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WATCH: Senate OKs bipartisan bill to fund care for migrants

By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press

The GOP-held Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan $4.6 billion measure to deliver aid to the southern border before the government runs out of money to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children.

WATCH: Trump tells Faith and Freedom Coalition conference that gains he’s made are ‘fragile’

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's remarks came in a speech kicking off a four-day faith conference that highlights top issues for evangelical voters, who are among his most loyal supporters and vital to his 2020 re-election bid.

Drowning of father and daughter at border highlights migrants’ perils

By Peter Orsi, Amy Guthrie, Associated Press

(Warning: Contains graphic photo) In a searing photograph, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl's…

San Francisco becomes 1st major U.S. city to ban e-cigarettes

By Associated Press

Backers of the measure hope it will curb underage use of e-cigarettes.

House appears set to pass emergency funding bill for migrants

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Lawmakers are seeking to pass a $4.5 billion emergency funding bill to address the humanitarian crisis involving the thousands of migrant families detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Breakdancing takes step closer to Olympic debut in Paris

By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

Paris wants to add four sports to its program, though the other three — skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing — will make Summer Games debuts in Tokyo next year.

Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner steps down

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection John Sanders is stepping down after the discovery of dozens of children in filthy conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas.

2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren launches election security plan

By Elana Schor, Associated Press

This is Warren's latest in a series of hefty policy proposals — which have become a trademark as she climbs in the Democratic 2020 presidential primary polls.

Acting Customs and Border Protection chief resigns amid migrant detention outrage

By Associated Press

Lawyers who visited CBP facilities last week described squalid conditions: inadequate food, lack of medical care, and children trying to care for toddlers.