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Homeland Security Drafts Plan To End Family Separation

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is drafting an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together in detention after they are detained crossing the border illegally, according to two people familiar with her thinking.

Lidl Faces Lawsuit Regarding Failed NC Stores

Stores in Wilmington, Cary and Charlotte failed, so Lidl bailed. Now, the German grocery store chain faces a lawsuit against their 'deceptive' expansion plans for new locations in North Carolina.

Trump Administration Pulls US Out Of UN Human Rights Council

The United States announced Tuesday it was leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, with Ambassador Nikki Haley calling it β€œan organization that is not worthy of its name.” It was the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.

DHS Reports About 2,000 Minors Separated From Families

Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

House GOP Unveils Bill For Young Immigrants, $25B For Border

House Republicans unveiled a β€œdiscussion draft” of a sweeping immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for young immigrants, $25 billion in border security β€” including advance funds for President Donald Trump’s wall with Mexico β€” and a provision aimed at addressing the crisis of family separations at the border.

Longtime Elvis Presley Drummer D.J. Fontana Has Died

D.J. Fontana, a rock β€˜n’ roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana, to the heights of musical history as Elvis Presley’s first and longtime drummer, has died at 87, his wife said Thursday.

Watchdog Sees Errors, Not Bias, In Comey's Clinton Probe

The Justice Department’s watchdog delivered a stinging rebuke Thursday to the FBI and former Director James Comey for their handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, but the report does not conclude Comey’s actions were motivated by political bias or a preference for Clinton over Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

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