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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on his executive action on immigration at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas in this Nov. 21, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Obama’s immigration plan opposed by half of American voters: poll

Fifty percent of voters in the country oppose President Obama's recently-announced executive actions to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, and a majority thinks the president's plan will actually attract more illegal immigrants into the country.

November 24, 2014
President Barack Obama, left, listens as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, talks about his resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Hagel is stepping down under pressure from Obama's Cabinet, senior administration officials said Monday, following a tenure in which he has struggled to break through the White House's insular foreign policy team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Hagel hands Obama his resignation amid reported clashes

President Obama on Monday accepted the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, creating a vacancy at the Pentagon at a time when the U.S. is battling the Islamic State in the Middle East, dealing with a shrinking budget at the Defense Department and grappling with a number of other foreign-policy challenges and international crises.

November 24, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Rand Paul calls for declaration of war against Islamic State

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, one of the sharpest Republican critics of President Obama's strategy to combat the Islamic State terrorist group, unveiled a draft Declaration of War resolution Monday that he plans to introduce when Congress comes back in December.

November 24, 2014
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bobby Jindal headed back to Iowa next month

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is heading back to the early presidential state of Iowa next month for a Polk County GOP Holiday Victory party, the Des Moines Register said.

November 21, 2014
Rep. Tony Cardenas, California Democrat. (Screen grab from https://twitter.com/tonycardenassfv)

Tony Cardenas: Obama finally said, ‘enough is enough’

Rep. Tony Cardenas, California Democrat, said Friday that President Obama's executive action to grant temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants isn't about what Congress didn't do, but about what Congress has refused to do.

November 21, 2014
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is surrounded by preachers as he addresses a crowd at a Houston church, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Cruz spoke about a legal dispute involving several pastors fighting subpoenas from Houston city attorneys demanding they turn over copies of any sermons they delivered that relate to Houston’s equal rights ordinance championed by the city’s gay mayor, Annise Parker. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Ted Cruz invokes Cicero to knock Obama on immigration

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, turned to the ancient words of Cicero Thursday on the Senate floor to denounce President Obama's planned actions, to be outlined Thursday evening, to give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants in the country.

November 20, 2014