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Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

Luis Gutierrez: Post office delays causing Dreamers to lose DACA amnesty

Some illegal immigrant "Dreamers" are demanding leniency from the government, saying they applied for renewed protections under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, but were denied because the post office delivered their applications too late.

November 10, 2017
From left: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican; Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin; President Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn; and Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican, discussed the Senate's version of the Republican tax reform bill on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Senate GOP’s tax bill tries to avoid hiccups of House bill

Seemingly learning from the rocky rollout of their House counterparts, Senate Republicans announced a tax cut framework Thursday that preserves many popular tax breaks for adoptions, medical expenses and home mortgage interest, while promising lower taxes for most Americans.

November 9, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters as he defends the Republican tax reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dreamers marching on Paul Ryan’s office to protest DACA delay

Illegal immigrant "Dreamers" said they were marching on House Speaker Paul D. Ryan's office Thursday to protest after he brushed aside calls earlier in the morning to set an end-of-the-year deadline to pass legislation granting them full legal status.

November 9, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., defends the GOP tax reform plan being crafted in the Ways and Means Committee this week, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan on tax cuts: ‘This is not unpopular’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that the GOP's tax bill won't be an electoral drag and that every major analysis of the GOP tax bill has found that the average American will see a tax cut.

November 9, 2017
Daniel Ramirez Medina, center, briefly talks to reporters as he walks with his attorney, Luis Cortes, right, after Ramirez was freed from custody at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Ramirez had spent more than six weeks in immigration detention despite his participation in a program designed to prevent the deportation of those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Judge rules DACA recipients have due process rights

Illegal immigrant Dreamers who were granted protections under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty are entitled to due process rights when the government tried to revoke their status, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

November 9, 2017
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (right) listened to Gov.-elect, Ralph Northam as Pam Northam looked on during a news conference in the governor's mansion in Richmond on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Democrat victories seen as momentum for midterm elections

Gun-control activists, Obamacare supporters, immigrant-rights advocates, environmentalists, gay rights activists -- every part of the Democratic coalition -- claimed momentum Wednesday in the wake of stunning victories in the off-year elections.

November 8, 2017
"We will enforce our laws. It's vital we do so. We will do so," said Kirstjen M. Nielsen, President Trump's pick to be the next Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Kirstjen M. Nielsen grilled on border wall, DACA

Kirstjen M. Nielsen, President Trump's pick to be the next Homeland Security secretary, said Wednesday she would look at reopening the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty to allow people who missed the renewal deadline, and promised not to let their information be shared with deportation officers.

November 8, 2017
U.S. Border Patrol agents are reporting a new surge in illegal border crossings in Texas. (Associated Press/File)

Border Patrol losing agents faster than it can hire them

The U.S. Border Patrol is losing agents faster than it can hire them, according to a new audit released Wednesday that said competition with other federal law enforcement and the difficulty of passing a polygraph test have sapped the agency of nearly 2,000 agents it's supposed to have.

November 8, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., defends the GOP tax reform plan being crafted in the Ways and Means Committee this week, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan says GOP won’t toss Trump in wake of election

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, said Wednesday he understands Democrats' enthusiasm in the wake of this week's elections, saying the GOP would have been spinning results the same way if they'd emerged victorious.

November 8, 2017
Democrat Phil Murphy exits the polling booth with his youngest son Sam, after voting at the Fairview School on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 in Middletown, N.J. Murphy is facing Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagnoto to replace Gov. Chris Christie, the two-term, term-limited incumbent. (Bob Karp/The Daily Record via AP)

Phil Murphy wins 2017 New Jersey governor race

Democrat Phil Murphy was declared the winner in New Jersey's gubernatorial election Tuesday, with networks calling the race soon after polls closed, delivering a major pickup to Democrats who'd been reeling after last year's election losses.

November 7, 2017
The gunman in Sunday's massacre at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, had a number of red flags that should have denied him access to a firearm. (Associated Press/File)

GOP open to new gun debate in wake of Texas shooting

Top Republicans said Tuesday that there is room for a limited gun control debate in the wake of this weekend's church shooting because the massacre has exposed loopholes in the background check system that both parties agree need to be fixed.

November 7, 2017