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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks about a lawsuit he filed against the federal government to end DACA during a press conference in Austin, Texas, on May 1, 2018. Paxton is leading a seven-state coalition in the lawsuit. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Texas demands quick halt to DACA

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday he wants a federal court to rule the Obama-era DACA program illegal before the end of July, hoping to nail the door shut on the controversial program before any other judges can meddle with it.

May 2, 2018
Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

New anti-DACA case draws favorable judge

Texas has already caught its first break in its new lawsuit to stop the Obama-era DACA program, after the case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen.

May 2, 2018
Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington, on the second day of the federal shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Texas leads a coalition of states suing to stop DACA

Texas led a coalition of states Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty, opening up a new legal front in the increasingly messy battle over illegal immigration.

May 1, 2018
Central American migrants sit on top of the border wall on the beach in San Diego during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, Sunday, April 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Caravan members arrested after jumping U.S. border

At least 30 people from the illegal immigrant caravan had already been arrested for jumping the border as of Monday morning, border sources told The Washington Times, and the government filed the first criminal charges against them later in the day.

April 30, 2018
In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested 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)

Thomas D. Homan, Trump’s top immigration enforcer, to retire

President Trump's deportation chief will step down from his job, administration sources confirmed Monday, short-circuiting what would have been a bruising battle with Congress over his confirmation and leaving a massive hole for Mr. Trump to fill.

April 30, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 30, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: No apology for travel ban Muslim comments

President Trump said Monday he won't apologize for his past comments about Muslims and suggestions of a Muslim ban, saying he doubts it would make a difference to the courts that are deciding the legality of his travel ban policy.

April 30, 2018
Demonstrators march to meet Central American migrants traveling in a caravan for a gathering at the border on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, Sunday, April 29, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Migrant caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum

The illegal immigrant caravan swamped border officials in San Diego Sunday as hundreds of people showed up at the San Ysidro port of entry and demanded admittance and asylum as reporters, immigrant rights activists and Mexican watched.

April 29, 2018
President Donald Trump with German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump demands Sen. Tester resign after VA fight

President Trump on Saturday called on Sen. Jon Tester to resign, blaming the Montana Democrat for "false" allegations that sank the nomination of the White House doctor to lead the Veterans Affairs Department.

April 28, 2018
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2014 file photo, an election official checks a voter's photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas. A federal judge Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, again threw out Texas’ voter ID requirements that she previously compared to a “poll tax” on minorities, dealing another court setback to state Republican leaders over voting rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Appeals court restores Texas voter-ID law

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas's new version of its voter-ID law can go into effect, rebuking a lower court judge for trying to block the law and delivering a significant victory to voter-integrity advocates.

April 27, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin during his meeting with heads of Russian Parliament in St Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Michael Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

House intel concludes no collusion in 2016 campaign

There is no evidence President Trump's campaign colluded or conspired with the Russian government during the 2016 election, but both his team and the Clinton campaign had "poor judgment and ill-considered actions," the House intelligence committee concluded in a report Friday.

April 27, 2018
Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Faith-based shelter withholds info on abortion from illegals

A faith-based shelter in Texas is refusing to tell illegal immigrants that they have a right to abortion in the U.S., the government said Thursday, defying a court order that every single unaccompanied alien child still in government custody be informed.

April 26, 2018
In this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, suspected members of the MS-13 gang are escorted to their arraignment in Mineola, N.Y. A sweep of alleged MS-13 gang members on Long Island has racked up impressive arrest totals but also left unanswered questions. Since May, federal authorities say they've arrested more than 220 members of the notorious street gang. But authorities have largely declined multiple requests by for even the most basic information about the arrests. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

MS-13 gang members claim they’re underage to gain access to U.S.

MS-13 is paying smugglers to coach gang members on how to game the U.S. immigration system, teaching underage members to claim UAC status -- and telling those over 18 to lie and claim they are underage -- to try to gain quick, easy access to the U.S., government officials said Thursday.

April 26, 2018
The Energy Department could save tens of billions of dollars if it labeled radioactive waste at a disposal site in Washington state as a lower risk to public health, and subsequently treated and disposed of it more quickly. (Associated Press/File)

Radioactive waste ‘big-ticket item’ on GAO’s duplication report

The federal government could save tens of billions of dollars by coming up with better ways to treat radioactive waste -- one "big-ticket item" in a Government Accountability Office report Thursday that urged Congress to be more aggressive in overseeing federal spending.

April 26, 2018