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President Obama reacts during an Oval Office meeting in this file photo. (White House photo/Pete Souza) ** FILE **

Supreme Court strikes down Obama recess appointments

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Obama overstepped his bounds when he tried to circumvent the Senate and install his nominees to key positions — but the justices left the heart of the executive's recess appointment powers intact. Published June 26, 2014

Migrants wait atop the freight train they had been traveling north on, as it starts to rain after the train suffered a minor derailment outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico. Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador travel north by train, by foot, or if they can afford it, by bus. Along the way, they face attacks by criminal gangs and extortion by Mexican authorities. (Associated Press)

Illegal children likely to remain in U.S. for years

The Obama administration acknowledged Wednesday that most of the illegal immigrant children surging across the U.S.-Mexico border are still here, and most will remain in the country for years while their cases wind through the immigration courts. Published June 25, 2014

Karzan Mahmoud, an Iraqi native, waves the flag after taking the oath to become a U.S. citizen along with 50 others at a naturalization ceremony in Fairfax, Virginia. (Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times)

Iraqi assassination attempt survivor is now a U.S. citizen

For Karzan Mahmoud, the journey began in 2002 with 23 shots from assassins' guns in Iraq, which left him shattered and clutching to life. On Wednesday, the journey ended with him taking the oath of American citizenship. Published June 25, 2014

WEB STOCK Police Officer inspects a cell phone. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people's cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights. Published June 25, 2014

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing regarding the growing problem of unaccompanied children crossing the border into the US. Johnson told the committee he would consider "every conceivable, lawful option" to deal with a continuing flood of immigrants crossing the U.S. border illegally from Mexico into southern Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

DHS chief to Congress: I can’t explain surge of illegal immigrant children

Smuggling cartels are using the surge of illegal immigrant children as a smoke screen to distract the Border Patrol, leaving gaps in security that the gangs then use to slip more drugs or known criminals into the country, the chief of the Border Patrol's labor union will tell Congress on Wednesday. Published June 24, 2014

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Poor care at VA hospitals cost 1,000 veterans their lives, report says

The problems at Veterans Affairs extend well beyond long wait lists, with a report Tuesday showing the department is plagued with poor care that has cost up to 1,000 veterans their lives and left taxpayers on the hook for nearly $1 billion in malpractice settlements since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Published June 24, 2014

Honduran embassy says DHS treats illegal immigrant children well

Honduran officials said last week that the U.S. government is doing a good job of taking care of the unaccompanied children surging across the border, contradicting claims of abuse that have been lodged by immigrant-rights groups. Published June 23, 2014

**FILE** Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union (Gage Skidmore)

Koch network says no ties to new ACU chief

Koch Industries is distancing itself from Matt Schlapp, the new chairman of the American Conservative Union, who used to run the Washington political shop for the network of companies and political organizations associated with Charles and David Koch. Published June 23, 2014

FILE - This June 18, 2014, file photo shows a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer as he helps a few boys to make phone calls, some of the hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children that are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. Thousands of immigrant children crossing alone into the U.S. can live in American cities, attend public schools and possibly work here for years without consequences. The chief reasons are an overburdened, deeply flawed system of immigration courts and a 2002 law intended to protect children's welfare, an Associated Press investigation finds. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)

Jeh Johnson: ‘No permisos’ for children on border

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson penned an op-ed for Spanish-language news outlets over the weekend vowing there will be no "permisos" or "free passes" for illegal immigrant children who are jumping the border. Published June 23, 2014

** FILE ** In Wednesday, this June 18, 2014, file photo, boys wait for medical appointments in a holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children were being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

White House promises enforcement surge on border

The Obama administration promised an enforcement "surge" on the southwest border last week to combat the flood of children and families trying to get into the U.S. illegally, saying that adding more judges to decide cases will allow the government to kick people out of the country faster. Published June 20, 2014

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Boehner and congressional leaders met with President Barack Obama yesterday about the ongoing crisis in Iraq. The speaker charged that terrorism and the unrest in the Middle East had worsened during Obama's term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner: Call out National Guard for border

House Speaker John A. Boehner on Friday called on President Obama to deploy the National Guard to the border to help stem the surge of young illegal immigrant children that has overwhelmed the administration and distracted the Border Patrol from being able to guard against smugglers and other dangers. Published June 20, 2014

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 20, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation who has invoked her Fifth Amendment right at least nine times to avoid answering lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS commish: No apologies for losing Lerner emails

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress on Friday that he doesn't owe any apology for the agency losing Lois G. Lerner's emails — or for waiting so long to inform investigators about the loss. Published June 20, 2014

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, after a Democratic caucus meeting. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid: Koch brothers are ‘a cult’

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday likened the conservative Koch brothers' political efforts to "a cult," and called on them to open up their operations to public scrutiny. Published June 19, 2014

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Democrats draft amendment to curb election spending

Senate Democrats on Wednesday backtracked from a wide-ranging proposal to repeal part of the First Amendment, instead passing a slimmer constitutional amendment that singles out corporations for special restrictions and leaves to judges' future rulings the toughest decisions about how far Congress could go in silencing electioneering. Published June 18, 2014