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Abortion ‘conscience’ protections approved in House

The House voted Wednesday to expand "conscience" protections shielding hospitals, religious groups and individuals who object to abortion on moral grounds from being forced to fund or take part in the procedure.

July 13, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses a gathering on the Boardwalk Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

FBI to turn Hillary Clinton emails over to State Department

The FBI said Tuesday it will turn over to the State Department thousands of work-related secret emails it recovered from Hillary Clinton's email server, which the former secretary failed to turn into the government when she left office.

July 12, 2016
The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

U.S. Capitol on lockdown

The U.S. Capitol was put on lockdown Tuesday afternoon, and police were telling people to stay inside the complex as they investigated an incident outside.

July 12, 2016
President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year's Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday.

July 12, 2016
Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, before the House Judiciary Committee. Lynch testified before Congress amid a roiling national debate over police violence and as House Republicans seek a Justice Department perjury investigation of Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Loretta Lynch refuses to explain prosecution decision on Hillary Clinton emails

The Obama administration circled the wagons around Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, with Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch refusing to detail why she didn't pursue criminal charges against the former secretary and the State Department going to bat for her, saying she shouldn't have to testify under oath about her secret email account.

July 12, 2016
U.S President Barack Obama listens as Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a media availability in Madrid, Spain, at the Palacio de la Moncloa, Sunday, July 10, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CBO projects return of massive federal deficits

The economy simply cannot grow fast enough to cover the federal government's generous promises to Americans, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, laying out grim options of massive tax increases or withering cuts to spending that loom ahead.

July 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s email testimony pursued in federal court

Prosecutors decided last week not to charge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her secret email server, but a federal court could still force her to testify under oath after a conservative law firm petitioned the judge to force her to talk.

July 10, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Washington on July 5, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judicial Watch seeks to put Hillary Clinton under oath

Judicial Watch, the interest group that won the right to force Hillary Clinton's top aides to testify on her secret email system, petitioned a federal judge Friday to force Mrs. Clinton herself to sit for a deposition, saying there are questions only she can answer about how she handled her messages.

July 8, 2016
Rep. John Culberson, Texas Republican, demanded earlier this year that Attorney General Lorretta E. Lynch take action against sanctuary cities, which the Justice Department has found violate federal laws. (Associated Press)

Sanctuary city policy gets funding yanked by federal government

The Justice Department said Thursday it has warned sanctuary cities to quit shielding illegal immigrants from deportation agents or else lose federal grant money, putting some muscle behind Republicans' push to punish cities and counties that have refused to cooperate.

July 7, 2016
FBI Director James Comey makes a statement at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Comey said the FBI will not recommend criminal charges in its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

GOP to ask FBI Director Comey to investigate Clinton perjury

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz told FBI Director James Comey to investigate whether Hillary Clinton lied to Congress when she said she didn't send or receive classified information on her secret email server.

July 7, 2016
Huma Abedin, who has been at Hillary Rodham Clinton's side as her personal assistant or "body woman" since the 2008 presidential race, faced criticism for standing by her husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner, after sexting scandals that damaged his political career. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill introduced to strip Hillary Clinton of security access

Marco Rubio is leading a high-powered group of senators in officially petitioning the State Department to suspend the security clearances of former Secretary Hillary Clinton and her top aides -- a move that could effectively kneecap her preparations for the White House.

July 7, 2016