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FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show. The White House had publicly distanced itself from doing the same against an American news organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Court rules NSA doesn’t have to divulge what records it has

A federal judge on Tuesday said the National Security Agency is not obligated to confirm nor deny it has someone's specific phone records, shooting down a conservative think tank's effort to try to use the spy agency to reveal secrets that other federal agencies want kept hidden.

January 13, 2015
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to media during a meeting with bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss a wide range of issues, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

John Boehner: Obama amnesty fight isn’t about immigration

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday that moves to block President Obama's new deportation amnesty are less about immigration than they are about asserting Congress's right to make laws, and pushing back on a runaway executive branch.

January 13, 2015
A supporter holds a tablet in front of the White House in Washington during a demonstration before President Obama's immigration address on Nov. 20, 2014 . President Barack Obama announced executive actions on immigration during a nationally televised address. (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C., Maryland go to court to defend Obama amnesty

The District of Columbia, Maryland and 11 other states went to court Monday to defend President Obama's new deportation amnesty, arguing that allowing illegal immigrants to work legally would actually help the states' budgets.

January 12, 2015
In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, the Washington Redskins logo is seen on the field before the start of a preseason NFL football game in Landover, Md. The Justice Department says it is intervening in a trademark dispute concerning the team name of the Washington Redskins. A June ruling from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stripped the professional football team of trademark protection, (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Obama lawyers go to court to fight Redskins over team name

The Obama administration joined a lawsuit opposing the Washington Redskins' team trademark on Friday, filing court papers to defend the federal law that gives the government the power to deny recognition to trademarks it believes to be disparaging.

January 9, 2015
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio takes questions from reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House approves building Keystone pipeline

The Keystone XL pipeline cleared its first hurdle of the new Congress on Friday when the House voted to approve construction of the long-stalled project, just hours after a court in Nebraska cleared a final legal hurdle there.

January 9, 2015
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2014 file photo, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boxer said Thursday she won't seek re-election after 4th term. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Barbara Boxer to retire at end of 2016

Sen. Barbara Boxer, a liberal champion and California Democrat, announced Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2016, ending a combative career that saw her become one of the country's chief progressive champions.

January 8, 2015
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus ceremonial swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi vows to back Obama on vetoes

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday her troops will be able to sustain President Obama's vetoes on the Keystone XL pipeline and on a bill to tweak the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, as she and her troops adapt to in the minority on both sides of the Capitol.

January 8, 2015