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In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017, photo, a Customs and Border Protection helicopter flies at a low altitude over the U.S.-Mexico border fence near the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Illegal border-crossers seek sympathetic agents at U.S. entry points

Some American border officers are turning away migrants with compelling asylum cases, pushing families to bounce from one border crossing to the next looking for a willing officer to let them make their claims for protection, a leading advocacy group charged in a new report Wednesday.

May 3, 2017
"This marks the beginning of a new era. No longer will the needs of our military be held hostage," said House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, said about the bipartisan spending bill. (Associated Press)

House approves spending bill, rejects Trump budget cuts

Republicans and Democrats have flatly rejected most of President Trump's 2017 budget cuts, instead linking arms Wednesday to vote for a $1 trillion spending package that spreads even more money across the vast federal bureaucracy.

May 3, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. arrives for the Republican Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Paul Ryan defends spending deal as pro-GOP ‘game-changer’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan delivered a fierce defense of Republicans' spending bill Tuesday, saying that it marks a major increase in defense spending, calling it "a game-changer," and saying that outweighs the other fights the GOP retreated on.

May 2, 2017
A provision in the spending bill would let the Trump administration raise the cap from 66,000 foreign workers to more than 135,000. (Associated Press/File)

Spending bill doubles foreign worker visas

Congress tucked a sweetheart deal for America's vacation resorts and other seasonal employers into the massive spending bill announced Monday, paving the way for the administration to more than double the number of temporary visas to foreign workers this year and "flooding the labor force" with cheap competition for jobs.

May 1, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Congress’s shutdown deal spends $700M per page

The new spending deal congressional negotiators hammered out early Monday morning runs 1,665 pages, and spends $700 million per page -- the cost of keeping the basic operations of the government running for a year.

May 1, 2017
President Trump said he expects the near-universal opposition to his agenda from congressional Democrats to wane. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump to stick with conservative list for next Supreme Court pick

President Trump will stick with the same list of potential nominees for the next Supreme Court vacancy, he told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview in which he also waved aside the lack of a honeymoon from Capitol Hill, saying Republicans are "going to get there" and Democrats are still smarting over losing an election they thought they couldn't lose.

April 30, 2017
President Trump and former President Barack Obama last spoke on Inauguration Day. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Barack Obama have not spoken since Inauguration Day

Former President Barack Obama and President Trump have not spoken once since the inauguration in January, Mr. Trump confirmed to The Washington Times, adding it's "too bad" they haven't been in communication, but he is not surprised given their history.

April 30, 2017
In this Monday, April 3, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump walks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says his new approach succeeding where Obama failed

President Trump said Friday that he's figured out ways to work with foreign leaders who confounded former President Obama, helping the new administration notch successes in a number of areas that his predecessor struggled with.

April 28, 2017
In this Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, a truck drives near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File) **FILE**

Brandon Judd testifies in favor of proposed border wall with Mexico

Building more border walls would help funnel drug smugglers over to where agents can catch or stop them, the chief of the Border Patrol agents' labor union testified to Congress on Thursday, bolstering the case for President Trump's call for a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico divide.

April 27, 2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in New York's City Hall. The mayor released his $84.86 billion fiscal 2018 executive budget on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYC to pay for lawyers for illegal immigrants

New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has earmarked more than $16 million in city taxpayer funds to pay for lawyers to help illegal immigrants fight deportation as part of his 2018 budget.

April 27, 2017
President Trump has arguably done more than his predecessors to get the border wall along the U.S. frontier with Mexico finally realized. Despite congressional promises, little construction progress has yet been made. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Mother of slain boy: I’d build Trump border wall myself

Agnes Gibboney, whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant, said Thursday she is thrilled with the changes President Trump has already made in immigration enforcement, and said she hopes he's able to build his border wall.

April 27, 2017