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President Trump, with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and Vice President Pence, right, prepares to sign an executive order ending the practice of separating migrant families. But the move leaves many questions unanswered.

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Trump's Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn't Do

10:25pm June 20, 2018

The president ends a policy that sent thousands of children to government-run facilities away from their parents; critics say he just created new problems, and kids already held may be there a while.

First lady Melania Trump sits on a couch surrounded by reporters as she participates in a meeting with President Trump, Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Melania Trump Pressured President Trump To Change Family Separation Policy

6:18pm June 20, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

"She's been talking to him about it from the very beginning," a White House official told NPR.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive to detain a group of Central American asylum seekers near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas earlier this month.

Facebook Fundraiser For Separated Immigrant Families Raises $12 Million In 5 Days

3:33pm June 20, 2018

by Talia Wiener

Charlotte and Dave Willner say they were motivated to start the fundraiser because the photo reminded them of their own 2-year-old daughter.

Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, lead a man away from Fresh Mark in Salem, Ohio, on Tuesday. The mass arrests were the result of the second such large-scale raid this

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ICE Carries Out Its Largest Immigration Raid In Recent History, Arresting 146

2:50pm June 20, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

More than 100 federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a major meat supplier in Salem, Ohio, on Tuesday. It was ICE's second massive operation in Ohio in as many weeks.

West Virginia Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry in 2012.

W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry Is Charged With 22 Counts, Including Fraud

2:14pm June 20, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Loughry, 47, has been suspended without pay, the state Supreme Court says. In addition to being a judge, he wrote a book about political corruption in West Virginia.

Obama Official On Family Separations

9:18am June 20, 2018

President Obama faced strong criticism from immigrant rights activists. Steve Inskeep talks with former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Leon Fresco about immigration and family separations.

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A Public Defender On Immigration Cases And Separations

9:18am June 20, 2018

NPR's David Greene talks with federal public defender Erik Hanshew of El Paso, Texas about the difficulties of representing immigrant clients who have been separated from their children.

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After the 2008 financial crisis, rules required much greater transparency on the sale of credit default swaps. But a loophole allows banks to evade regulation by offloading the trades to foreign subsidiaries.

Big Banks Are Once Again Taking Risks With Complex Financial Trades, Report Says

9:37pm June 19, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

Are banks exploiting a loophole in U.S. rules that allows some derivatives traders to escape federal regulation? "We've seen this movie already," said the report's author, Michael Greenberger.

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The FBI seal is attached to a podium prior to Director is Christopher A. Wray speaking at a news conference at FBI Headquarters, on June 14, 2018 in Washington, D.C. after the release of an inspector general's report.

Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Text Messages Escorted From FBI Building

6:42pm June 19, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

Peter Strzok was escorted from the building as part of the bureau's ongoing internal disciplinary process, his lawyer said in a statement.

Justice Dept. Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz testifies before the House Oversight Committee and the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Justice IG Testifies Before 2 House Panels, Talk Turns To Family Separation

6:31pm June 19, 2018

by Miles Parks

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, took questions Tuesday from lawmakers about the voluminous report his office released last week.