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Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan near Idlib, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senators tell Obama to halt Syrian rebel training

President Obama's program to train Syrian rebels is a total failure and needs to be scrapped, a bipartisan group of senators said in a letter to the administration Friday, saying it's time the national security team acknowledge the disaster and come up with a new strategy.

October 2, 2015
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, said the "doc fix" would cost taxpayers a net $141 billion over the next decade, and would bring Congress disrepute. (Associated Press)

Officials vow no shortcuts for Syrian refugees

Obama administration officials vowed there will be no "shortcuts" in admitting tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, though they admitted to Congress Thursday they won't be able to do the kinds of thorough checks like accessing local databases or visiting neighborhoods to verify applicants are who they say they are.

October 1, 2015
President Obama speaks to a group of state legislators in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in part of the White House complex in Washington on Sept. 30, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama vows troops-bill veto, demands domestic spending hikes

President Obama will veto the annual defense policy bill, the White House said Wednesday as it escalated a clash over spending into a major war-time deadlock that threatens everything from troops' pay raises to warship building plans.

September 30, 2015
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her phone after attending a U.S.-Russia meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 23, 2010. The revelation that Mrs. Clinton used an off-the-books email account during her time as secretary of state has raised fresh questions about her credibility heading into 2016. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails increasingly classified; 1 in 20 messages contained secrets

More than 5 percent of the latest batch of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, released Wednesday, contain classified information -- or twice the rate of the previous releases, raising tricky questions about whether the department is finding more secrets or being more thorough in screening the messages.

September 30, 2015
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 25, 2015, after announcing he would resign from Congress at the end of October. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Boehner sets Oct. 8 leadership election

The House GOP will vote on its new leaders Oct. 8, Speaker John A. Boehner announced Wednesday, setting up a compressed window for Republicans to try to heal numerous scars that have developed in the wake of Mr. Boehner's surprise retirement.

September 30, 2015
In this Aug. 22, 2013, file photo, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., is seen in Mesa, Ariz. Gosar says he boycotted Pope Francis' speech to Congress. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Paul Gosar, Arizona congressman, raises money off Pope Francis boycott

While most members of Congress were thrilled to be in Pope Francis' presence last week, one congressman is raising money off the fact that he boycotted the pontiff's address, saying he treated the head of the Roman Catholic Church the way he would any other "leftist politician."

September 30, 2015
Recovery from Superstorm Sandy became the focus of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board in 2013 as the stimulus was winding down. (Associated Press)

Recovery board folding with mixed track record of stimulus plan

The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board will shutter its doors Wednesday, six years after it was created to monitor hundreds of billions of dollars that President Obama doled out in spending and tax breaks under his 2009 stimulus -- and some watchdogs are sorry to see it go.

September 29, 2015
Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Homeland Security ranks as worst federal agency for employees

Homeland Security ranked by far as the worst large federal agency to work for in 2015, according to the annual survey of federal employees released Monday that shows the department continuing a precipitous slide under President Obama.

September 28, 2015
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. speaks about foreign policy during the John Hay Initiative, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at a hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kevin McCarthy announces bid for House Speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy announced his bid to be the next House speaker in a letter to colleagues Monday that insisted the GOP must work to heal its internal divisions in order to win on the big fights facing Congress.

September 28, 2015
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, answers a question during a House GOP leadership news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 24, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Kevin McCarthy calls for no-fly zone over Syria

The man poised to be the next House speaker said Monday that the U.S. needs to assume a more aggressive posture around the world, saying the key to foreign policy is making it "painful" for countries to misbehave.

September 28, 2015
House Speaker John A. Boehner's retirement announcement caught all of his colleagues off guard. (Associated Press)

House conservatives want time to replace John Boehner

Conservatives are pushing to slow down the race to succeed retiring Speaker John A. Boehner, hoping to force a broader shake-up in House Republican leadership as the party tries to move forward.

September 27, 2015