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Democratic National Committee to sanction more debates

Left with little choice, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz caved Sunday and agreed to sanction more presidential debates, attempting to play catch-up with the candidates who were already well ahead of them.

January 31, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a rally at the Steyer Opera House at Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

More than 25 percent of new Clinton emails are classified

More than one in four of the emails the State Department released late Friday from former Secretary Hillary Clinton's cache of messages were deemed classified or secret, marking a massive hike in the scope of potential wrongdoing the Democratic presidential frontrunner engaged in during her time in office.

January 29, 2016
This final batch of Hillary Clinton's emails is expected to contain some of the most controversial emails — the ones that have required the most extensive review by other agencies. The release will likely include a high number of messages with information now marked classified. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails: State Department refuses to investigate delay

The State Department is so tardy on former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails that it still hasn't sent all of them out for security and privacy reviews by other agencies, the Obama administration admitted late Thursday, just hours before it is supposed to release all of them to the public.

January 28, 2016
Republican presidential candidates Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich stand for a group photo before the Republican debate Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s absence dominates Republican debate

Donald Trump wasn't on the stage, but he was still the dominant figure in Iowa on Thursday night as the rest of the Republican presidential field debated on Fox News and the billionaire businessman boycotted, instead drawing thousands of people to an event across town raising money for veterans.

January 28, 2016
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., joined by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, before Democrats blocked legislation from the GOP-led House on a bill that would crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering America. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Harry Reid says Donald Trump is his man in GOP race

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he's "kind of pulling" for Donald Trump to win the GOP's presidential nomination, agreeing with the billionaire businessman that they used to work well together.

January 27, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks to mayors from around the country, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. They visited the White House as part of the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamacare enrollment projections down nearly 40 percent

Obamacare enrollment is lagging far behind what economists had projected, the Congressional Budget Office said in a new report that cuts the total number of customers expected to buy plans on the exchanges from 21 million down to just 13 million this year.

January 25, 2016
The grim news comes with less than a year left for President Obama to put the Affordable Care Act on firmer footing as he seeks to head off what is likely to be a last effort at repealing the act after November's elections. (Associated Press)

Warning: Feds now foresee $30 trillion debt, blame looming tax hikes and Obamacare

The federal government will be flirting with $30 trillion in debt within a decade, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday, blaming an aging population, new spending and tax cuts approved on Capitol Hill, and the growing burden from Obamacare for erasing the progress Washington had made over the past few years.

January 25, 2016
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, right, meet members of the audience following a Clinton campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. Clinton hasn’t just been wrapping herself in President Barack Obama’s legacy lately. She’s been wrapping herself in his Cabinet. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

State Dept. accused of political tampering in delay of Clinton emails

The reporter whose case has forced the release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails accused the Obama administration Monday of political tampering by asking to delay making the final set of messages public until after the first four states have already voted in the Democratic presidential primary.

January 25, 2016
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, Transportation Security Administration agents check travelers identifications at a security check point area in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Fliers who don't have the latest driver's licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints. Many travelers had been worried that the Transportation Security Administration would penalize them because of a federal law requiring the more-stringent IDs at the start of this year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

TSA seizes record number of firearms in 2015

TSA screeners seized more than 2,600 firearms from carry-on luggage in 2015, the airport security agency said Thursday, acknowledging the dubious new record as it announced its year-end totals.

January 21, 2016
"This is the way the system gets eroded. This is where public confidence is being destroyed. This is how we're sending a message to the world that you can get away with it," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican and chairman of the immigration subcommittee, which held a hearing exploring the new numbers, released late Tuesday by Homeland Security. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants who overstay visas rarely investigated

The federal government doesn't investigate 99 percent of illegal immigrants who entered the country legally but overstayed their visas, Homeland Security officials told the Senate on Wednesday, exposing what critics said was a giant loophole in immigration enforcement and national security.

January 20, 2016
"Women, children and families fleeing persecution are not the enemy," said Minority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who led the opposition. "We should be focusing all our effort on defeating the real enemy." (Associated Press)

Democrats filibuster to defend Obama’s Syrian refugees

Brushing aside new fears of terrorists exploiting the refugee program, Senate Democrats on Wednesday successfully defended President Obama's plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, saying the U.S. cannot turn its back on its obligation to help the needy.

January 20, 2016