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Former U.S. President Barack Obama waves before he is awarded the German Media Prize 2016 in Baden-Baden, Germany, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Deportation cases lagged under Barack Obama, says watchdog

Under the Bush administration, it took an immigration judge less than a month to finish the average deportation case. Near the end of President Obama's tenure, that time had soared to nearly a year, according to a new report Thursday from the government's chief watchdog that underscores the immigration mess the previous administration left.

June 1, 2017
Former US President waves before he is awarded the German Media Prize 2016 in Baden-Baden, Germany, Thursday, May 25, 2017.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Obama lashes at Trump as climate legacy slips away

A frustrated former President Obama chided President Trump Thursday for canceling U.S. involvement in the Paris climate agreement, and insisted the rest of the world is still headed toward lower greenhouse gas emissions even without American leadership.

June 1, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in this March 24, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Donald Trump to exit Paris climate accord

President Trump is laying the groundwork this week to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, seeking options for how to extricate the U.S. in a process that could take years to complete.

May 31, 2017
An audit conducted by PILF, a voter integrity group, found 1,852 illegal immigrants voted in Virginia elections over a decade. Critics of Gov. Terry McAuliffe say he sought to keep such illegal voting from public view. (Associated Press)

Illegals in Virginia registered, voted in elections

When Maureen Erickson registered to vote in Prince William County, she listed her home address as a street in Guatemala, in what should have been a very strong indication that she wasn't a regular Virginia resident.

May 30, 2017
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 25, 2017, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Homeland Security Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kelly battles immigrant-rights groups

Immigrant-rights groups were left steaming after Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said most of the illegal immigrant children who streamed into the U.S. in recent years were "a huge scam," abusing lax policies to gain a foothold here.

May 28, 2017
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump administration moves to expand H-2B visa program

The Trump administration is likely to expand a controversial guest-worker program, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly told Congress on Thursday, in a move that's bound to anger some of the president's staunchest supporters.

May 25, 2017
In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a man holds a U.S. and a rainbow flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court legalized gay marriage nationwide. A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Supreme Court can keep protesters off its marble plaza without violating their constitutional right to free speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that First Amendment rights stop at the sidewalk in front of the majestic courthouse and do not extend to the plaza. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats demand answers on sexual orientation census questions

Two Democratic senators this week demanded answers on why the Census Bureau canceled plans to prod Americans to divulge their sexual orientation and gender identity, saying the government needs to know those answers to figure out how to spend money.

May 23, 2017
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget as he speaks to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump delivers balanced budget to Congress

The White House's newly minted 2018 budget sprints toward balance over the next decade by counting on a major economic growth spurt to boost revenue and deep cuts on the spending side -- all of it enhanced by more than a few gimmicks and wildly optimistic assumptions.

May 23, 2017