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Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez speaks to reporters in front of the courthouse in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 16, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bob Menendez won’t be tried, Justice Dept. says

The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel its corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez, saying that it no longer saw a path to conviction given the constraints the court has placed upon it.

January 31, 2018
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney listens to a question during a press briefing at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Court upholds Obama-era Wall Street cop bureau as constitutional

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- the controversial Wall Street cop Congress set up in the wake of the 2008 collapse -- is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, delivering a major win to liberals who had pushed for the independent watchdog.

January 31, 2018
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump on immigration deal: ‘Americans are dreamers too’

President Trump offered Democrats a bipartisan opening on immigration in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying he's willing to work with them to legalize illegal immigrant "Dreamers," but Americans cannot be left behind.

January 30, 2018
"While the president has made a very generous proposal our colleagues, Senator [Charles E.] Schumer or Senator [Richard] Durbin, have not so far responded with any counterproposal at all," said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the chamber's second-ranking Republican. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats stumble on border security in bid for immigration deal

Democrats say they are willing to accept tough border security as part of an amnesty for illegal immigrant "Dreamers," but they've offered few substantive ideas for what that means in practice, struggling to move beyond a vague call for more "technology" as the solution.

January 30, 2018
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud. President Trump’s first state of the union speech will carry more suspense than most. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP, File)

GOP moderates embrace Trump immigration plan

President Trump's immigration plan won a significant statement of support Tuesday from the Republican Main Street Caucus, a group of 75 more moderate-leaning GOP lawmakers who said the president's principles echo their own goals for an immigration deal.

January 30, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Schumer says Trump fails bipartisan test

Democrats said President Trump will be under pressure Tuesday to prove he can actually forge bipartisanship in Washington, after a year in which they said he tacked to the right, shunning opportunities they gave him to work across party lines.

January 30, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks about the government shutdown during a television news interview at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan: ‘Legitimate questions about FBI’s behavior

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday there are "legitimate questions" about the FBI's behavior in targeting members of then-candidate Donald Trump's team, and said that's why the House is pressing ahead with the release of a controversial GOP memo on the subject.

January 30, 2018
FILE - In this June 26, 2009 file photo, seized weapons from alleged members of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel are taken away by federal agents after a press conference in Mexico City. In a major embarrassment for Mexican law enforcement, U.S. prosecutors said in documents made public Wednesday, April 6, 2017, that Ivan Reyes Arzate, the commander of the Mexican police's intelligence-sharing unit, was passing information to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in exchange for cash. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)

Cartels control 45 percent of Mexico: Senator

Drug cartels control almost as much territory in Mexico as the Islamic State controlled in Syria at the height of its power, a key Republican senator said this week after returning from a trip through the region.

January 30, 2018
Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Dreamers arrested, charged with smuggling illegal immigrants

Border Patrol agents in San Diego arrested two illegal immigrant "Dreamers" last week over their purported roles in separate smuggling operations, with one 22-year-old admitting to having been part of a number of such smuggling attempts.

January 29, 2018
"For many, many years they've been talking immigration, they never got anything done. We're going to get something done, we hope," President Trump said. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s SOTU big on immigrants

Dozens of Dreamers will look on from the viewing galleries Tuesday as President Trump uses his State of the Union address to push for a deal that will finally grant them a full pathway to citizenship, coupled with serious border security efforts and major policy changes.

January 29, 2018