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From left: Marisa Falcon, Claudia Saucedo, and Yaquelin Lopez, all from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and all part of DREAMers' Moms, demonstrate outside the White House on April 28, 2014, to demand that President Obama stop deportation of immigrants. DREAMers' Moms is a National network of women and mothers who are in support of immigration reform. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Texas asks judge to rescind 108,000 three-year amnesties for Dreamers

More than 100,000 three-year deportation amnesties issued by Homeland Security should be rescinded and reissued as two-year permits, Texas and 25 other states suing the government told a federal judge Friday, as both sides try to clean up the messy situation surrounding President Obama's immigration executive actions.

September 4, 2015
In this Aug. 26, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Ankeny, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Hillary Clinton: Email use was ‘fully above board’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declined a chance to apologize for her email practices Friday, saying it was not a good choice but was "fully aboveboard" and other government officials knew she was using it.

September 4, 2015
Shiite rebels known as Houthis holds their weapons during a rally against Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 11, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS grants temporary legal status to Yemeni citizens

The Obama administration Thursday announced it will grant legal status and halt deportations for potentially thousands of citizens of Yemen, saying the security situation on the ground there is so bad that the U.S. has a moral obligation to protect people.

September 3, 2015
In this photo taken Aug. 27, 2015, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton email cases: State Dept. tries to block cases in court

The State Department asked to halt most of the judges prying into former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails, filing papers Thursday proposing that the cases all be combined into one so that a single judge can oversee the government's searches and releases.

September 3, 2015
Larry Klayman speaks in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove, File)

Larry Klayman’s NSA phone-snooping suit may get revival

Federal District Judge Richard J. Leon practically begged for the chance to halt the NSA's phone-snooping program Wednesday, laying out a road map for how opponents could quickly revive a case and earn a ruling to stop what the judge called a continual violation of constitutional rights for tens of millions of Americans.

September 2, 2015
Most of New Hampshire's Democratic Party establishment lined up behind Hillary Rodham Clinton early in the race. But prominent leaders, including New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, have kept quiet as the nomination race has grown increasingly tight between Mrs. Clinton and Sen. Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent who is running as a Democrat. (Associated Press)

Clinton emails overwhelming Obama administration

Pummeled by the sheer volume of court cases demanding release of some of former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails, the Obama administration said late Tuesday it will ask the federal district court in Washington to combine all 16 of the requests into one case.

September 1, 2015
New emails show Hillary Rodham Clinton's family foundation's aims may have steered her foreign policy while secretary of state. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails show foundation shaped policy

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails reveal how prominently the Clinton Foundation factored into her thinking as America's top diplomat, raising questions about where she drew the line between official business and aiding the family charity run by her husband and daughter.

September 1, 2015
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IRS reveals another private email account for Lois Lerner

Lois G. Lerner used yet another private email account to do government business, the IRS revealed in a court filing late Monday that tries to clear up confusion over the former agency executive's email practices.

September 1, 2015
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, in this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

Obama picks up more support for Iran deal, needs one more senator to prevail

Two more Democrats announced support Tuesday for President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, putting the White House a single senator away from assuring it can prevent Congress from scuttling the agreement and leaving GOP leaders hoping to avoid an even bigger embarrassment of losing to a filibuster.

September 1, 2015
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is working with President Obama as part of a "core group" on climate policy. Publicy, he opposes many environmental regulations. (Associated Press)

Governors, climate activists help sell Obama’s green agenda

The Obama administration, top climate change crusaders and governors from across the country have engaged in a highly coordinated effort to publicly sell the president's green agenda and put private pressure on opponents, according to newly released emails and other records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.

August 31, 2015