WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents caught crossing the U.S. border illegally for the duration of their immigration proceedings.

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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is not looking for a new chief of staff to replace John Kelly but at some point, "things happen."

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - A personal assistant to Paul Manafort granted the FBI access to a storage locker, allowing the government to secure evidence that President Donald Trump's former campaign manager is trying to suppress, according to testimony on Friday in a federal court hearing in Virginia.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every two years, a small league of political scientists and economists fire up computer models they've developed to predict who will win the U.S. congressional elections in November.

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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce his nominee to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on July 9, and that he has narrowed his list of candidates.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court seat left open by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy is a powerful motivator for voters, particularly Democrats, in this fall's midterm election fight for control of Congress, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects a second tax overhaul to be unveiled in October or a bit earlier, and he is considering cutting the corporate tax rate to 20 percent from 21 percent.

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