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The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to President Obama's health care overhaul that could affect consumers in more than 30 states. (AP Photo)
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In this Tuesday, July 6, 2004, file photo, Kelly Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row, peers through the slot in her cell door as a guard brings her a cup of ice at Metro State Prison in Atlanta. Gissendaner's lawyers, on Monday, March 2, 2015, asked the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider her request to have her sentence changed to life in prison. Gissendaner, 46, is set for execution at 7 p.m. (0200 GMT) at the state prison. Gissendaner was convicted of murder in the February 1997 stabbing death of her husband. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bita Honarvar, File)
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Gov. Jack Dalrymple, flanked by other North Dakota Republicans, say it's time to spend tax money, even after reducing the state's two-year budget by $4 billion. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent patrols near the Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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"Remember what's causing this, it's the president of the United States overreaching and it's not just on immigration," House Speaker John A. Boehner said on CBS's "Face the Nation." (Associated Press)
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Illustration on continuing political and existential threats to Israel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget because of Republican efforts to block President Obama's executive actions on immigration, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Miami Gardens Police Chief Stephen Johnson was fired after being arrested Friday for soliciting a prostitute, officials said. (NBC 6 South Florida)
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Attendees vote in the CPAC 2015 Straw Poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, leaves the chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Conservative media personality Laura Ingraham speaks during the inaugural Freedom Summit meeting for conservative speakers in Manchester, New Hampshire April 12, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA) - RTR3L04F
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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, sent a clear message to the rest of the field that he is still a favorite of the grass-roots activists who populate the country's largest annual conservative gathering, and signaled that he would fight to claim the conservative mantle in the presidential nomination race. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, used a threat of terrorism as an argument for the House to pass a "clean" funding bill.
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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks Feb. 26, 2015, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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The police department in Jackson, Mississippi is now requiring officers to take a Spanish-language class four times a year in order to better communicate with the city's growing Hispanic community. (Fox News Latino)
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2015, file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal talks about his plan for national education reform at a policy breakfast on Capitol Hill in Washington. His budget maneuvers have created shortfalls and hefty debts for the state's next governor. Now, the Republican is running out of short-term patches and is struggling to plug a $1.6 billion budget hole just as he tries to build support for a possible 2016 presidential run. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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At a town hall meeting, President Obama threatened to veto legislation that would undo his immigration action. That measure is expected to come up for a vote later this week. Republican critics called the event, which was hosted by Telemundo and MSNBC, nothing more than a "choreographed, partisan event." (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner ultimately relied on Democrats to pass the legislation, sending a bill to Mr. Obama's desk that provided $40 billion to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year without restricting the president's immigration actions. (Associated Press)
