1. Senate Republicans moved to quell a political crisis, vowing to pass a bill to end child separations at the border. Above, a protest in Los Angeles.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, said that “all of the members of the Republican conference support a plan that keeps families together” while their immigration status is assessed by the courts.

But Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, insisted that President Trump should use his executive authority, not legislation, to quickly end the family separations.