President Donald Trump told House Republicans he is "1,000 percent" behind their rival immigration bills, providing little clear direction for party leaders searching for a way to defuse the escalating controversy over family separations.

China on Tuesday threatened "comprehensive measures" in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff hike, raising the possibility Beijing might target operations of American companies.

Parents who have used cannabis to treat severe epilepsy in their children are feeling more cautious than celebratory as the US government nears decision on drug made from marijuana plant.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, New York's Attorney General Barbara Underwood said President Donald Trump's charitable foundation served as a personal piggy bank for his businesses, legal bills and presidential campaign.

President Donald Trump emphatically defended his administration's policy Monday, again falsely blaming Democrats. "The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility," he declared.

The family and attorneys of an Ecuadorean pizza shop worker who was arrested while trying to make a delivery in Brooklyn are submitting a formal request to immigration officials demanding his immediate release.

Some fleeing violence in their home countries are undeterred by a new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions declaring that gang and domestic violence will generally cease to be grounds for asylum.

Nearly 2,000 children have been taken from their parents since the Trump administration announced its "zero tolerance" policy against people illegally entering the U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Manuel Padilla calls the separations temporary.

Wrenching scenes of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border are roiling campaigns ahead of midterm elections.

Calls are mounting on Capitol Hill for the Trump administration to end the separation of families at the southern border ahead of a visit from President Donald Trump to discuss legislation.