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Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment built near the Tornillo Port of Entry in June in Tornillo, Texas.

Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Allow Longer Detention Of Migrant Children

3:56pm September 06, 2018

by Joel Rose

Under the Flores settlement, immigrant minors can't be held in jail-like settings and can't be held for longer than 20 days. The government's move to circumvent that will likely end up in court.

Alexander Ciccolo, seen in a 2014 booking photo, was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release for plotting a terrorist attack in the United States.

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Boston Police Captain's Son Sentenced To 20 Years For Terror Plot

9:43pm September 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"Alexander Ciccolo planned to kill innocent civilians in the United States on ISIS's behalf," prosecutor Andrew Lelling said. His father tipped off the FBI who arrested his son in 2015.

Facebook Says It's Making Strides In Rooting Out Malicious Activity At Senate Hearing

6:28pm September 05, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

Big tech bosses were scheduled to return to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday to talk about their efforts to resist being used as tools in foreign information warfare campaigns against the United States.

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Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was interviewed at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. She faces questions from Congress about combating foreign interference.

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Senate Committee Vents About Hijacking Of Big Tech For Information War

2:04pm September 05, 2018

by Tim Mak

The Senate intelligence committee gets an update from Big Tech about how companies are fighting "active measures" like those waged against the U.S. in 2016.

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President Trump's top aides have wrought an elaborate system of schemes to keep him from taking actions they feared would hurt the country, according to accounts in a new book by Bob Woodward.

'Idiot,' 'Unhinged,' A 'Sixth-Grader': Aides Fault Trump In Explosive New Book

8:21pm September 04, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward's new book details a chaotic White House in which officials scheme to protect the nation from a president they sometimes consider a danger to it.

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Military Introduces Promotion Changes In Attempt To Attract And Keep Better Officers

5:19pm September 04, 2018

by David Welna

The Pentagon has just been authorized to make changes to its officer promotion policy that would, among other actions, make it possible to stay on at one's rank rather than face up-or-out promotion peril.

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Taliban Confirms Death Of Haqqani Network Founder For The First Time

4:23pm September 04, 2018

by Tom Bowman

The Taliban confirmed the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani for the first time Tuesday. Haqqani was a former U.S. ally turned creator of the Afghan military network.

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It is assumed by many that Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller doesn't want to do anything to influence the midterm election season, giving him one more week to make a move before he must go ultraquiet.

The Russia Investigations: Is This The Final Countdown?

5:04pm September 01, 2018

by Philip Ewing

Special counsel Robert Mueller may be up against a deadline ... or he may not. There's apparent trouble for a senior Justice Department lawyer and more trouble for Big Tech.

Ericka Ames, center, of Nicaragua recites the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Miami. The backlog of citizenship applications has increased dramatically under the Trump administration.

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The Wait To Become A U.S. Citizen Lengthens

8:36am September 01, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Immigrant advocates claim the Trump administration is building a "second wall" to keep immigrants out of this country. That wall is the lengthy and time-consuming process to become a U.S. citizen.

The Justice Department is charging a Washington lobbyist with failing to register as a foreign agent in a case linked to political work done by Paul Manafort.

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Consultant Pleads Guilty To Violating Lobbying Laws Over Ukraine Work

2:05pm August 31, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

W. Samuel Patten has pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent for work he did connected to a Ukrainian political party.