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In this File photo taken Wednesday, April 5, 2017, Abuk Garang holds her 7-month-old son William Deng, as she and others walk to a food distribution site in Malualkuel in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. On March 8, 2019, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced an extension of TPS status for some South Sudanese who are in the United States. (AP Photo-File)

DHS extends protections for dozens of South Sudanese

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday extended a humanitarian reprieve for dozens of South Sudanese who have been in the U.S. for years, avoiding the chaos of their home country.

March 8, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Democrats rally ahead of passage of H.R. 1, "The For the People Act," at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019. Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., the bill's sponsor, stands behind Pelosi at left. The bill aims to expand voting rights, limit partisan gerrymandering, strengthen ethics rules, and limit the influence of private donor money in politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes Democrats’ historic election bill

The House on Friday approved the most sweeping reforms to campaign and elections law in generations, with Democrats powering the bill through over GOP objections and making quick work of their top legislative agenda for the year.

March 8, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell blasts Pelosi for failed anti-Semitism vote

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday for scratching a vote to condemn anti-Semitism, saying it was embarrassing that such a move had proved too controversial for Democrats.

March 7, 2019
Members of a US-bound migrant caravan stand on a road after federal police briefly blocked their way outside the town of Arriaga, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields had blocked the caravan from advancing toward the United States, after several thousand of the migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Migrant caravan journalists targeted by feds

The government compiled dossiers on journalists and a lawyer who were involved in covering or providing legal assistance to last year's migrant caravans, according to stunning documents obtained by a San Diego television station.

March 6, 2019
Nogales, Mexico is framed by slats in a border wall that separates it from Nogales, Ariz. Saturday, March 2, 2019. A Quinnipiac poll released March 6, 2019, finds the president has not increased support for a border wall, with a majority opposing the president on the issue and opposition among women voters particularly strong. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Trump fails to win support for wall: Poll

President Trump has failed to convince Americans of the need for his border wall emergency declaration, according to a new poll Wednesday that found they oppose his move by two-to-one.

March 6, 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 to make $2.5 billion off migrants this year: DHS

As smuggling prices rise, the cartels that control the migrant traffic through Mexico stand to make as much as $2.5 billion this year, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan told Congress on Wednesday.

March 6, 2019