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Khloe Marogi, 8, wore a T-shirt with her detained father's photo on it at a rally on Friday in Detroit to protest the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in which 114 Iraqi nationals in Metro Detroit were arrested and held for deportation. Her father, 50-year-old Dorid Marogi, is a Catholic Chaldean who has lived in the U.S. since he was 2 years old. (Associated Press)

Iraqi criminal deportations mean persecution

They are convicted murderers, rapists, burglars and drug traffickers whom the Trump administration is trying to kick out of the country -- yet a massive backlash has formed, with activists saying if the people are sent back home they face persecution and potentially death at the hands of a hostile populace and an uncaring government.

June 20, 2017
The Supreme Court in Washington is seen here on April 4, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court to hear major political redistricting case

The Supreme Court added another thorny political case to its docket next term, agreeing Monday to rule on whether Wisconsin's legislative districts are so politically loaded that they violate the Constitution.

June 19, 2017
In this Friday, June 16, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump speaks about Cuba policy in Miami. The Trump Organization dissolved subsidiaries created to pursue business opportunities in Qatar six days after Donald Trump was inaugurated as America’s 45th president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump’s immigration policies keep advocates on their toes

President Trump has confounded immigrant-rights advocates, who weren't quite sure how to react last week after his Homeland Security secretary nixed a potential deportation amnesty for 4 million people, but left in place the 2012 amnesty that has allowed nearly 800,000 Dreamers to live and work in the country free of fear of deportation.

June 18, 2017
Capitol Hill Police officers scan the area on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. was shot during during a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Iran sanctions backed in bipartisan Senate vote

Moving to reassert congressional power over U.S.-Iran relations, the Senate voted Thursday to impose new sanctions on the Tehran regime, expanding penalties for terrorism and piling on more punishment for the government's apparent ongoing push for ballistic missiles.

June 15, 2017
Corey Stewart, a tough-talking supporter of President Trump, barely lost the Virginia Republican gubernatorial primary despite polls showing him far behind. (Associated Press/File)

Corey Stewart surprises pollsters who miss Trump voters

Pollsters had major trouble spotting the surge of support for Corey Stewart in Virginia's Republican governor's primary this week, suggesting they still can't figure out how to successfully survey Trump supporters.

June 15, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin was denounced for aggressions including the annexation of Crimea, intervention in the Syrian civil war, meddling in Ukraine and threatening NATO countries. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senate sanctions bill targets Russia, presidential powers

Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russia into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, making a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin.

June 14, 2017
Officers who were part of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's security detail were hailed as heroes, taking on a man with a rifle while armed only with handguns and averting what those on the field said would have been a certain massacre. (Associated Press)

Capitol Police guns saved lives at ballpark

The rifle shots came from the fence over the third base line, shattering the June morning, wounding one congressman and several staffers, and terrifying the two dozen lawmakers and staffers who were also on the field.

June 14, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, about the shooting in Alexandria, Va. where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, where shot during a Congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump resets clock on extreme vetting travel ban procedures

President Trump reset the clock on his extreme vetting policies Wednesday, saying that he'll follow through on his full 90-day halt to admissions from six majority-Muslim countries and a 120-day pause in refugee admissions once courts lift their blockades.

June 14, 2017