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"In all, 36 states have either agreed or are considering participating with the commission's work to ensure the integrity of the American electoral system," said Kris Kobach, who is also secretary of state in Kansas. (Associated Press/File)

Kris Kobach: Most states to work with voter integrity commission

Despite reports to the contrary, most states appear ready to cooperate to some extent with President Trump's voter integrity commission, the panel's vice chairman said Wednesday as the administration began to mount its defense against a feverish backlash from state election officials. Published July 5, 2017

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is leading the voting integrity commission with Vice President Mike Pence, set off a firestorm of criticism last week by requesting voter information from all 50 states — including names, dates of birth, addresses, voting and registration history and partial Social Security numbers. (Associated Press/File)

Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump voter commission’s data sweep

A privacy group has filed an emergency request to block the Trump election integrity commission's demand for states to turn over voter data, saying the information, if made public, would be a severe invasion of Americans' rights. Published July 4, 2017

Dreamers, who just weeks ago cheered the administration's announcement that it was maintaining DACA, were furious at the latest turn of events and called Texas' move racist. (Associated Press/File)

Texas forces Donald Trump to pick sides on Dreamer amnesty

Texas has put President Trump over a barrel with its threat to sue to stop the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers, said legal analysts, calling the state's case as close to a slam-dunk as possible. Published July 3, 2017

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Kris Kobach: Voter information refusal ‘idiotic’

The vice chairman of President Trump's new voter integrity commission says Democrats' resistance is "idiotic," and questioned why they were so intent on thwarting the work of a panel designed to look at barriers to voting and how widespread fraud is in the U.S. system. Published July 2, 2017

Tighter restrictions on U.S. travel from six majority-Muslim nations took effect Thursday evening after the Supreme Court gave its go-ahead for a limited version of President Trump's plan. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s revised ‘extreme vetting’ ban goes into effect

President Trump's revived travel ban kicked into operation Thursday night, imposing a tough new screen on refugees from across the globe and on all visitors from six majority-Muslims countries the White House says need "extreme vetting." Published June 29, 2017

Kate Steinle was fatally shot on July 1, 2015, allegedly by illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. The U.S. House on Thursday passed Kate's Law, a federal provision aimed at penalizing illegal immigrants who return to the United States after being deported. (Associated Press)

House passes Kate’s Law, anti-sanctuary city bill

The House on Thursday approved what would be the toughest immigration crackdown in more than two decades, passing bills that would crack down on so-called sanctuary cities and impose stiffer penalties on illegal immigrants who sneak back into the U.S. after being deported. Published June 29, 2017

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, joined by nine other state attorneys general and the governor of Idaho, says in a letter that the 2012 amnesty created by President Obama and continued by President Trump is illegal. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

State AGs threaten to sue Trump to stop Dreamer amnesty

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Thursday that he will sue the Trump administration to stop the deportation amnesty for Dreamers unless the government voluntarily phases out the program. Published June 29, 2017

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, protesters are surrounded by police officers and travelers as they pass through an exit of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, after earlier in the day two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers will be key players in putting President Donald Trump's revised travel ban into effect on Thursday, June 29, affecting visitors from six mostly Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Revived travel ban goes into effect at 8 p.m.

President Trump's revived travel ban will kick into operation at 8 p.m. Thursday, officials announced, and will include a tighter-than-expected screen on potential refugees worldwide and visitors from six Muslim-majority countries which the White House targeted for "extreme vetting." Published June 29, 2017

A supporter displays an iPhone during a rally for Sen. Barack Obama in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 29, 2008. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s very selection as running mate was officially announced to the world through a telephone text message. (Associated Press) **FILE**

‘Obamaphone’ program riddled with fraud: Audit

The controversial "Obamaphone" program, which pays for cellphones for the poor, is rife with fraud, according to a new government report Thursday that found more than a third of enrollees may not even be qualified. Published June 29, 2017

President Trump met Wednesday with what the White House identified as "immigration crime victims" to urge passage of House legislation. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s immigration plans rejected by Obama-appointed judges

President Trump may have won a partial victory at the Supreme Court this week, but other federal judges remain major stumbling blocks to his aggressive immigration plans, with courts from California to Michigan and Atlanta limiting his crackdown on sanctuary cities and stopping him from deporting illegal immigrants he has targeted for removal. Published June 28, 2017

"You've got to solve this problem," Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly told the House Homeland Security Committee when members prodded him not to deport Dreamers. (Associated Press)

DHS warns of airplane threats, demands tougher screening at foreign airports

Homeland Security officials sounded a major alarm Wednesday about the world's airlines, revealing a "web of threats" they said prove terrorists remain determined to attack aircraft flying into the U.S. -- and announcing a new round of increased screening for inbound passengers. Published June 28, 2017

In this March 29, 2017, file photo, a youth looks at a new, taller fence being built along U.S.-Mexico border, replacing the shorter, gray metal fence in front of it, in the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, across the border from Sunland Park, New Mexico. Most Americans oppose funding President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. That’s according to a poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Ronald Vitiello: 130 miles of border won’t need wall

Homeland Security said Tuesday that at least 130 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border have enough natural barriers that there's no need to build a wall there — leaving most of the 1,954-mile divide as potential ground for a fence. Published June 27, 2017

In this Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. listens at left as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, after meeting with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Paul Ryan: Don’t bet against Mitch McConnell

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday that he expects Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will manage to deliver an Obamacare repeal bill at some point. Published June 27, 2017

President Donald Trump applauds new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a public swearing-in ceremony for Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 10, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Neil Gorsuch firmly on Supreme Court right

Newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch came out of the starting blocks quickly in his first months, firmly planting himself on the court's right along with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. as defenders of religious freedom and skeptics of judicial meddling in the other two branches' work. Published June 26, 2017

In this image provided by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump poses with members of the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the court in Washington. From left are, Associate Justices Elena Kagan, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Anthony Kennedy, Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., the president, Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor. (Fred Schilling/Supreme Court via AP) The Supreme Court held a special sitting on June 15, 2017, for the formal investiture ceremony of Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended as guests of the Court. Members of the Supreme Court with the President in the Justices' Conference Room at a courtesy visit prior to the investiture ceremony.

Supreme Court revives Trump travel ban

The Supreme Court revived President Trump's extreme vetting travel ban Monday, ruling that much of it can go into effect -- and along the way delivering an implicit rebuke to the army of lower-court judges who blasted the president as anti-Muslim. Published June 26, 2017