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Amina Olow, a refugee from Somalia, looks at photos of two of her eldest daughters while siting with two of her other children in her Columbus, Ohio, home on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. The girls, Neemotallah, now 13, and Nastexo, now 10, live in Kenya with other family members. It has been 10 years since their mother has seen them. "I never thought it would be this long," Olow says of her separation from her daughters, who she hopes can join her despite the fact that Somalia is on a list of countries impacted by the Trump administration travel ban. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Donald Trump on pace for record low number of refugees

The Trump administration has resettled slightly more than 10,000 refugees as it nears the midpoint of the fiscal year, putting it on pace for by far the lowest total since the modern system was established nearly four decades ago.

March 26, 2018
Craigslist, the granddaddy of internet classifieds, said it wasn't taking any chances with its adult services section. (Associated Press/File)

Sex trafficking bill shuts down online communities

President Trump hasn't even put his signature to the bill Congress approved last week to fight sex trafficking, but its bite is already being felt in the online communities it was aimed at, with Craigslist and other major forums nixing their "personals" sections where people trolled for relationships, sex and other connections.

March 25, 2018
In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Trump reinstates broad ban on transgender troops

President Trump moved late Friday to exclude most transgender people from signing up for the U.S. military, after his defense and homeland security chiefs said they were worried about the armed forces' ability to handle the different challenges the troops would bring.

March 23, 2018
President Donald Trump answers questions as he leaves the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, after speaking about the $1.3 trillion spending bill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump to Hispanics: ‘Republicans are on your side’

President Trump told Hispanic voters Friday that he and his party are "on your side" and complained that Democrats were the roadblock to granting illegal immigrant "Dreamers" a more permanent protection here in the U.S.

March 23, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., leaves a news conference with Republican leaders, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Congress passes $1.3 trillion spending bill

The House approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill Thursday to fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2018 and the Senate followed suit early Friday morning, beating the shutdown deadline and leaving Republicans and Democrats to fight over credit and blame.

March 22, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., listen to the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Steny Hoyer: ‘I have not read the bill’

Anger over the $1.3 trillion spending bill boiled over on the House floor Thursday with lawmakers admitting they had no chance to read the 2,232-page bill they're being asked to accept.

March 22, 2018
In this Dec. 15, 2010, file photo an American flag flutters in the wind on a nearby resident's home near a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle near where agent Brian Terry was killed, northwest of Nogales, Ariz. (Greg Bryan /Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

Border Patrol agents want technology, not wall: Dem study

Border Patrol leaders and line agents say publicly that more fencing will help them control the U.S.-Mexico line -- but a new Democratic report Thursday says what they're really asking for behind closed doors is more personnel and technology.

March 22, 2018
From left: Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer, founder James Larkin, Chief Operating Officer Andrew Padilla, and founder Michael Lacey testified before Congress last year about the website's facilitation of online sex trafficking. Mr. Larkin gave $10,000 to House Majority PAC, which is connected to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. (Associated Press/File)

Senate clears bill to punish websites for sex-trafficking ads

Brushing aside warnings about censoring the internet, Republican and Democratic senators linked arms and voted Wednesday to impose new rules on online forums, pushing them to do more to police their postings in hopes of stopping an explosion of sex trafficking, particularly of children.

March 21, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, are warning Republicans in high-tax blue states of an electoral backlash from middle-class suburbanites if they approve a tax reform bill without state and local tax deductions. (Associated Press/File)

Trump’s immigration initiatives ignored in $1.3 trillion spending bill

Congressional leaders on Wednesday reached agreement on a $1.3 trillion plan to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, pouring new money into gun background checks and anti-opioid efforts but limiting President Trump's calls for investment in stiffer immigration enforcement.

March 21, 2018
In this Feb. 1, 2018 photo, a Saudi soldier guards an aid flight at an air base in Marib, Yemen. Saudi Arabia under King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has replaced its military chief of staff and other defense officials amid its stalemated war in Yemen early Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Senate defends U.S. help to Saudi Arabia in Yemen civil war

The Senate shot down an attempt Tuesday to force the U.S. to halt its support for one of the sides in Yemen's ongoing civil war, giving President Trump a free hand to continue aiding a Saudi-led coalition in the fight.

March 20, 2018