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The U.S.-Mexico border is quieter than it's been in years. Vice President Vance says the Trump administration deserves the credit, but migrant apprehensions have been falling for months.

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New Justice Department leaders say past enforcement of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act is "the prototypical ...

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