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Immigrant parents fight chaotic system for their children

By Nomaan Merchant, Julie Watson, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press

HOUSTON — The U.S. government's improvised system to reunite immigrant families it separated at the border has left hundreds of parents in limbo after they were deemed "ineligible" to get their children back.

Former Marine’s wife leaves for Mexico after failing to stop deportation

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

After exhausting all her options to stop her deportation, Alejandra Juarez chose to leave for Mexico rather than be sent off in handcuffs.

U.S., ACLU divide on how to reunify separated families

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday revealed widely divergent plans on how to reunite hundreds of immigrant children with parents who have been deported since the families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Prosecutors turn to Paul Manafort’s taxes, unreported bank accounts

By Matthew Barakat, Stephen Braun, Associated Press

Prosecutors headed toward the heart of their financial fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Friday, with jurors expected to hear testimony that he never told his tax accountants about offshore bank accounts containing millions of dollars.

Will the economic boom complicate efforts to curb immigration?

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

One of President Donald Trump's priorities, low unemployment, is complicating another: curbing immigration.

China announces $60 billion of U.S. goods for tariff retaliation

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

China announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods on Friday including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals for retaliation if Washington goes ahead with its latest tariff threat.

Returning to rubble, some ‘lost everything’ in California wildfire

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Brian Skoloff, Associated Press

"I'm waiting to probably break down any minute here. Pretty overwhelming," one woman said as her family stood on the sidewalk staring in disbelief at what's left of their house in the city of Redding.

With scant record, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh elusive on abortion

By Denise Lavoie, Michael Tarm, Associated Press

The big question about Kavanaugh's view on abortion remains unanswered: whether he would vote to overturn Roe. He'll almost certainly decline to answer when he is asked directly at his confirmation hearing.

Pompeo: ‘Ways to go’ before North Korea meets denuclearization vow

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea is far from living up to its pledge to denuclearize and remains in violation of numerous U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Chicago anti-violence protesters demand action, resignation of city leaders

By Associated Press

Organizers say they believe the march in the affluent North Side neighborhood will draw attention to violence, corruption and the lack of economic investment in the city's African-American neighborhoods.