Politics & Government

Tent Encampment In Texas Holds Detained Immigrant Children

11:41am June 18, 2018

by John Sepulvado

The federal government is holding detained migrant boys in a desert tent encampment. Some were detained after arriving alone at the border, while others were separated from their families.

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Judicial Filings Open In NC As Potential Changes Loom

8:35am June 18, 2018

by Paul Garber

Monday marks the opening of the filing period for statewide judicial races.

A resident walks in to cast her vote at a polling station in Maine on June 12, in the state's primary elections. Maine is one of 17 states that has yet to apply for election security money allocated this year by congress.

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Bureaucracy And Politics Slow Election Security Funding To States

8:15am June 18, 2018

by Miles Parks

Congress is giving states $380 million to bolster the security of the 2018 elections. But getting that money out to local election officials has been a slow and laborious process.

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Will Congress Address Immigration Border Controversy?

7:56am June 18, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas about the growing criticism against the Trump administration policy of separating parents and children crossing illegally into the U.S.

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Backlash Grows Against Trump Policy Of Separating Families At The Border

6:49am June 18, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Children are being taken from parents who have crossed illegally into the U.S. Republicans introduced a bill that would end the practice, but it would require Democrats to agree to fund a border wall.

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Morning News Brief

5:01am June 18, 2018

Opposition to the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the southern border grows. There was a protest Sunday at a facility near El Paso, Texas, where some migrant boys are held.

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Amid Busy Session, Cooper Vetoes Judicial District, Election Bills

11:33pm June 17, 2018

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Protesters in San Antonio pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.

Trump's Decision To Separate Families Heats Up Immigration Debate

4:29pm June 17, 2018

by Miles Parks

House Democrats converged on an immigration detention facility Sunday, as the Trump administration continued to shift blame elsewhere for the growing crisis.

Roberta Jacobson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in May 2015.

Former U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Calls Trump's Immigration Policies 'Un-American'

8:42am June 17, 2018

by Jason Breslow

Roberta Jacobson, who resigned as ambassador in May, says the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration agenda is "draconian."

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What Splits Republicans

8:12am June 17, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to conservative political strategist Steve Schmidt about the current state of the GOP.