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Department Of Homeland Security Releases Plan To Reunify Families

7:20pm June 24, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Administration officials unveiled the plan to reunify families separated under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, but offered few details on how and when reunifications would happen.

First lady Melania Trump sits on a couch surrounded by reporters as she participates in a meeting with President Trump, Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Melania Trump Pressured President Trump To Change Family Separation Policy

6:18pm June 20, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

"She's been talking to him about it from the very beginning," a White House official told NPR.

President Trump speaks on immigration issues while meeting with Republican members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House White House.

Politics & Government

Trump Signs Order To End Family Separations

4:13pm June 20, 2018

The order says that while the administration will "rigorously" enforce immigration laws, it is "also the policy of this Administration to maintain family unity ...."

President Trump's supporters cheer as he speaks at a rally in Nashville, Tenn., in May. While Democrats are fired up for these midterms, so are his voters.

Politics & Government

Poll: Democrats Fired Up Against Trump In Midterms, But GOP Rallying Around Him

2:25pm June 20, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

A new Pew poll finds that Americans on both sides of the aisle are more enthusiastic than usual about voting this fall and the president is a bigger factor than at any time in more than three decades.

Democratic members of Congress protest the Trump family separate policy. From left to right: Reps. Joseph Crowley, Luis Gutierrez, Pramila Jayapal, John Lewis and Judy Chu.

Family Separation Is Trump's Immigration Policy. Here's Why He Won't Own It

6:43am June 20, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

The policy is unpopular, and vulnerable Republicans in competitive districts stand to be punished by voters in the midterms if this continues much longer. So Trump is trying to flip the script.

In separate remarks to reporters at the White House on Friday, President Trump insisted he wanted to see Congress pass legislation that would end his administration's policy of separating migrant families at the border.

Trump Injects Chaos Into Immigration Debate — Opposing, Then Backing GOP Bill

6:57pm June 15, 2018

Trump said Friday that he would not sign a House GOP immigration bill crafted to meet his policy demands, triggering confusion. Later, a White House spokesman said the president backed the measure.

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A screenshot of a video shared on White House social media accounts. The video — a fake movie trailer encouraging cooperation between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — was shown to Kim by Trump himself on an iPad toward the end of

'Shaking The Hand Of Peace': Unpacking Trump's North Korea Movie Trailer

8:15pm June 13, 2018

A four-minute fake movie trailer created by the Trump administration for Kim Jong Un is decidedly odd. Culture critic Glen Weldon asks National Security Correspondent David Welna what it all means.

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President Trump walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday on Sentosa Island in Singapore.

Friend Or Foe? Trump Takes On Allies As He Warms Up To North Korea

12:44pm June 13, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

In the past week, President Trump has praised North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un, while criticizing allies in Canada and Europe.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a document he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed at the US North Korea summit in Singapore.

World News

Investors Eager For Economic Opening Of North Korea

5:15am June 12, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

If North Korea agrees to open its economy, its reserve of natural resources, young population, and strategic location presents opportunities for foreign investors.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

World News

Trump Withdraws Endorsement Of G-7 Communique Over Trudeau Statements

10:24pm June 09, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

President Trump tweeted his remarks from Air Force One on his way to the North Korea summit.