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NATION ROUNDUP: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie finalize divorce

  NEW YORK — Amazon said Thursday that founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has finalized his divorce with…

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Trump backs off border shutdown but threatens auto tariffs

WASHINGTON — Abandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead on Thursday…

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Cornyn to Trump: Don’t close U.S. border

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he called President Trump to advise him about potential unintended consequences of…

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Five potential impacts if President Trump closed the U.S.-Mexico border

  By María Méndez The Texas Tribune texastribune.org In response to a surge of Central American migrants at the…

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US resorts to expanded ‘catch and release’ as migrants surge

EL PASO — The surge of migrants arriving at the southern border has led the Trump administration to…

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Trump’s threat to close border stirs fears of economic harm

  EL PASO — President Donald Trump’s threat to shut down the southern border raised fears Monday of…

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AP sources: Trump considers adding ‘immigration czar’

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering bringing on a “border” or “immigration czar” to coordinate the president’s…

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Measles count in US this year already more than all of 2018

NEW YORK — The number of U.S. measles cases through the first three months of this year have…

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Trump to make fundraising trip to Houston, San Antonio

By Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune texastribune.org   President Donald Trump is planning to return to Texas next month…

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Border Patrol orders quick releases of families

WASHINGTON — The number of migrant families and children entering the U.S. from Mexico is so high that…