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President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, following his short trip on Marine One from nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump was returning to Washington after speaking at today's U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump begins NAFTA renegotiation

The Trump administration officially notified Congress on Thursday that it intends to renegotiate NAFTA, igniting a process that could lead to reshaping the face of trade in North America.

May 18, 2017
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle passes along U.S. 281 under the West Rail Bypass International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, Friday, May 12, 2017. Before the wall, there was the fence. And the U.S. is still paying for it. As President Donald Trump tries to persuade a skeptical Congress to fund his proposed multibillion-dollar wall on the Mexican border, government lawyers are still settling claims with Texas landowners over a border fence approved more than a decade ago. Two settlements were completed just this week. (Miguel Roberts /The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Border Patrol hiring faces lie detector boundary

The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved a bill Wednesday to speed up hiring of Border Patrol agents by grandfathering in longtime military troops and law enforcement officers who have already passed background checks.

May 17, 2017
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke gestures as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sheriff David Clarke to take DHS job

Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., the pro-gun chief lawman in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, will take a job at the Homeland Security Department, according to local press reports.

May 17, 2017
Pay no attention to the umbrella: President Obama says sunny days are here again. (Associated Press)

Obama DOJ refused to hire veterans for jobs: Investigation

The Obama Justice Department discriminated against military veterans, trying to force them to withdraw their applications for two job postings -- then canceling the postings altogether and rewriting the jobs to prevent the veterans from qualifying, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

May 17, 2017
Advocacy groups have encouraged illegal immigrants to exercise their rights and to resist deportation efforts, resulting in a spike in noncompliance. (Associated Press/File)

Immigration arrests up 38 percent under Donald Trump

Immigration arrests surged 38 percent during the first 100 days of President Trump's tenure, authorities said Wednesday, adding that agents have been freed from the tight restrictions of the Obama era and are now able to target a far broader universe of illegal immigrants for deportation.

May 17, 2017
President Trump has created a determined focus at the Homeland Security and State departments, which are both involved in speeding up deportations. (Associated Press/File)

Countries refusing U.S. deportees cut from 20 to 12

Between cajoling, threats and actual punishments, Homeland Security has managed to drastically cut the number of countries that habitually refuse to take back immigrants whom the U.S. is trying to deport, officials said Tuesday, notching an early immigration success for President Trump.

May 16, 2017
In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is considering nearly a dozen candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey, choosing from a group that includes several lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

John Cornyn says he won’t be FBI director

Sen. John Cornyn took himself out of the running to be FBI director, saying Tuesday that he'd rather remain in Congress, where he's the No. 2 Republican in the upper chamber.

May 16, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, next to Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Trump on Wednesday welcomed Vladimir Putin's top diplomat to the White House for Trump's highest level face-to-face contact with a Russian government official since he took office in January. (Russian Foreign Ministry Photo via AP)

Chuck Schumer demands transcript of Trump-Russia meeting

The Senate's top Democrat demanded Tuesday that the White House release the transcript of his meeting with the Russian foreign minister to congressional intelligence committees so they can determine the extent of the damage.

May 16, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by, from left, Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP rolled back 14 of 15 Obama rules using Congressional Review Act

Republicans' test-drive of a little-used regulatory review law is now over and party leaders say it was a smashing success, allowing Congress roll back 14 rules President Obama's team issued at the end of his administration, for a savings of billions of dollars.

May 15, 2017