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Language and vulgarity aside, the president demonstrated that we live in a society where the disastrous realities of other nations and their potential effect on immigration cannot be stated without cries of racism and bigotry. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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The truth hurts, but we need it on immigration

Eduardo Neret · January 17, 2018 3:54 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has criticized fellow Republican senators who swear President Trump did not make disparaging remarks about African nations during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lindsey Graham reveals his instant response to Trump’s Norway remark

Daniel Chaitin · January 17, 2018 4:29 am

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that President Trump's rumored remarks about "shithole countries" in Africa have not hurt the U.S.'s relationship with the continent. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rex Tillerson addresses ‘shithole countries’ controversy

Naomi Lim · January 17, 2018 3:16 am

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on MSNBC doubled down on his criticism of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Tuesday, parroting language he used during an earlier Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (screenshot)

Cory Booker: DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen’s ‘shithole countries’ testimony was ‘insulting’

Naomi Lim · January 17, 2018 2:12 am

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, met with President Trump met for 30 minutes and discussed many topics surrounding immigration reform. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Haitian-American Republican Mia Love met with Trump after denouncing ‘shithole’ comments

Melissa Quinn · January 16, 2018 8:35 pm

"I want them to come in from everywhere. Everywhere," Trump said when asked if he wanted more people to come from places like Norway. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: I want immigrants ‘from everywhere’

Caitlin Yilek · January 16, 2018 6:43 pm

"I actually do not know that, sir, but I imagine that's the case," Kirstjen Nielsen responded. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Kirstjen Nielsen says she does not know if Norwegians are mostly white, ‘but I imagine that’s the case’: Watch

Kyle Feldscher · January 16, 2018 4:55 pm

"I did not hear that word used. No sir," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said about last week's meeting. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DHS secretary on Trump’s ‘shithole’ remark: ‘I did not hear that word’

Anna Giaritelli · January 16, 2018 4:41 pm

President Trump "made clear that day that he met with Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham that he wants basically white people to come to our country," Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said. "It's hard not to have that interpretation. That's not just my interpretation." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hawaii Democrat: Trump wants ‘basically white people’ to come to US

Melissa Quinn · January 16, 2018 4:09 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that NBC would never have given President Trump a starring roll on "The Apprentice" if he was a racist. She said, "Frankly, if the critics of the president were who he said he was, why did NBC give him a show for a decade on TV?" (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sarah Sanders cites ‘The Apprentice’ to defend Trump against claims of racism

Gabby Morrongiello · January 16, 2018 3:37 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., have known each other for 35 years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Schumer: America should believe Dick Durbin’s memory of ‘shithole’ meeting with Trump

Naomi Lim · January 16, 2018 5:17 am

Democrats in Congress are confident. They are convinced the uproar over President Trump's recent denigration of immigrants has given them the upper hand in the immigration and government funding debate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats confident they can win government shutdown fight

David M. Drucker · January 16, 2018 5:01 am