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Immigrant rights advocates and attorneys denounced President Donald Trump’s latest move Monday to restrict asylum at the southern border as the “most egregious” and “extreme” policy targeting the form of protection by the administration yet. “The administration has been trying to fight against asylum at the southern border for a long time now and if they are able to get away with this regulation, they have effectively ended it for…

Last week Mr. Epstein proposed in court papers that he be allowed to remain under house arrest in his $56 million mansion on the Upper East Side, promising he would pay for 24-hour security guards who would ensure he did not flee. His attorneys said in court that Mr. Epstein has been law-abiding for more than a decade; he had pleaded guilty to two state prostitution charges in Florida and…

To highlight companies that are committed to making American goods, President Donald Trump is hosting the third annual “Made In America Product Showcase.” » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News is a leading source of global news and information. Here you will find clips from NBC Nightly News, Meet The Press, and original digital videos. Subscribe to our channel for news stories, technology, politics,…

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Video Illegal immigration begins to fall as DHS reveals lower border apprehensions following US-Mexico partnership U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli says President Trump’s tough stance is working but Congress needs to step up and pass legislation to help. The Trump administration on Monday announced a sweeping new policy tightening restrictions for asylum seekers, in a move that could drastically reduce the number of Central American migrants…

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke acknowledged Sunday that his ancestors, as well as his wife Amy’s, had owned slaves. O’Rourke wrote in a post on Medium that his paternal great-great-great grandfather enslaved two women in the 1850s. His maternal great-great-great grandfather, he added, “most likely” also owned slaves. “I benefit from a system that my ancestors built to favor themselves at the expense of others,” O’Rourke wrote in the post….

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China‘s government and Chinese companies will cut business ties with US firms selling arms to Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry has said, in a move likely to worsen already poor ties with Washington. China claims self-ruled and democratic Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Beijing’s control. China regularly calls Taiwan the most sensitive issue in its relations with the…

Video AOC delivers impassioned statement against Trump’s ‘policy of dehumanization’ Raw video: Democrat freshman lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers opening statement at House Oversight hearing on ‘The Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy: Substantiated Allegations of Mistreatment.’ President Trump doubled down Monday after taking heavy fire for inflammatory tweets calling on Democratic congresswomen to “go back” to where they came from — even though most of his intended targets were born in America — as…

Joe Biden’s campaign said the former vice president was emphasizing the need for immediate action. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images Health Care By DAN DIAMOND 07/15/2019 06:01 AM EDT Democratic front-runner Joe Biden today will unveil a health plan that’s intended to preserve the most popular parts of Obamacare — from Medicaid expansion to protections for patients with pre-existing conditions — and build on them with a new government-run public insurance…

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke revealed Sunday he was recently given documents showing he and his wife, Amy, are descendants of slave owners. O’Rourke, a former congressman from Texas, wrote in a Medium post that the legacy of slavery “now has a much more personal connection.” O’Rourke said his paternal great-great-great grandfather owned two slaves, Rose and Eliza, in the 1850s, and someone who could be his maternal great-great-great grandfather…

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told aides and allies that he is considering removing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross after a stinging Supreme Court defeat on adding a citizenship question to the census, according to multiple people familiar with the conversations. While Trump has previously expressed frustration with the 81-year-old Ross, in particular over failed trade negotiations, Ross’s long personal relationship with the president has allowed him to keep his…

Video Trump defends Pelosi amid feud with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as Democrats draw sides The president and Democrats come to the defense of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accuses the leader of silencing her progressive squad. Hillary Clinton on Sunday took President Trump to task over a criticized tweet where he called on progressive congresswomen to go back to the “crime infested” countries they came from, fix the problems there…

Image copyright EPA Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is launching a fresh bid to stop the Iran nuclear deal unravelling and ease tensions in the Gulf. Mr Hunt will meet EU foreign ministers in Brussels to raise concerns about Iran breaching some of its commitments. The deal, which involves Iran limiting nuclear activities in return for the easing of economic sanctions, struggled after the US withdrew in 2018. It comes amid…

CLOSE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected reparations for slavery in part because it would be hard to know whom to pay. Time Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke revealed on Sunday that he and his wife are descended from slave owners, according to documents he said he received recently. The former House representative from El Paso, Texas, published a Medium blog post named after two slaves, Rose and Eliza, who he says his…

Video Debt limit fight in Congress looming as Mnuchin urges lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invokes special debt measures to continue paying the government’s bills, without breaching the debt ceiling; FBN’s Blake Burman reports from the White House. The Speaker of the House doesn’t talk to the Treasury Secretary on a Saturday night, then send him a letter, and, then blast out a press release,…