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No deposition for Hillary Clinton in email lawsuit, judge rules

Hillary Clinton will have to give testimony about her secret email server and account, but it will be in writing rather than in person, a federal judge ruled Friday, delivering a partial victory to the Democratic presidential candidate.

August 19, 2016
Supporters of gay marriage in Wisconsin and Indiana attend a rally at the federal plaza in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2014. The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Aug. 26 on gay marriage fights from Indiana and Wisconsin, setting the stage for one ruling. Each case deals with whether statewide gay marriage bans violate the Constitution. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Federal judges debate bisexuality in immigration case

A panel of federal judges ended up in a bizarre debate this week over bisexuality where the evidence offered ranged from testimonies from past homosexual partners to a YouTube video of gay men mocking those who identify as bisexual.

August 19, 2016
Commissioner John Koskinen is facing calls for impeachment after he failed to discover thousands of emails from former senior executive Lois G. Lerner, despite assuring Congress that he had done everything to recover them. (Associated Press)

IRS vows action on tea party applications held up by targeting

Under pressure from the federal courts, the IRS did an abrupt about-face this week and said it will finally begin processing some of the tea party applications it has blocked for years — but the agency still refuses to say what the new process will be.

August 18, 2016
Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks to the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists at their convention in Washington on Aug. 4, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bob Goodlatte to AG Loretta Lynch: Start revoking fraudulent asylum

A top House lawmaker told Attorney General Loretta Lynch Thursday to start revoking bogus asylum cases after the Justice Department admitted it was aware of more than 3,700 applications that were granted despite being part of a massive New York City fraud ring.

August 18, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, followed by aide Huma Abedin, second from right, walks on the tarmac as she arrives to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, July 5, 2016. President Barack Obama and Clinton are traveling to Charlotte, N.C. to campaign together. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

No evidence Clinton aides took required ethics training

The State Department can find no evidence that some of Hillary Clinton's top aides completed their required ethics training, raising still more questions about whether her team cut corners during their time serving with her in government.

August 18, 2016
In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of family units and unaccompanied children arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley has doubled in the first nine months of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Illegal immigrant children, families surge in July

The number of illegal immigrant children and families crossing the border surged again in July, combining for the worst month so far in 2016, according to Border Patrol statistics released Friday.

August 12, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks in Atlanta on Aug. 1, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats gear up to stop Obama on TPP trade deal

Liberal lawmakers and activists were enraged Friday by reports that President Obama signaled he'll try to pass his Pacific trade deal in the lame-duck session of Congress, just a day after the woman he hopes to succeed him, Hillary Clinton, said she'd kill it.

August 12, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool & Engineering, in Warren, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton says she’ll kill TPP

Hillary Clinton said Thursday she will kill the Trans Pacific Partnership, delivering a flat rejection of the deal she once praised, and helped President Obama negotiate.

August 11, 2016