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Kirstjen Nielsen testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on her nomination to be Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Committee clears Kirstjen Nielsen, Trump’s pick to lead DHS

The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted Tuesday to approve Kirstjen Nielsen as the next Homeland Security secretary, overcoming objections from Democrats who said she lacked leadership experience and didn't appear to be independent enough from the White House.

November 14, 2017
"We're optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said of the tax bill. (Associated Press/File)

Senate GOP to include repeal of Obamacare mandate in tax-cut bill

Senate Republicans said Tuesday they will include a repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate in their tax cut bill in a bold move that frees up more money for deeper tax cuts and takes a whack at the health care law they have repeatedly tried but failed to repeal.

November 14, 2017
In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, former Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton arrive on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, for the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Jeff Sessions mulls Russia uranium deal investigation

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday he's considering appointing a special counsel to look at whether the FBI properly handled the investigation into Russia's purchase of uranium rights and donations to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton led the State Department.

November 13, 2017
Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. According to a Thursday, Nov. 9 Washington Post story an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. Moore is denying the allegations. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)

Mitch McConnell tells Roy Moore to quit Senate race

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Roy Moore, his party's candidate for Senate in Alabama, to quit the race, saying the women who have accused the former state chief justice of sexual advances on them when they were teens have told a compelling story.

November 13, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to members of the Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition, Nov. 6, 2017, in Indianapolis. The group is known for its campaigns to stem violence in crime-plagued neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) **FILE**

GOP lawmakers tell Sessions to probe Clinton-Comey or resign

Two House Republicans delivered an ultimatum Monday to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, telling him either to name a special counsel to investigate FBI Director James B. Comey's handling of last year's election, or else resign to clear the way for someone who will.

November 13, 2017
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

Luis Gutierrez: Post office delays causing Dreamers to lose DACA amnesty

Some illegal immigrant "Dreamers" are demanding leniency from the government, saying they applied for renewed protections under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, but were denied because the post office delivered their applications too late.

November 10, 2017
From left: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican; Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin; President Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn; and Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican, discussed the Senate's version of the Republican tax reform bill on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Senate GOP’s tax bill tries to avoid hiccups of House bill

Seemingly learning from the rocky rollout of their House counterparts, Senate Republicans announced a tax cut framework Thursday that preserves many popular tax breaks for adoptions, medical expenses and home mortgage interest, while promising lower taxes for most Americans.

November 9, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters as he defends the Republican tax reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dreamers marching on Paul Ryan’s office to protest DACA delay

Illegal immigrant "Dreamers" said they were marching on House Speaker Paul D. Ryan's office Thursday to protest after he brushed aside calls earlier in the morning to set an end-of-the-year deadline to pass legislation granting them full legal status.

November 9, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., defends the GOP tax reform plan being crafted in the Ways and Means Committee this week, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan on tax cuts: ‘This is not unpopular’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that the GOP's tax bill won't be an electoral drag and that every major analysis of the GOP tax bill has found that the average American will see a tax cut.

November 9, 2017
Daniel Ramirez Medina, center, briefly talks to reporters as he walks with his attorney, Luis Cortes, right, after Ramirez was freed from custody at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Ramirez had spent more than six weeks in immigration detention despite his participation in a program designed to prevent the deportation of those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Judge rules DACA recipients have due process rights

Illegal immigrant Dreamers who were granted protections under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty are entitled to due process rights when the government tried to revoke their status, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

November 9, 2017