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"I would argue that national security is at stake," said Rep. Michael McCaul. "We stop 10 terrorists every day from getting into this country." (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: McCaul: ‘We stop 10 terrorists every day from getting into this country’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 14, 2015, file photo from video, Tina Cordova talks of her late father, Anastacio Cordova, in her Albuquerque home. Cordova believes her father, who died in 2013 after suffering from multiple bouts of cancer, was affected by the atomic bomb Trinity Test in New Mexico since he lived in nearby Tularosa, N.M. as a child. Residents of a New Mexico Hispanic village near the site of the world's first atomic bomb test are expected to share their stories with Congress. “It’s time, and we are excited to share our stories,” said Cordova, Downwinders co-founder and a cancer survivor. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

New Mexico residents to testify on atomic bomb fallout

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2018 file photo, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-NM, during a forum at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Pearce said Thursday, June 14, 2018, he would immediately suspend New Mexico's embattled teacher evaluation system if elected. He said educators are being judged unfairly as the state struggles to improve student academic performance. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras, File)

Immigration debate roils campaign for New Mexico governor

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

GOP Sen. Johnson says Congress must act on immigration

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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Washington. From left, Deputy Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trump, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump seeks federal government overhaul, merger of agencies

By KEN THOMAS and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

New Mexico Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham talks about here Democratic primary election victory in the race for New Mexico governor at a coffee shop in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Primary elections upended the political landscape in New Mexico by setting up general-election showdowns between women in two open congressional seats and casting aside an incumbent Democratic state lawmaker who is embroiled sexual harassment accusations. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

House Budget Committee rejects amendment aimed at halting family separations

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives at Duluth International Airport, in Duluth Minn., Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Trump is in Duluth to speak at a rally for Pete Stauber, a Republican congressional candidate running in a traditionally Democratic district. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s migrant policy: First blowback, then about-face

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on protecting American workers in Duluth, Minn., Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump supporters steadfast despite the immigration uproar

By ANGIE WANG and DAVE KOLPACK - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short, right, arrive for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, as Trump rallies Republicans around a GOP immigration bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Texas governor seeks bipartisan border solutions

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2018. Calls are mounting on Capitol Hill for the Trump administration to end the separation of families at the southern border ahead of a visit from President Donald Trump to discuss legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: AMA calls for an end to border separations

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"There's no need for legislation," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. "Mr. President, you started it, you can stop it, plain and simple." (Associated Press)

Democrats no help to Donald Trump, Republicans on family separation issue

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Origins of family separation issue stretch back many years

By ANNE FLAHERTY - Associated Press

Singer Bono of U2 performs during a concert at the Apollo Theater hosted by SiriusXM on Monday, June 11, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Bono of U2 demands end to family separations at border

Associated Press

Redistricting changes headed to the ballot in several states

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

2K children alone: Trump’s self-inflicted domestic crisis

By ANNE FLAHERTY - Associated Press

House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack, Arkansas Republican, said overhauling the budget process is among his top priorities and that a balanced budget remains the goal. (Associated Press/File)
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House Budget Committee to take up 2019 budget resolution

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Trump, for his part, said he won't accept the border being overrun. "The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. It won't be," he said. (Associated Press)

Republicans abandon Donald Trump over ‘zero tolerance’ border policy

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Residents seek historic designation for black subdivision

By BY JESSICA WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2018, file photo, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington. In the year since Scalise and others were wounded during a shooting rampage at a congressional baseball practice, mass shootings have occurred at a Texas church, a Las Vegas music festival and schools in Florida and Texas. Each incident is jarring, but GOP lawmakers say their views on gun control have not changed. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Scalise back for congressional game a year after shooting

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press