The Trump administration argues that migrants stopped on the Mexican side of the southern border have not "arrived in the U.S." and therefore have no right to seek legal protection on American soil. Immigrant advocacy groups challenging the Trump policy insist that blocking asylum seekers is plainly against the law.

The Senate on Wednesday was awaiting delivery of a bill that demands the Justice Department release the Epstein files, a day after the legislation passed almost unanimously in the House.

Facing intense political pressure, President Trump has reversed his position on whether he supports a congressional measure that would compel the Justice Department to release more materials from the ...