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UNESCO, the U.N. body that designates cultural treasures, ignored Israeli ties to the Temple Mount in favor of Palestinians, who refer to it as the Al-Aqsa Mwosque. (Associated Press)

Israel an ‘occupying power’ in Jerusalem, UNESCO declares

UNESCO, the U.N. body charged with protecting humanity's cultural treasures, approved a draft resolution Thursday calling Israel an "occupying power" in its own capital of Jerusalem, ignoring deep Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and instead accusing Israeli settlers of provoking Muslims through "aggressions."

October 13, 2016

Mexican officials helping Haitian illegal immigrants reach U.S.

Mexican officials are quietly helping thousands of Haitians make their way to the United States illegally, according to an internal Homeland Security document that details the route taken by the migrants, the thousands of dollars paid to human smugglers along the way and the sometimes complicit role of the neighboring governments of the U.S.

October 10, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a campaign event at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Obama is spending the afternoon campaigning for Clinton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Clinton team convinced Obama would pick her for VP in 2012

Hillary Clinton's political team was convinced President Obama would pick her to be his vice president for his second term, according to the latest batch of secret emails from Mrs. Clinton's time at the State Department.

October 7, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, holds the Cabinet meeting in Moscow's Kremlin on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. (Alexei Nikolsky/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. officially blames Putin for election hacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to meddle in the U.S. elections through cyberattacks, the Obama administration said Friday, officially placing blame for the attack that struck the Democratic National Committee and other major political figures.

October 7, 2016
In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, photo, a group of workers at the C.C. Filson Co. manufacturing facility work at their sewing machines, in Seattle. The United States isn’t exactly the economic doormat that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump decries in his campaign rhetoric. America has outperformed other advanced economies and ranks among the world’s most competitive countries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Sluggish jobs picture dogs Democrats ahead of election

A still-struggling economy thrust itself into the presidential race Friday after the administration announced slower-than-average job growth and the unemployment rate ticked up in September -- and President Obama got much of the blame.

October 7, 2016
Afghan security forces gather at the site of a suicide attack after clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul on June 22, 2015. (Associated Press)

U.S. taxpayers foot bill to train AWOL Afghan ‘ghost’ soldiers

Eight Afghans training with the U.S. military in the U.S. went AWOL in September -- part of 45 total that have gone missing since the beginning of 2015, the Pentagon confirmed this week, raising fears that they have disappeared into the shadows as illegal immigrants.

October 6, 2016
President Barack Obama shares a laugh as he makes a surprise visit into the Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2104, to announce that White House press secretary Jay Carney, right, will be stepping down later next month. The president announced Carney's departure in a surprise appearance at in the White House press briefing room Friday. He said principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest will take over the job. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama administration hires hundreds of PR staffers

President Obama has swelled the ranks of government PR, adding hundreds of new public relations specialists to the federal payroll during his time in office, costing taxpayers a half-billion dollars a year, the government's chief watchdog said Wednesday.

October 5, 2016
Two years after they first sounded the alarm about secret waiting lists leaving veterans struggling for care at the Phoenix VA, investigators said some services have improved, and cleared the clinic of allegations that top officials ordered staff to cancel appointments. (Associated Press)

Phoenix VA builds new backlog; 200 veterans die waiting for care

The Phoenix Veterans Affairs office is still improperly canceling veterans' appointments, has built up a new backlog of cases -- and at least one veteran is likely dead because of it, the department's inspector general said in a new report Tuesday.

October 4, 2016