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U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during their meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Chairmen tell Obama to release secret refugee agreement with Australia

The Obama administration has written a secret deal that could let Australia ship more than 2,400 refugees waiting to enter its borders over to the U.S. instead, including refugees from terrorist-connected countries such as Somalia and Syria, two top congressmen said Tuesday.

December 6, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congress plans stopgap spending bill through April 28

Congress will vote this week on a stopgap bill to keep the government funded through April 28, Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday, pushing the deadline nearly a month longer than initially planned as GOP leaders predict a crowded schedule at the beginning of next year.

December 6, 2016
President Obama said it will be harder for Donald Trump to reverse the president's health and immigration policies than he thought. (Associated Press)

Federal court halts Obamacare appeal, deals setback to president

A federal appeals court halted a key Obamacare case on Monday, agreeing to put off proceedings until after President-elect Trump takes office and figures out how he wants to proceed -- and dealing a blow to President Obama in the meantime.

December 5, 2016
President Obama looks toward Mexico as he tours the Bridge of America Cargo Facility in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2011, as he visited the U.S.-Mexico border to speak about immigration reform. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds halt new citizenship approvals after spotting hole in background checks

The government suspended naturalization ceremonies and banned officers from approving any new applications for citizenship earlier this week after realizing its background check system was broken and ineligible people may have been slipping through, a key congressman revealed Friday.

December 2, 2016
A Hispanic supporter holds up a sign for then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally at the Anaheim Convention Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

Hispanic voting bloc proved to be not crucial in Trump win

Hispanics, who for more than a decade insisted they were the key to American politics, are now grappling with a life on the outside -- stunned that a Republican managed to capture the White House without winning at least a third of their support.

December 1, 2016
Detained children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for illegal immigrant women and children in Texas. (Associated Press)

Border Patrol complains of administering to needs families and children

Border Patrol agents have been reduced to "professional child care providers" for illegal immigrants, warming burritos and babysitting the families and unaccompanied children who are surging across the border at an increasing rate, the agents' frustrated chief told Congress on Wednesday.

November 30, 2016
Yesenia Del Carmen 8, carries a cross reading "No to the Deportations," "as she and her grandmother join an immigrant-rights supporters "Procession of the Cross" walk, led by U.S.-born children from the Federal building to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Friday, Apr. 18, 2014. Immigrants urged the Obama administration today to stop deportations that they said are splitting up families. Del Carmen worries her father could be deported while at work. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

White House says Obama won’t pardon illegals

The White House's top immigration staffer said President Obama won't pardon illegal immigrants before the end of his term, dashing hopes of activists who had pleaded for Mr. Obama to use his powers to shield hundreds of thousands of Dreamers from deportation.

November 29, 2016
Huma Abedin, deputy chief of staff and aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, rear, is seen during the Open Government Partnership meeting in New York, Tuesday, Sept., 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FBI still hasn’t turned over Huma Abedin emails

The FBI still hasn't turned over to the State Department any of the messages it reportedly obtained from the computer shared by top Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her now-estranged husband Anthony Weiner, the administration told a federal judge Tuesday.

November 29, 2016