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Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels talks to the media during a news conference in front of the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Michael Avenatti arrested on extortion, fraud charges

Michael Avenatti tweeted Monday that he would soon hold a press conference to release damaging information about Nike. Instead, it was federal prosecutors who held a press conference Monday afternoon to charge Mr. Avenatti with attempting to extort more than $25 million from Nike.

March 25, 2019
This Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows foreign nationals being arrested this week during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

ICE releasing 1,000 illegal immigrant family members a day

Deportation officers are cutting loose more than 1,000 illegal immigrant family members a day, setting them free into border states as the surge of migrations overwhelms the government's ability to handle them, officials revealed Thursday.

March 21, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks at Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Donald Trump-John McCain feud embarrassing, Republicans say

President Trump complained Wednesday that he was never thanked for allowing Sen. John McCain's funeral celebration, escalating a feud with the McCain family and drawing the ire of senators on Capitol Hill who told the president he was embarrassing himself.

March 20, 2019
"Nobody would have believe it now. But swastikas hung in churches throughout Germany. We had better be very careful," said Rep. James Clyburn. (Associated Press)

James Clyburn, other Democrats ramp up anti-Trump rhetoric

Democratic leaders stepped up their criticism of President Trump this week, with the top-ranking black House lawmaker calling him and his family "the greatest threats to democracy of my lifetime" — but still said impeachment isn't their priority.

March 20, 2019
In this Dec. 4, 2018, photo, then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at The City Club of Cleveland, in Cleveland. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Kasich fundraises off Trump-McCain feud

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday latched onto the ongoing feud between President Trump and the McCain family, firing off a fundraising email to supporters to blast Mr. Trump.

March 20, 2019