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Young women in many cases have survived harrowing journeys north, some of them pregnant from being raped along the way. (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigration by families surges 38 percent

Illegal immigration from Central America is setting a record pace, with nearly 40,000 families and children traveling alone being caught on the southwest border in just the first three months of the fiscal year, according to new Border Patrol numbers.

January 12, 2016
President Obama will use his final State of the Union address to map out his legacy, but those who want to succeed him will draw lines. (Associated Press)

Obama’s last State of the Union will lay out path for his legacy

With little chance of getting what he wants from Congress this year, President Obama plans to use his final State of the Union address Tuesday to try to set the agenda for his successor, insisting that if he can't win now, he will demand that voters keep it in mind as they select the next president.

January 10, 2016
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat. (Associated Press)

Senate sluggish despite bipartisan deals, Washington Times Legislative Futility Index finds

Congress began to pull out of the legislative doldrums last year but still has a long way to go before it returns to full health and the kind of freewheeling legislative action of previous decades, according to The Washington Times Legislative Futility Index, which found that despite some big bipartisan deals, the Senate remains a major stumbling block to passing bills.

January 10, 2016
Law enforcement searches for a suspect in a mass shooting at a social services center Wednesday in San Bernardino, Calif. (Associated Press)

2015 sets new record for terror plots in U.S.

Last year saw the most terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001, according to the Heritage Foundation's tally, which was released Friday just as the Obama administration announced a series of new terror-related arrests and indictments.

January 8, 2016
Ingrid Vaca, originally of Bolivia who now lives in Arlington, Va., rallies for immigration reform after marching from Arlington, Va. to the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, on the one-year anniversary of President Obama's announcement concerning Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DAPA). (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats to demand new amnesty from Obama for Central Americans

Congressional Democrats are circulating a petition pressing President Obama to extend a new temporary amnesty to potentially millions of illegal immigrants from Central America, saying the violence in their home countries makes it too dangerous to continue deporting anyone to the region.

January 8, 2016
Rep. Ed Royce said a new bill holds the White House to committing to pressure Iran on supporting terrorism. (Associated Press)

House set to vote for North Korea, Iran sanctions

House Republicans said they'll vote next week to slap new sanctions on North Korea and Iran to punish the rogue nations for continuing to develop their weapons programs, as they try to force President Obama to drop his more accommodating stance toward the two enemy nations.

January 7, 2016
"While he represented a potential safety threat, there is no indication that he planned any acts of terrorism in this country," U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, in the eastern district of California, said in a statement announcing the arrest of Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab. (Associated Press)

Iraqi refugees arrested on terrorism charges

Authorities arrested two Iraqi refugees on terrorism-related charges Thursday, in a move that undercuts President Obama's plans to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. this year.

January 7, 2016
Just months after Republicans helped grant President Obama fast-track negotiation powers to finish the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, GOP leaders said they were disappointed with the final deal the president won in the 12-nation talks. Democrats, meanwhile, have been overwhelmingly opposed from the start. (Associated Press)

Keystone pipeline lawsuit threatens Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership

This week's Keystone pipeline lawsuit may deliver the death blow to a seemingly unrelated Asian trade deal, with environmentalists and labor unions saying a Canadian company shouldn't be allowed to use international trade agreements to force changes in U.S. energy and environmental policy.

January 7, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign event, at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. (Mikayla Whitmore/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Bernie Sanders demands halt to deportations to Central America

Seeking to put distance between himself and President Obama, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernard Sanders fired off a letter Thursday demanding the administration halt its new round of raids designed to find and deport illegal immigrants who are ignoring judges' orders that they leave the country.

January 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton's email arrangement has proved an embarrassment both for her and for President Obama, her political opponent in 2008 who then became her boss in 2009 after he tapped her to be his top diplomat. (Associated Press)

State Department misled on Hillary Clinton emails, investigation concludes

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top aides knew about her secret email account but allowed the department to mislead the public about its existence, an inspector general said in a report Thursday that found widespread problems with transparency during Mrs. Clinton's tenure.

January 7, 2016
FILE - In this Sept 23, 2011 file-pool photo, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson speaks in Orlando, Fla. The Libertarian Johnson is running for president a second time after winning more than a million votes in 2012. Johnson announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party nomination at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool, File)

Gary Johnson announces bid for president

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, who washed out of the 2012 GOP presidential primary then ran as a Libertarian, capturing 1 percent of the vote in the general election, said Wednesday he'll try again.

January 6, 2016