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In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of family units and unaccompanied children arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley has doubled in the first nine months of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Illegal immigrant children, families surge in July

The number of illegal immigrant children and families crossing the border surged again in July, combining for the worst month so far in 2016, according to Border Patrol statistics released Friday.

August 12, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks in Atlanta on Aug. 1, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats gear up to stop Obama on TPP trade deal

Liberal lawmakers and activists were enraged Friday by reports that President Obama signaled he'll try to pass his Pacific trade deal in the lame-duck session of Congress, just a day after the woman he hopes to succeed him, Hillary Clinton, said she'd kill it.

August 12, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gives a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool & Engineering, in Warren, Mich., Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton says she’ll kill TPP

Hillary Clinton said Thursday she will kill the Trans Pacific Partnership, delivering a flat rejection of the deal she once praised, and helped President Obama negotiate.

August 11, 2016
Research and Development Engineer Avinash Eranki examines a donated placenta as researchers are working to create a 3D bioprinted version to study preeclampsia at Children's National Medical Center, in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Researchers are looking into how problems with the placenta lead to health threats from preeclampsia to Zika. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dems say Obama to take NIH money to fight Zika

President Obama will have to grab money out of research accounts at the National Institutes of Health and shift it to combat Zika, House Democrats said Thursday, blaming congressional Republicans for failing to pony up more cash.

August 11, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs a banner during a visit to Allegra Print and Imaging, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Fayetteville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Bill Weld: Trump crossed a line with gun comments

Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee Bill Weld, a former federal prosecutor, said Donald Trump crossed a line Tuesday when he said gun-rights supporters could do something to stop Hillary Clinton from winning the White House.

August 10, 2016
Informational Zika posters for pregnant woman are displayed as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a tour of a Miami health care center. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton takes up Zika cause as mosquito-borne illness becomes political weapon

Zika is pushing all the buttons of American politics, with Hillary Clinton's call Tuesday to bring Congress back into session to spend more money -- and tack it on to the deficit -- just the latest sign. From abortion to spending to tricky calculations about birth defects and how much prevention is worth, Zika is forcing the political debate into new realms.

August 9, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan's deep ties to his district, a massive campaign treasury and an immense likability helped him surmount the challenge. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan defeats Paul Nehlen in primary

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan romped to victory Tuesday in the Republican primary for his congressional seat, dealing another setback to insurgent tea party forces that hoped to make an example out of him.

August 9, 2016