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Thanks to a quirk in the rulebook, Democratic hopes of banishing statues of former Confederate figures from the Capitol rest with one person: GOP Sen. Roy Blunt, chair of the Joint Committee on the Library.

Two Vietnamese brothers who petitioned to travel to the United States to donate bone marrow to their dying brother in San Jose were denied temporary visas by the U.S. government, according to the family.

"We don't know what to do," said Trinh Colisao, 33, whose father, Tu Le, has an aggressive form of blood cancer. "At this point we're just hoping to get his story out."

The 2020 election faces few campaign finance guardrails as the main enforcer of funding limits remains paralyzed by partisan rifts on how aggressively to enforce the law.

Legislation to provide legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants passed the House on a vote of 237 to 187.

The Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6), introduced in March by Democratic Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Nydia Velazquez (N.Y.), and Yvette Clarke (N.Y.), would legalize more than 2 million young, undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.

Friday on MSNBC, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said it is "very questionable," if President Donald Trump has the authority to put tariffs on Mexico using a "40-year-old bill that requires a finding of unusual and extraordinary threat."

Watch Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren join Ali Velshi to share her thoughts on President Trump's plan to impose new tariffs on Mexico and Attorney General Bill Barr speaking out on former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

In an effort to combat the blaring horns of trains that have been waking San Jose residents from slumber, Mayor Sam Liccardo, along with four of his council colleagues, have signed on to explore legal options against Union Pacific Railroad and consider designating the land along the rail line as public open space.

Two prominent lawmakers from the tech hub of California, Anna G. Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren, have thrown their weight behind the working spouses of H-1B visa holders, introducing a legislation, prohibiting the Trump Administration from taking their right to work in the US.