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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 27, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John McCain leads criticism of Trump over Arpaio pardon

While most Republicans remained silent on the pardon, Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican who has frequently battled both Mr. Arpaio and Mr. Trump, released a statement saying the president had undercut his own proclamations of law and order.

August 26, 2017
In this March 30, 2017 file photo, Workers use a crane to lift a segment of a new fence into place on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, where Sunland Park, New Mexico, meets the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Associated Press) **FILE**

First phase of Trump border wall back on track

The first phase of President Trump's border wall is back on track after the Government Accountability Office dismissed contract protests that were holding construction of prototypes, officials said late Friday.

August 26, 2017
In this Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Joe Arpaio pardoned by Donald Trump

President Trump issued the first pardon of his tenure Friday to former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, even before the lawman was sentenced for his conviction on a contempt of court charge.

August 25, 2017

Social Security fraud judge gets 4 years in prison

The Social Security judge who rubber-stamped more than 1,700 bogus disability applications as part of the largest disability fraud ring in American history was sentenced to four years in federal prison Friday.

August 25, 2017
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks with a reporter in his office in Topeka. Kobach, co-chairman of President Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity who is promoting Trump's unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, oversees a Kansas election system that threw out at least three times as many ballots as similarly sized states did. That is fueling concerns about massive voter suppression should its practices become the national standard. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Kris Kobach pressured to testify on Trump voter panel

Opponents of President Trump's voter integrity commission asked a federal judge Thursday for permission to depose Vice Chairman Kris Kobach as they seek to force the panel to be more transparent about what it's doing.

August 24, 2017
President Trump went to the Yuma, Arizona, border with Mexico Tuesday — which has seen a sharp drop-off in illegal border crossings due to stricter methods. Mr. Trump was then headed to a campaign-style rally in Phoenix. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump visits Arizona in push for wall funding, more border agents

President Trump did a quick tour Tuesday of border security infrastructure in Arizona as his top homeland security aides stepped up pressure on Congress to approve money for new fencing and additional agents, saying they will keep Americans safe and prevent illegal immigrants from making the dangerous journey in the first place.

August 22, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump to tout border security success as humanitarian victory

Better border security and stiffer immigration enforcement isn't just good for America -- it will also keep vulnerable migrants from making the dangerous journey north, risking robbery, rape or death at the hands of smugglers and rough terrain, top Trump administration officials said Tuesday.

August 22, 2017