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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 27, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John McCain to force vote on new Afghanistan war strategy

Worried by the Trump administration's delay in announcing a military strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Sen. John McCain said Thursday he'll try to force the debate on Capitol Hill, offering his own plan that would force a troop increase.

August 10, 2017
In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Trump-backed immigration bill draws significant support: Poll

Americans generally favor a more selective legal immigration system that would reward those who speak English and those who bring desired skills to the U.S., according to a new poll released Wednesday that could boost the new immigration bill President Trump is backing.

August 9, 2017
The sanctions issued Tuesday by the Trump administration mark a major increase in pressure on countries that refuse to take back their deportees. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s illegal immigration numbers show major changes

President Trump has overseen huge increases in arresting illegal immigrants inside the U.S., pushing them through the immigration courts toward deportations and stopping newcomers from entering along the southwestern border, according to statistics released Tuesday.

August 8, 2017

Illegal immigration spikes in July; still lower than Obama years

Illegal immigration across the southwest border surged 15 percent in July compared to the month before, Homeland Security announced Tuesday, signaling that President Trump's early success in stemming the flow of people jumping the border has begun to lessen.

August 8, 2017
President Donald Trump listens as Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., speaks during a meeting with the Republican Study Committee, Friday, March 17, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Mark Walker: GOP can’t allow ‘clean’ debt increase

A leading congressional conservative said Republicans must not approve a "clean" debt increase later this year, saying it would be a betrayal of piled-up promises to voters to finally get a handle on the federal budget.

August 8, 2017
In this Jan. 13, 2010, file photo, two young wild horses play while grazing in Reno, Nev. Wild horse advocates say President Trump's new budget proposal would undermine protection of an icon of the American West in place for nearly a half century and could send up sending thousands of free-roaming mustangs to slaughter houses in Canada and Mexico. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) ** FILE **

Federal court orders restoration of 23,000 acres for wild horses

A federal appeals court has delivered a victory to wild horse enthusiasts, ordering the U.S. Forest Service to restore 23,000 acres of critical land as protected horse country in California — and showed judges taking an increasingly dim view of agencies' decision-making.

August 6, 2017
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, points to a poster with an image of barrier on the Texas-Mexico border as he talks to reporters about border security, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Illegals from border surge cared for by HHS: Audit

After a rough start, federal social workers are now doing a better job of keeping tabs on the illegal immigrant children under their care from the Obama-era border surge, including making efforts to follow up with the children and their sponsors to make sure they're being treated well, according to a government audit released Thursday.

August 3, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, pauses as he holds his first news conference since the Republican health care bill collapsed last week due to opposition within the GOP ranks, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, on Capitol Hill Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans leave Donald Trump with no major legislative wins

Republicans haven't scored a marquee legislative win for President Trump, but as they prepare to leave Capitol Hill for their summer vacation, they insist they have made serious gains on many nuts-and-bolts bills to reshape the government.

August 3, 2017

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August 3, 2017
President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during his news conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 20, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama’s IRS ‘misled’ Obamacare customers: Audit

The Obama administration "misled" Americans into thinking signing up for Obamacare would be cheaper than it really was, according to an inspector general's report Thursday that said the IRS dramatically understated the actual cost of enrolling.

August 3, 2017
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Kevin Corsaro speaks with an unidentified motorist entering the United States from Canada at the border in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 6, 2006. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS says Canadian border safe; drug trafficking is biggest threat

America's northern border with Canada remains safe, with illegal immigration barely a blip and the biggest terrorism danger being homegrown radical Canadians attempting to enter the U.S. legally, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday.

August 3, 2017