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In this April 9, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Mitch McConnell vows vote on disaster relief bill

The Senate will hold a vote on an emergency spending disaster relief bill next week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday, saying he won't send his troops home to affected states for a Memorial Day vacation without giving them a chance to show some progress.

May 14, 2019
In this June 24, 2018, photo, immigrants from Honduras seeking asylum wait on the Gateway International Bridge, which connects the United States and Mexico, in Matamoros, Mexico. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senate Democrats offer bill to help migrants at border

Senate Democrats offered their ante Tuesday to try to solve the border crisis, saying the hundreds of thousands of migrants surging north can be solved with nation-building in Central America and more humanitarian assistance to welcome those that do reach the U.S.

May 14, 2019
In this file photo from February 2015, a couple walk to get their marriage license at the Montgomery County Probate Office in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) ** FILE **

Feds bust massive marriage immigration fraud

Federal prosecutors have broken up a major marriage fraud ring in Houston that charged nearly 50 Vietnamese migrants up to $70,000 to provide them with fake spouses, phony wedding pictures and fraudulent documents, all for a shot at a U.S. green card.

May 14, 2019
In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, photo, a U.S. flag hangs on a border barrier in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Dems release bill to block Pentagon border wall money

House Democrats unveiled a bill Tuesday that would ban the Pentagon from spending any of its money to build a border wall, effectively dooming President Trump's emergency wall-building declaration from earlier this year.

May 14, 2019
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a farewell ceremony in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Rod Rosenstein’s advice to future lawyers

Rod Rosenstein began his post-Justice Department life Monday by talking principles and compromise and quoting Robert Mueller, the man he appointed as special counsel.

May 13, 2019
Dossier author Christopher Steele acknowledged he was desperate to stop the Trump campaign and prompt the FBI to ratchet up its investigation. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Steele dossier roils Capitol Hill anew after revelations about bias

Three Senate committee chairs demanded answers this week about the role played by the Justice and State departments in furthering the goals of Christopher Steele, the former British spy who compiled the discredited anti-Trump dossier that helped launch the special counsel's investigation.

May 10, 2019
In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS to run out of border money

The acting heads of the Pentagon and Homeland Security will head to the border this weekend to draw attention to the growing crisis, where officials say the government could run out of money unless Congress approves President Trump's $4.5 billion emergency request.

May 10, 2019
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they have identified 256 potentially fraudulent families and confirmed 65 of them as actual cases of fraud. In some cases the adult was a relative but not a parent of the child. In others, the relationship was valid, but the family lied about the child's age. (Associated Press)

ICE uncovers more fake families at border

ICE agents found a 7-year-old girl last month who said her mother had rented her out to her uncle so they could pose as a family and he could get more lenient treatment at the border.

May 9, 2019
Adam Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee, evades reporters as he rushes to a vote during a committee hearing on Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Adam Schiff issues Mueller report subpoena

House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff issued a subpoena Wednesday demanding to see special counsel Robert Mueller's full report and his supporting evidence, adding a new wrinkle to the ongoing battle.

May 8, 2019