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In this April 7, 2017, file photo, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks during a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Loretta Lynch says she didn’t speak to Clinton campaign on FBI probe

Emails purporting to show former Attorney General Loretta Lynch assuring Democratic operatives that the FBI would limit its investigation into the 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton are not authentic, a spokesman for Ms. Lynch told Congress late Thursday. Published July 6, 2017

FILE- In this June 30, 2017, file photo, critics of President Donald Trump's travel ban hold signs during a news conference with Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin in Honolulu. A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday, July 6, left Trump administration rules in place for a travel ban on citizens from six majority-Muslim countries. U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson denied an emergency motion filed by Hawaii asking him to clarify what the U.S. Supreme Court meant by a "bona fide" relationship in its ruling last month. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Derrick Watson lets Trump travel ban rules stand

A federal judge delivered President Trump yet another legal victory on his travel ban executive order late Thursday, allowing to remain in effect the White House's revised rules that cast a fairly narrow screen on who will be admitted as refugees or from six targeted countries. Published July 6, 2017

Eric C. Conn, one unscrupulous judge, pleaded guilty to paying off a network of doctors and psychologists to write fake medical reviews, and then paying the ALJ to rubber-stamp the applications. He is now on the lam. (Associated Press/File)

Social Security finds difficulty firing bad employees

A Social Security judge has collected somewhere in the neighborhood of half a million dollars over the past three years while sitting at home on administrative leave, according to a report that details just how much trouble the agency faces in trying to fire bad employees. Published July 6, 2017

In a photo from Tuesday, June 13, 2017, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., joined by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., far right, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., comments on health care for veterans during a news conference at Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steve Scalise readmitted to ICU over infection fears

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise took a turn for the worse Wednesday night, according to a statement released by his congressional office that said he's been readmitted to the intensive care unit. Published July 5, 2017

"In all, 36 states have either agreed or are considering participating with the commission's work to ensure the integrity of the American electoral system," said Kris Kobach, who is also secretary of state in Kansas. (Associated Press/File)

Kris Kobach: Most states to work with voter integrity commission

Despite reports to the contrary, most states appear ready to cooperate to some extent with President Trump's voter integrity commission, the panel's vice chairman said Wednesday as the administration began to mount its defense against a feverish backlash from state election officials. Published July 5, 2017

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is leading the voting integrity commission with Vice President Mike Pence, set off a firestorm of criticism last week by requesting voter information from all 50 states — including names, dates of birth, addresses, voting and registration history and partial Social Security numbers. (Associated Press/File)

Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump voter commission’s data sweep

A privacy group has filed an emergency request to block the Trump election integrity commission's demand for states to turn over voter data, saying the information, if made public, would be a severe invasion of Americans' rights. Published July 4, 2017

Dreamers, who just weeks ago cheered the administration's announcement that it was maintaining DACA, were furious at the latest turn of events and called Texas' move racist. (Associated Press/File)

Texas forces Donald Trump to pick sides on Dreamer amnesty

Texas has put President Trump over a barrel with its threat to sue to stop the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers, said legal analysts, calling the state's case as close to a slam-dunk as possible. Published July 3, 2017

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Kris Kobach: Voter information refusal ‘idiotic’

The vice chairman of President Trump's new voter integrity commission says Democrats' resistance is "idiotic," and questioned why they were so intent on thwarting the work of a panel designed to look at barriers to voting and how widespread fraud is in the U.S. system. Published July 2, 2017

Tighter restrictions on U.S. travel from six majority-Muslim nations took effect Thursday evening after the Supreme Court gave its go-ahead for a limited version of President Trump's plan. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s revised ‘extreme vetting’ ban goes into effect

President Trump's revived travel ban kicked into operation Thursday night, imposing a tough new screen on refugees from across the globe and on all visitors from six majority-Muslims countries the White House says need "extreme vetting." Published June 29, 2017

Kate Steinle was fatally shot on July 1, 2015, allegedly by illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez. The U.S. House on Thursday passed Kate's Law, a federal provision aimed at penalizing illegal immigrants who return to the United States after being deported. (Associated Press)

House passes Kate’s Law, anti-sanctuary city bill

The House on Thursday approved what would be the toughest immigration crackdown in more than two decades, passing bills that would crack down on so-called sanctuary cities and impose stiffer penalties on illegal immigrants who sneak back into the U.S. after being deported. Published June 29, 2017

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, joined by nine other state attorneys general and the governor of Idaho, says in a letter that the 2012 amnesty created by President Obama and continued by President Trump is illegal. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

State AGs threaten to sue Trump to stop Dreamer amnesty

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Thursday that he will sue the Trump administration to stop the deportation amnesty for Dreamers unless the government voluntarily phases out the program. Published June 29, 2017

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, protesters are surrounded by police officers and travelers as they pass through an exit of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, after earlier in the day two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers will be key players in putting President Donald Trump's revised travel ban into effect on Thursday, June 29, affecting visitors from six mostly Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Revived travel ban goes into effect at 8 p.m.

President Trump's revived travel ban will kick into operation at 8 p.m. Thursday, officials announced, and will include a tighter-than-expected screen on potential refugees worldwide and visitors from six Muslim-majority countries which the White House targeted for "extreme vetting." Published June 29, 2017