Tag: Mexico

President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met in person in July 2017 at the G-20 summit in Germany. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mexican president cancels White House visit after heated call with Trump: Report

Caitlin Yilek · February 25, 2018 1:38 am

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

In a Thursday meeting, Trump threatened to pull ICE officers and border patrol agents out of California so the state would become aware of how much worse the illegal immigration and gang problem would be without these immigration officials. (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat, File)

Trump: ‘We need The Wall’ to stop MS-13 gang

Katelyn Caralle · February 23, 2018 12:11 pm

The Center for Migration Studies of New York estimates 10.79 million people are in the country illegally and says that figure is down almost 1 million people from the 11.725 million in 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

US illegal immigrant population fell by nearly 1 million since 2010: Think tank

Anna Giaritelli · February 22, 2018 10:28 pm

The border wall between Calexico, Calif., and Mexicali, Mexico, has been damaged and breached several hundred times over the past two years. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

DHS starts construction on 30-foot replacement wall in Calexico, Calif.

Anna Giaritelli · February 21, 2018 10:23 pm

The meeting comes as the U.S. prepares for the seventh round of talks to renegotiate the trade deal, starting Saturday in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Labor leaders claim ‘very productive meeting’ with Trump on NAFTA

Sean Higgins · February 21, 2018 9:50 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly has said he has every confidence White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will be able to carry out his duties, after it was reported that Kushner only had an interim security clearance as of November 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

John Kelly has ‘full confidence’ in Jared Kushner’s ability to fulfill foreign policy duties

Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 12:50 am

California tax lawyer Charles Rettig, who has worked on tax cases with the firm Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez for more than 35 years, would replace acting commissioner David Kautter as head of the tax collection agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Illegal immigrant pleads guilty and vows to self-deport after stealing $1M through bogus Earned Income Tax Credit claims

Anna Giaritelli · February 20, 2018 8:57 pm

Many Republicans have problems with provisions dealing with immigrant farm workers, while others don't like the immigration reduction numbers and mandatory E-Verify, which are also opposed by the business community.

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Immigration reform faces high hurdle in the House

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The budget proposal Trump's White House released days later would raise deficits by as much as $7 trillion over 10 years if enacted.

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Deficits drive a wedge between Trump and fiscal conservatives

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am