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The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS must say if White House sought taxpayers’ information: Judge

A federal judge Friday ordered the IRS to turn over the records of any requests from the White House seeking taxpayers' private information from the tax agency, delivering a victory to a group that for two years has been trying to pry the data loose.

August 28, 2015
FILE In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records this week after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Appeals court backs NSA phone-snooping, overturns Klayman victory

A federal appeals court backed the National Security Agency's phone-snooping program Friday ruling that Larry Klayman, the plaintiff and frequent court adversary to President Obama, never proved his calls were scooped up in the phone-records dragnet.

August 28, 2015
FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo a "Vote Early" sign is held up by supporters at a rally for President Barack Obama in Youngstown, Ohio. Civil-rights groups have settled their legal dispute with Ohio’s elections chief over laws that trimmed early voting opportunities in the political battleground state. The agreement between Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Ohio Chapter of the NAACP and other plaintiffs maintains elimination of the so-called "golden week" in which individuals could have both registered and voted, but adds voting opportunities on multiple Sundays and evenings ahead of the general election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bloated U.S. voter rolls could lead to lawsuits

America's voter rolls are so bloated that dozens of counties have more people registered than there are adults living there, according to two new studies released Thursday that the authors said could lead to lawsuits forcing states to clean things up.

August 27, 2015
President Obama is given a tour of Solyndra by Executive Vice President Ben Bierman (right) as Chief Executive Officer Chris Gronet walks along at Solyndra Inc. in Fremont, Calif., on May 26, 2010. (Associated Press)

Solyndra lied to government to secure Obama stimulus cash, IG report finds

Solyndra, the solar panel manufacturer that took more than $500 million from President Obama's stimulus then went bust, sticking taxpayers for the loss, lied to federal officials to secure the loan, the Energy Department's inspector general said in a report released Wednesday.

August 26, 2015
President Obama's $4 trillion budget plan will arrive on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as national political attention is turned to the New Hampshire primary elections. (Associated Press/File)

Budget deficit smallest of Obama presidency, but economy still sluggish: CBO

The economy is sluggish but growing and inflation remains low, painting a decidedly mixed picture for the federal government, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday, saying the fiscal situation is improving this year but will snap back by 2018 to swelling deficits and unsustainable debt.

August 25, 2015
Lois Lerner's emails became an issue after she was singled out as a key figure in the IRS's treatment of tea party and conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status. The IRS improperly delayed hundreds of applications and sent out intrusive questionnaires asking what the agency now says were inappropriate inquiries. (Associated Press)

IRS finds yet another Lois Lerner email account

Lois Lerner had yet another personal email account used to conduct some IRS business, the tax agency confirmed in a new court filing late Monday that further complicates the administration's efforts to be transparent about Ms. Lerner's actions during the tea party targeting scandal.

August 24, 2015
Speculation is increasing that Vice President Joseph R. Biden will make a run for the White House, following a weekend meeting with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, and Mr. Biden's hiring of new communications director, Kate Bedingfield. (Associated Press)

Is Joe Biden running for president?

Speculation over a possible presidential bid by Vice President Joseph R. Biden kicked into high gear Monday after he met over the weekend with Democratic kingmaker Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and the White House seemed to give him a public nudge of sorts, saying he's ready for the top job.

August 24, 2015
Immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala who entered the country illegally board a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio, in this July 7, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Judge orders illegal immigrant families quickly released

The Obama administration must begin releasing illegal immigrants mothers and children by October, a federal judge ordered late Friday in a ruling that punctures the last remaining get-tough part of President Obama's immigration policy and, the administration believes, sets the stage for a new surge of illegal immigration.

August 22, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after serving on jury duty in New York, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. The Republican presidential candidate reported for jury duty in Manhattan on Monday and spent much of the day like everyone else, filling out forms and wondering whether he would get picked. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mexico condemns attack on immigrant attributed to Trump rhetoric

Mexico waded into the American political debate over immigration Friday with a plea to tone down the rhetoric after an older Mexican man was beaten in Boston earlier this week and one of the suspects made comments praising GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's call to get tough on illegal immigrants.

August 21, 2015
Donald Trump's six-page illegal immigration crackdown plan included calls to build more fencing, require illegal immigrants to go home before being readmitted with legal status and to end the policy granting automatic citizenship to almost everyone born in the U.S., including to illegal immigrant mothers. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump pushes birthright citizenship to forefront of political debate

Birthright citizenship, an issue long kicked about in Republican circles, has leaped to the forefront of the political debate, with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leading the charge and drawing fierce fire from critics who say he and his fellow candidates are messing with a fundamental principle of American history.

August 20, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 15, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Court says Hillary Clinton emails broke ‘government policy’

A federal judge said Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's unique email arrangement violated government policy and prodded the department to talk with the FBI to determine what documents can be recovered from the computer server and flash drives used to store her emails.

August 20, 2015