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Trump administration says it knows location of all children

Trump administration officials say the U.S. government knows the location of all children in its custody after separating ...

Jim Mattis

US Defense chief to visit China amid S. China Sea tensions

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the South China Sea, visits ...

Protestors

Protesters, Democrats want immigrant families reunited

Demonstrators led rallies and protests Saturday to decry the separation of immigrant parents from their children by U.S.

Syria army widens offensive on rebel-held areas in southwest

Syrian government troops advanced on rebel-held areas in the country's southwestern region amid intense clashes Saturday, ...

Ex-S. Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies

Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, ...

Donald Trump

Trump tries to change focus of border debate

President Donald Trump tried to cast doubt Friday on wrenching tales of migrant children separated from their families at the ...

Immigrants, Jayden Chevarria

The Latest: Kansas welfare agency says children's needs met

The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents following President Donald Trump's order allowing them ...

Donald Trump

Trump pushes back against border separation uproar

President Donald Trump tried to cast doubt Friday on wrenching tales of migrant children separated from their families at the ...

Honduran girl in symbolic photo not separated from mother

A crying Honduran girl depicted in a widely-seen photograph that became a symbol for many of President Donald Trump's ...

US officials say girl on Time cover isn't separated from mom

U.S. Border Patrol officials said Friday that a girl who is pictured on the cover of this week's Time magazine was not ...

Sailors honor Pearl Harbor survivor during 1 last visit

Ray Emory survived the early morning attack on Pearl Harbor that killed nearly 2,400 servicemen in shower of bombs and ...

At least 3 "tender age" shelters set up for child migrants

The Trump administration has set up at least three "tender age" shelters to detain babies and other young children who have ...

AP Explains: Where do kids split from parents go?

The Trump administration has not figured out a way to reunite families separated by a new zero-tolerance policy enacted this ...

The Latest: AMA calls for an end to border separations

The Latest on Congress and immigration (all times EDT): 12:01 a.m. The largest U.S. doctors' group, the American Medical ...

5 charged in immigrant smuggling scheme after Texas crash

Federal prosecutors charged five people Tuesday in a scheme to smuggle immigrants illegally after an SUV driven by one of ...

Pearl Harbor survivor says goodbye before leaving Hawaii

Nearly eight decades ago, Ray Emory, then a young sailor, watched in disbelief as Japanese torpedoes tore into American ships ...

US commander warns against leaving Afghanistan too rapidly

The battle-hardened Army commander nominated to take over U.S. military operations in Afghanistan warned senators Tuesday ...

'Papa! Papa!' Audio of children stokes rage over separation

An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their ...

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Mass. Gov. Not Sending National Guard to Border

Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker reversed a decision to send a state National Guard helicopter to the U.S.

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Doctor: Impact of Separating Families 'Tragic'

Dr. Louis Kraus, chief of child psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, says the separation of immigrant ...