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While liberals say the new bill is too stingy, some conservatives are saying it's too much like Obamacare.
He told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he's considering the move to discourage Latin American illegal immigration and human smuggling.
The New York Times said the White House is looking for a way to preserve the nonprofit's federal funding.
The secretary of Housing and Urban Development quickly faced criticism for the comments.
Rep. Devin Nunes, of the House Intelligence Committee, said it will investigate potential surveillance of the political campaigns.
Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions and John Kelly gave statements on the new executive order on immigration Monday morning.
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The new report says Russia's actions in Crimea "affect the human rights situation significantly and negatively."
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently came under fire after new revelations conflicted with his Senate testimony.
New EPA chief Scott Pruitt noted that some programs are "essential to protect."
A new interactive tracker breaks down all the information we have about the public's opinion of Trump.
While President Trump heads to Florida, the vice president is in Wisconsin.
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His account, which may have contained sensitive information, was hacked, according to IndyStar.
Sen. Rand Paul searched the Capitol for a House version of an Obamacare replacement bill, to no avail.
The attorney general maintained that his testimony to the Senate was "honest and correct as I understood it at the time."
The former neurosurgeon and one-time Republican presidential primary frontrunner was approved by the senate by a vote of 58-41.
Sessions told Congress he didn't speak with Russians during the campaign. He did. Here's what we know.
Despite testimony to the Senate stating otherwise, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with the Russian ambassador during the campaign.