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In this July 27, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Paul Ryan: I won’t support a congressional censure on Donald Trump

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Monday that President Trump "messed up" in his response to the racial demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, but warned against trying to politicize the response, saying that would "descend this issue into some partisan hack-fest."

August 21, 2017
John Wider holds up a sign becoming Muslims in the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Judge warned State Dept. against ‘running out the clock’ on travel ban visas

A federal judge expressed skepticism Monday over how the State Department has been carrying out President Trump's travel ban, saying she thinks the government is "running out the clock" on perhaps more than 100 immigrants who could be shut out when their chance for visas expires in little more than a month.

August 21, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, following a House GOP Caucus. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Paul Ryan denounces ‘moral relativism’ on neo-Nazis

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Monday that the white supremacists who have gained such a high profile in recent weeks remain "only on the fringes" of American life, but said the country cannot tolerate any attempts to show moral relativism.

August 21, 2017
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2015 file photo, Juan Escalante, of the immigration reform group America's Voice, conducts interviews in New York. Young immigrants protected by executive action from deportation say they won't "rest easy," even if President Donald Trump said they should. Nearly 800,000 people living illegally in the U.S. qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Trump said Friday, April 21, 2017, that his administration is "not after the dreamers, we are after the criminals. Escalante , who was brought to the U.S. from Venezuela at age 11, told the AP Friday, April 21, 2017, "I don't think anyone should feel comforted." (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Judge keeps anti-Dreamer lawsuit alive

A federal judge on Thursday preserved the path for Texas to challenge the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers, delivering a blow to immigrant-rights advocates who'd hoped to short-circuit the case.

August 17, 2017

Jeff Sessions compares Miami-Dade, ‘sanctuary’ Chicago homicide rates

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a direct challenge to Chicago on Wednesday, saying the high number of homicides is no coincidence for a city that refuses to cooperate with federal deportation authorities, while Miami is cooperating -- and reaping the benefits of public safety.

August 16, 2017
In this July 21, 2016, file photo, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona walks on the stage to speak during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Joe Arpaio, former sheriff, asks for conviction to be tossed

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio asked late Monday for his contempt of court conviction to be tossed or to get a new trial, saying the judge misread the history of the case, that it amounted to double-jeopardy, and that his trial should have been in front of a jury anyway.

August 15, 2017