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U.S. Capitol Police use bolt cutters to break chains locking together supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as the protesters cheer in support of DACA, Monday, March 5, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The protesters were participating in an act of civil disobedience after a march in support of DACA. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump DACA phaseout legal, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Monday that President Trump's phaseout of the Obama-era DACA program is legal, adding heft to the administration's defense but doing little to solve the ongoing court quagmire.

March 5, 2018
U,S. Capitol Police break chains locking together supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, who were participating in an act of civil disobedience in support of DACA recipients, Monday, March 5, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘Dreamers’ turn ire on Democrats as DACA deadline passes

Illegal immigrant Dreamers descended on Democrats' national headquarters in Washington on Monday, staging a sit-in and vowing to make sure the party gets at least some of the blame as Congress slipped past President Trump's March 5 deadline for action on DACA.

March 5, 2018
Protesters blocked the streets near Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court to support of clean bill to protect DACA recipients. (Associated Press/File)

DACA deadline passes with action in courts, not Congress

Monday was supposed to be the deadline either when illegal immigrant Dreamers began to lose their status under the Trump administration's phaseout of the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty, or when Congress would swoop to the rescue and grant them a path to full citizenship rights.

March 4, 2018
In this file photo, Court of Appeals of Maryland Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera (right) is shown questioning an attorney in a proceeding on March 1, 2018. (Associated Press photographs) **FILE**

Md. AG defends Hillary Clinton lawyers against bar complaint

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh's office offered a new explanation Friday for why the state has refused to pursue a bar complaint against Hillary Clinton's lawyers over their role in deleting her emails: They changed the rules.

March 2, 2018
A demonstrator shouts slogans through a bullhorn outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in San Francisco. A top immigration official said Wednesday that about 800 people living illegally in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a weekend warning that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf put on Twitter.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

ICE blames California sanctuary law for illegals’ arrests

Federal immigration authorities said California's new sanctuary law forced this week's sweep that netted 232 illegal immigrants in the Bay Area -- and set off a massive controversy after Oakland's mayor gave a public warning that may have helped hundreds of other migrants elude arrest.

March 2, 2018
FILE - In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif. A federal immigration official says about 800 people living in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a warning by Schaaf. Thomas Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, told "Fox and Friends" Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that what Schaaf did was "no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood." (AP Photo/Ben Margot, FIle)

Trump-California feud escalates to all-out warfare

Analysts said there was no comparison in recent memory for the sort of bad blood that's developed between President Trump and California's leaders, who have legislated, sued, tweeted and used just about every other tool at their disposal to try to stymie the administration.

February 28, 2018
Supreme Court justices took a dim view of the kinds of class-action lawsuits on behalf of immigrants that have become a key tool for anti-Trump immigrant rights activists. (Associated Press/File)

Supreme Court backs Donald Trump on illegal immigrant detention

Immigrants being held for deportation don't have an automatic right under the law to post bond and be set free, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a decision that could give the Trump administration more freedom to pursue stiff detention policies for illegal immigrants who show up at the border claiming asylum.

February 27, 2018
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)

Donald Trump can build border wall, court rules

A federal court cleared the way Tuesday for President Trump to build his border wall, ruling that the administration has the power to waive a series of environmental laws to speed up construction.

February 27, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, following the weekly Republican policy luncheon. McConnell is joined by, from left, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate GOP says gun debate will focus on background check records

Senate Republicans in charge of the next steps on gun control said Tuesday they want to focus on bills where there's broad agreement, such as expanding the number of records available in the background check system, while putting off thorny fights over weapons bans.

February 27, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks to the media during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan on shooting: ‘There was a colossal breakdown’

House GOP leaders said Tuesday they will look to correct systemic problems in background checks and law enforcement they said led to the Florida shooting, but said that won't include taking away rights of law-abiding citizens.

February 27, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, about efforts to reduce violent crime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Citizenship in jeopardy for five convicted of child sex abuse

The Justice Department moved this month to strip citizenship from five people convicted of child sex abuse -- two of whom came to the U.S. on exactly the kind of chain migration the Trump administration now wants to eliminate.

February 26, 2018
People rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DACA program still active after Supreme Court declines to speed appeal

The Supreme Court declined Monday to speed up a case involving the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, refusing President Trump's request for immediate action and instead maintaining a lower court ruling that keeps the controversial program in operation.

February 26, 2018
Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California, the intelligence committee's top Democrat and author of the memo, said surveillance of Mr. Page produced "valuable intelligence" — though the evidence for that, too, is redacted. (Associated Press/File)

Carter Page ‘of interest’ to FBI for years, Democrat memo says

A Democrat-funded opposition research dossier was only a narrow part of the FBI's justification for obtaining a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign official, congressional Democrats said in their long-awaited memo on the process that led to the snooping.

February 25, 2018
Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, is the chief sponsor of the Fix NICS bill to add federal agency records and press states to ensure their records are part of the national background check system for gun sales. (Associated Press/File)

Gun control debate greets Congress after Florida shooting

Congress appears to be settling on the outlines of consensus for action on stricter gun controls, with moves to strengthen the background check system and to restrict sales of bump stocks the most likely areas of bipartisan action.

February 25, 2018