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In this Thursday, May 23, 2013 photo, cars from Canada line up to cross into the U.S. in Blaine, Wash. In April 2013, in its 2014 fiscal year budget proposal, the Department of Homeland Security requested permission to study a fee at the nation’s land border crossings. The request has sparked wide opposition among members of Congress from northern states, who vowed to stop it. A fee, they say, would hurt communities on the border that rely on people, goods and money moving between the U.S. and Canada. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

January 24, 2020 at 7:55 pm

The Border Patrol offers up a Trump-era lesson in Orwellian doublespeak | Danny Westneat

Government agencies in the Trump era no longer spin or retreat when they get caught doing something controversial. They just flat-out deny it. It's a...

January 24, 2020 at 7:21 pm

Pompeo lashes out at NPR reporter, challenges her to find Ukraine on a map

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, apparently angered by a reporter’s questions about the Trump administration’s firing of the United States ambassador to Ukraine, lashed out...

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In this photo taken Oct. 9, 2019, traffic enters the United States from Canada at the Peace Arch Border Crossing, in Blaine, Wash. Civil rights groups and lawmakers were demanding information from federal officials following reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States from Canada over the weekend. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET201 WAET201

January 24, 2020 at 4:57 pm

Lawyer reveals email from CBP officer angry about border stops and hard-line policies in Blaine

A Blaine immigration lawyer says he received an email from a Customs and Border Protection officer complaining about an "operation" to detain and question Iranian-born people crossing...

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In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) DCJE277 DCJE277

January 24, 2020 at 4:51 pm

Trial highlights: Dems cry cover-up, Trump hails activists VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the floor of the Senate, Democratic impeachment prosecutors said Friday that President Donald Trump tried to cover up his actions with... Updated 7:25 am

Passengers wearing protective face masks enter the departure hall of a high speed train station in Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Communist Party’s extensive social controls and experience fighting the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) XAI107 XAI107

January 24, 2020 at 3:14 pm

Q&A: Do face masks protect against coronavirus? Do I need one?

For now, public-health officials say there's no need to wear face masks in the United States, but do recommend them in China, especially for people...

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Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, walk to the Senate chamber for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) DCSH115 DCSH115

January 24, 2020 at 3:13 pm

GOP shows little desire for witnesses ahead of critical vote VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial despite persistent appeals from... Updated 8:24 am

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla.,, speaks during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) DCJE181 DCJE181

January 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm

No phones. No coffee. No talking. How senators are coping with long days of impeachment arguments

No coffee, no cellphones, no talking: As the long days of the impeachment trial proceed in the U.S. Senate chamber, senators have used varying coping...

This undated image released by the House Judiciary Committee from documents provided by Lev Parnas to the committee in the impeachment probe against President Donald Trump, shows a photo of Lev Parnas with Trump in Florida. Parnas, a close associate of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is claiming Trump was directly involved in the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, repeated denials that he is acquainted with Parnas, despite numerous photos that have emerged of the two men together. (House Judiciary Committee via AP) WX110 WX110

January 24, 2020 at 1:40 pm

Recording of Trump calling for Yovanovitch’s ouster appears to corroborate Parnas’ account

President Donald Trump is allegedly heard on a recording demanding the firing of then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during a private dinner with top...

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January 24, 2020 at 1:16 pm

London police are taking surveillance to a whole new level

LONDON — London’s police department said Friday that it would begin using facial recognition to spot criminal suspects with video cameras as they walk the...

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Miami to attend the Republican National Committee winter meetings, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) MDEV206 MDEV206

January 24, 2020 at 12:33 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false assurance about troops in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, President Donald Trump stated inaccurately that no U.S. troops were injured in the Iranian missile attack against them in Iraq....

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