Article snippet: The president has proposed allowing US manufacturers to sell large batches of firearms to other countries without consulting Congress. A delegation of 25 members of Congress visited a US Customs and Border Protection center in McAllen, Texas. Brownsville’s mayor and other leaders said the turmoil President Trump refers to is largely fiction. The White House press secretary was booted from a restaurant about three hours from Washington because, she said, she works for President Trump. It was most direct confrontation yet between the president and one of his top potential opponents in 2020. A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan said the department has partly complied with congressional requests. For 11 hours on Wednesday, drivers who wanted to travel through a remote stretch of northern Maine were asked a simple question: Where were you born? Associates of former Boston banker “Chad” Gifford have donated $87,000 to Rufus Gifford’s campaign. Gun makers say they need additional protections in Congress to prevent financial retaliation from banks. A South Carolina lawmaker who defeated US Representative Mark Sanford in his re-election bid was seriously injured in a vehicle crash on Friday. The president has proposed allowing US manufacturers to sell large batches of firearms to other countries without consulting Congress. <?EM-dummyText [This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This is dummy text for the story. This... Link to the full article to read more