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In this Oct. 10, 2017 photo, the Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Supreme Court ducks major data privacy ruling

The Supreme Court ducked having to rule in a major digital privacy case Tuesday, saying a new U.S. law enacted last month gives federal agents clear access to data stored on "the cloud," so there's no longer a reason to fight over the government's efforts to get a peek at files stored overseas.

April 17, 2018
Gov. Jerry Brown addresses the crowd at a victims right rally Monday, April 9, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Brow, who has backed several measures to reduce criminal penalties has warned voters and lawmakers agates reappearing the changes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jerry Brown: ‘Is this a war on California?’

Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he still wants to find a way to send National Guard troops to the border to assist federal authorities on anything but helping Border Patrol agents catch illegal immigrants.

April 17, 2018
Central American migrants and their child who participated in the annual Migrants Stations of the Cross caravan walk to the Basilica of Guadalupe after the caravan arrived to a shelter in Mexico City, Monday, April 9, 2018. Mexico's capital is the final planned stop of the migrant caravan that left from the Mexico-Guatemala border late last month to draw attention to policies toward immigrants and refugees. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Illegal immigrants seeking jobs, not safety: Survey

The Hondurans who make up most of the illegal immigrant caravan still churning through Mexico say they're asylum seekers -- but the vast majority of their countrymen making the journey north are actually regular economic migrants, according to a new study this month.

April 17, 2018
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, confers with committee member Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, during a break in the committee's confirmation hearing for Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

AUMF update would limit Donald Trump war powers

U.S. troops could continue fighting the Taliban and al Qaeda and would be given explicit new permission to battle the Islamic State -- but would not be authorized to attack the capabilities of any nation state, such as Syria -- under updated rules of war proposed by a bipartisan group of senators Monday.

April 16, 2018
In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. California has rejected the federal government's initial plans for National Guard troops to the border because the work is considered too closely tied to immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

National Guard could be armed at border — but troops banned from enforcing laws

Some National Guard troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border will be allowed to carry weapons -- but they will not, under any circumstances, be allowed to enforce immigration laws nor will they be put in a position where they're likely to encounter illegal immigrants, top administration officials said Monday.

April 16, 2018
Satellite images show the Barzah Research and Development Center in Syria on Friday (top) and on Sunday. The parameters of presidential powers for such a strike are far from clear. Story, A6. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Syria strike authority under debate in Congress

President Trump told Congress on Sunday that he was exercising commander-in-chief powers when he ordered strikes on Syria's chemical weapons capability, insisting the action on Saturday was "in the vital national security" interests of the U.S.

April 15, 2018
Former first lady Barbara Bush, the mother of Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, stands outside of Eastlan Baptist Church, a polling location in Greenville, South Carolina, on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

Barbara Bush’s health failing

Barbara Bush, wife and mother of former presidents, is in failing health and has decided not to seek care to prolong her life, her husband's office said Sunday.

April 15, 2018
Wearing "butterfly wings," supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program hold a tarp with an image of President Donald Trump as they march in support of DACA, Monday, March 5, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds say D.C., doesn’t violate sanctuary city policy

The District of Columbia proudly proclaims its sanctuary city status, but the federal government said this week that Washington's policies are actually in compliance with federal law and the city won't lose any grant money.

April 13, 2018
FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe appears before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCabe misled investigators multiple times about his role in a news media disclosure about Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 presidential election, according to a Justice Department watchdog report. The report alleges that McCabe authorized FBI officials to speak with a Wall Street Journal reporter for a story about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation and then misled FBI and Justice Department officials when later questioned about it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Andrew McCabe lied, was source of WSJ leak, DOJ says

Ousted FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe improperly leaked information to a reporter and then lied to both his boss, then-Director James Comey, and to FBI agents investigating his behavior, the Justice Department inspector general said Friday.

April 13, 2018
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, picked to be the next secretary of state, listens during his introductions before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of State, Thursday, April 12, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pompeo's remarks will be the first chance for lawmakers and the public to hear directly from the former Kansas congressman about his approach to diplomacy and the role of the State Department, should he be confirmed to lead it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Ranking Member Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds Pompeo's confirmation hearing Thursday.

Mike Pompeo says he talked with Mueller probe

Mike Pompeo said he came to his confirmation hearing Thursday prepared to talk about the Trump administration's policies and his qualifications to lead the State Department. Democrats wanted to talk about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 presidential election.

April 12, 2018