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Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

The Supreme Court Monday declined to review a federal judge's order continuing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — a move that stymies the Trump administration's efforts to quickly end the program. At the White House, while meeting with the nation's governors, President Donald Trump reacted, saying: "We tried to get it moved quickly because we'd like to help DACA.

White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is expected to appear before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday morning for a closed-door interview related to Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to sources familiar with the committee's schedule. The committee has long anticipated testimony from Hicks, one of the president's closest confidantes, but it's unclear how much she plans to tell lawmakers, after numerous Trump associates have refused to answer committee questions in recent closed-door ses

President Donald Trump said he believes he would have intervened in the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, almost two weeks ago. Trump called the behavior of the officer who stayed outside and did not go into the school during the shooting "disgusting" and said he would have gone into the school even if he didn't have a gun. "You know I really believe, you don't know until you're tested, but I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon and I think most of the people in this room would've done that too,"

As the nation’s governors gathered in Donald Trump on Monday showed that they are as deeply conflicted as federal lawmakers on what to do about gun violence and safety in schools. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, one of two Democratic governors to speak during the session, confronted Trump during Monday’s meeting saying he disagreed with the president’s proposal to arm teachers. “I have listened to the first-grade teachers, who don't want to be pistol-packing first-grade teachers.

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President Donald Trump told the nation’s governors that he would have run into the deadly Florida high school shooting “even if I didn’t have a weapon.”   The donation includes profits from Jan. 20 through Dec. 31, 2017but the company declined to provide a sum or breakdown.   The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s highly unusual bid to get the justices to intervene in the controversy over protections for young immigrants.   Names The former first lady also has a memoir coming out in the fall.

President Donald Trump told the nation’s governors that he would have run into the deadly Florida high school shooting “even if I didn’t have a weapon.”   The donation includes profits from Jan. 20 through Dec. 31, 2017but the company declined to provide a sum or breakdown.   The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s highly unusual bid to get the justices to intervene in the controversy over protections for young immigrants.   Names The former first lady also has a memoir coming out in the fall.