Bank Arena, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Trump signs spending hike into law

President Trump quietly signed the massive new spending deal Friday, shunning the spotlight as he inked an agreement that watchdogs said will lead to trillions of dollars in new debt.

August 2, 2019
The U.S.-Mexico border fence near Smuggler's Gulch west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego on April 27, 2006 (Associated Press) **FILE**

Smugglers mix illegal immigrants, meth in latest border bust

Homeland Security agents nabbed a group of illegal immigrants in remote Arizona this week and found the guide was also carrying a large supply of methamphetamine, in what authorities described as a growing -- and worrying -- trend.

August 2, 2019
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, joins Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as she signs the budget package just passed in the Senate to permit the government to resume borrowing to pay all of its obligations and would remove the prospect of a government shutdown in October, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi, Trump trade barbs over Baltimore

The battle over Baltimore continued Thursday with President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting over who deserves blame for problematic conditions in the city.

August 1, 2019
President Donald Trump walks into the Oval Office of the White House for a meeting with Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga, Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump wins spending increase from Congress; GOP divided

Congress gave final approval Thursday to spending increases in 2020 and 2021, but it delivered a final black eye to President Trump when nearly half of Senate Republicans refused to back the deal he struck with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

August 1, 2019
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes questions from reporters following a weekly policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer dismisses party split on health care

The Senate's top Democrat Wednesday papered over the deep divisions on health care that emerged in the previous night's presidential primary debate, saying the fight within his party is nothing compared to the gap between Democrats and Republicans.

July 31, 2019
In this July 18, 2019, file photo, a migrant father and daughter sit on the sidewalk after getting off a bus that brought them all the way from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey, Mexico. The group was placed on the bus by Mexican migration authorities, arriving in this northern Mexican city late at night and left them to fend for themselves with no support on housing, work or schooling for children, who appear to make up about half the group. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

ACLU: Illegal family separations still occurring at border

The ACLU said Tuesday that the Trump administration is still wrongly separating children from their parents at the border and asked a federal judge to order that kids be kept with adults even in cases when the government says there are serious health concerns or threats to the child's safety.

July 30, 2019
Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Impeachment push stalls among voters: Quinnipiac poll

Voters believe President Trump is racist and did obstruct the investigation into the 2016 election -- but they still don't want to see Democrats begin impeachment proceedings against him, according to a new Quinnipiac University National Poll.

July 30, 2019