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SAO PAULO (AP) - Residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima attacked Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local storeowner was robbed, stabbed and beaten in an assault blamed on four migrants, authorities said. Pacaraima, in the northern jungle…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on the arrest by immigration agents of a man as he drove his wife to the hospital so she could give birth (all times local): 4:15 p.m. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says that the California man who was arrested by its…

FBI agents in the Russia probe had thoughts of arresting a mysterious Maltese professor, but he left the United States before they had gathered sufficient evidence, according to a court filing by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Mueller said the FBI located…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California woman said Saturday that she had to drive herself to the hospital and give birth without her husband after he was detained by immigration agents. Maria del Carmen Venegas said she and her husband, Joel Arrona Lara, were driving…

President Trump blasted former CIA Director John Brennan Saturday as "easily the worst" spy chief in U.S. history, and said he's become a "political hack" since leaving government service. Days after revoking Mr. Brennan's security clearance, Mr. Trump said of…

When San Benito, Texas, school leaders learned of an influx of children to a migrant shelter in their small town near the U.S.-Mexico border, they felt obliged to help. The superintendent reached out and agreed to send 19 bilingual teachers, mobile classrooms…

President Trump said Saturday his administration will fight efforts by social-media companies to silence conservatives, saying he won't allow censorship. "Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices," Mr. Trump tweeted.…

The federal judge who had ordered the government to restart the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty in full backed off his decision Friday and said the government does not, after all, have to begin accepting brand new applications. Judge John D. Bates…

President Trump made a "big mistake" when he fired FBI boss James Comey, former White House chief strategist and senior counselor Steve Bannon said in an interview aired Friday. A top Trump administration official at the time of Mr. Comey's termination, Mr.…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's 2018 midterm election is one of the most important in years. The governor's office and all three Cabinet seats are on the ballot; Republican Gov. Rick Scott is challenging three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson; several…

WASHINGTON (AP) - For much of the last two years, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr has been the Russia investigator who is seen but rarely heard on Capitol Hill. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, the North Carolina…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - A person accused of a crime in the United States has a constitutional right to a speedy trial. But if you find yourself waiting for a hearing at the nondescript office building that serves as the federal immigration court in…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The United States said it was deeply concerned over Vietnam's conviction and sentencing of an activist this week, calling the trend of increased arrests and harsh sentences of government critics "troubling." A State Department statement…

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge in Washington who ruled against the Trump administration's plans to end a federal program that shields some young immigrants from deportation won't require the administration to process new applications while it appeals his…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The Latest on the court proceedings against Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O'Donnell (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A federal judge has refused to toss out wire fraud and money laundering charges against Sedgwick County commissioner…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A local prosecutor won't press charges against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens despite findings from a state ethics panel that there's reason to believe he broke the law over how his campaign reported a donor list it obtained from…

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges that he threatened to kill the children of U.S. Rep. Brian Mast because he was upset about President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Laurence Key was indicted Thursday on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who sued after the military moved to discharge her has been granted citizenship, her attorneys said Friday. Yea Ji Sea, 29, had filed a lawsuit last month demanding a response to her citizenship…

KARNES CITY, Texas (AP) - An advocacy group says 16 men temporarily transferred out of a Texas family immigration detention center have been returned following what federal authorities called a "disturbance." During a conference call Friday, the group Raices…

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department lawyers asked a federal judge Friday to let them file a legal appeal that could, for now, keep President Donald Trump's critics from getting access to financial records related to his Washington, D.C., hotel. Trump has been…