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More than 500 children held in Border Patrol custody have now been reunited with their parents and the rest who were separated under the zero-tolerance border policy will be connected within a day, the government said late Saturday. But the government is still…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas legislative leader says a former federal prosecutor has assembled a team of attorneys to provide legal services to immigrant children separated from their parents and detained in group homes in Topeka. Wichita Democrat and Kansas…

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) - Hundreds of immigrant children detained at a facility at the U.S.-Mexico border were getting good food and medical care and appeared to be in good spirits, U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall said Saturday after touring the center he described…

NEW YORK (AP) - Politicians and religious leaders vowed to ensure immigrant families separated at the U.S. border are reunited swiftly, as a crowd rallied Saturday outside a facility housing children bused from Texas to New York. State Sen. Brian Benjamin's…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Protesters confronted Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi at a showing of a documentary about children's TV host Fred Rogers, and they questioned the Republican's stands on immigration and health care. The Tampa Bay Times reports Bondi…

President Trump on Saturday waded into the toss-up Senate race in Nevada, giving Democratic candidate Jacky Rosen the nickname "Whacky Jacky" and saying she wants to raise taxes and open the border. "You can't let Whacky Jacky do it. Remember a vote for her is…

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - The Latest on a protest outside a Homestead, Florida, facility where about 100 immigrant children separated from their parents are being held (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Hundreds are protesting outside a Florida facility where immigrant…

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and four of the state's Democratic House members toured a detention center where about 100 immigrant children taken from their parents are being held. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told reporters Saturday in…

NEW YORK (AP) - A pioneering gay activist who led a 1966 "sip-in" at a New York City bar has died at the age of 83. Dick Leitsch (LIGHTSH) died Friday at a hospice in Manhattan. His death from liver cancer was confirmed by his brother, John Leitsch, of…

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Nevada (all times local): 2:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is promoting his administration's business policies, particularly tax cuts, during a roundtable on tax reform in Las Vegas. The "USA…

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Latest on the Nevada Democratic Party's state convention in Reno (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Nevada Democrats the "soul of our country" is at stake in November's midterm elections. The Massachusetts Democrat…

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) - The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents following President Donald Trump's order allowing them to remain with their parents (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall is returning from a visit to…

Jason Kessler, the white nationalist who organized last summer's deadly "Unite the Right" demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, asked a federal judge on Friday to grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction letting him hold another…

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Declaring the "soul of our country is at stake," Sen. Elizabeth Warren told Nevada Democrats Saturday they will play a pivotal role in November's midterm elections on the road to taking back the White House in 2020. "Change is coming," said…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia Supreme Court justice has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of fraud and lying to federal agents. Media outlets report Allen Loughry entered the plea on Friday two hours before West Virginia lawmakers announced…

GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) - Some Maryland candidates for local and state offices joined an immigration advocacy group to protest a county correctional center housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. The Capital of Annapolis reports Democratic…

DENVER (AP) - Colorado holds primaries Tuesday to select the top two contenders to succeed Gov. John Hickenlooper, a centrist Democrat whose promotion of aerospace, tech and a plethora of other industries helped generate unprecedented economic growth in this…

LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) - A sculpture dedicated to immigrants will be erected in downtown Logansport. The Logansport Pharos-Tribune reports that the sculpture will be carved out of white Italian marble, depicting a family of luggage-toting immigrants, including…

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian government troops advanced on rebel-held areas in the country's southwestern region amid intense clashes Saturday, state media and opposition activists said, in a widening offensive that has shattered a U.S.-backed truce. Syrian State news…

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) - Every four years, around the time the World Cup kicks off, attendance at Harrison High School takes a dive. "Tremendous absenteeism," said Mike Dolaghan, a town councilman, maintenance supervisor for the Harrison school district and…