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If those votes on state budget amendments seem at odds with the image that state Republicans often try to project — they are.  Capital Source Samantha Ormsby, who has served as a deputy press secretary, will replace Nicole Caravella, who left the mayor’s office last week for a job in the private sector.

President Trump and lawmakers searched anxiously Tuesday for a way to end the policy of separating families after illegal border crossings.   A dispiriting 27 percent of the country supports the so-called zero-tolerance policy that has led to a sudden, dramatic increase in families being separated at the southern border.  Governor Andrew Cuomo said at least 70 children who were separated from their parents are currently being housed in New York facilities that have contracts with the federal government.

President Trump and lawmakers searched anxiously Tuesday for a way to end the policy of separating families after illegal border crossings.   A dispiriting 27 percent of the country supports the so-called zero-tolerance policy that has led to a sudden, dramatic increase in families being separated at the southern border.  Governor Andrew Cuomo said at least 70 children who were separated from their parents are currently being housed in New York facilities that have contracts with the federal government.

President Trump and lawmakers searched anxiously Tuesday for a way to end the policy of separating families after illegal border crossings.   A dispiriting 27 percent of the country supports the so-called zero-tolerance policy that has led to a sudden, dramatic increase in families being separated at the southern border.  Governor Andrew Cuomo said at least 70 children who were separated from their parents are currently being housed in New York facilities that have contracts with the federal government.

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Attorney General growing uproar over the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy to combat illegal immigration. As part of the policy, thousands of migrant children have been separated from their parents. Ingraham noted that some opponents have compared the practice to "concentration camps," while others have condemned it as a human rights violation. “Well it’s a real exaggeration.

MORE's plan to claw back billions of dollars in previously approved government spending is facing a likely death in the Senate as lawmakers eye a vote this week. Senators have until Friday if they want to pass the package to claw back roughly $15 billion in spending with only a simple majority that allows them to avoid a Democratic filibuster. The measure narrowly cleared the House last week. Supporters of the measure have no room for error if they want to get the bill to Trump’s desk. With GOP Sen.

MORE on Monday said he is directing his top trade official to identify $200 billion more worth of Chinese goods that will be subject to tariffs, escalating the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.  Trump said Monday that China's decision to retaliate in kind against his first batch of $50 billion in tariffs — announced on Friday — required a U.S.

MORE on Monday showed no signs of budging from his “zero tolerance” border policy as a growing number of Republicans criticized it for separating children from their families.  The Trump administration is digging in, defending its stance while many Republicans on Capitol Hill are worried that the White House’s policy will become a huge election year issue.