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A voter marks a ballot for the New Hampshire primary inside a voting booth on Feb. 9 in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

Voter citizenship checks in Kansas, Alabama, Georgia upheld by judge

Kansas, Alabama and Georgia can demand their residents submit proof of citizenship before signing up to vote even if they're using the federal government's registration forms, a judge said Wednesday, delivering a win to states concerned about voter fraud.

June 29, 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 **

Hillary Clinton private email server set up before becoming secretary

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began planning use of her secret email address even before she took office in January 2009, top aide Huma Abedin said in sworn testimony this week, raising questions about why no emails from her first few months in office were part of the set she returned to the government.

June 29, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, before the House Benghazi Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Benghazi panel: White House focused on anti-Islam film over saving Americans as attack unfolded

Both President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta ordered that all available resources be used to help fend off the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, but top administration officials -- including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- put those plans on hold, according to a congressional report, which said the officials instead debated how to appease the Libyan government.

June 28, 2016
In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. consulate's burned buildings in Benghazi, after a deadly attack on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, that killed four Americans. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Benghazi GOP lawmakers say Hillary Clinton created conditions for attack

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ignored repeated warnings of what one security agent called their "suicide mission" in Benghazi, creating the opportunity that terrorists took on Sept. 11, 2012, to kill the ambassador to Libya, two Republicans on the Benghazi probe charged Tuesday.

June 28, 2016
A police officer tries to free an immigration protester who chained himself to a gate in front of a building in Atlanta that houses federal immigration offices during a protest on Nov. 19, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Immigrant activists stage blockade to stop deportations

Immigrant-rights activists attempted to block the road to federal immigration agents' headquarters in Atlanta on Monday, demanding President Obama stop deporting any more illegal immigrants after last week's Supreme Court stalemate.

June 27, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016, on the Supreme Court decision on immigration. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama: Most illegals still won’t be deported

President Obama said most illegal immigrants still won't be deported, even after the Supreme Court's tie ruling Thursday upheld an injunction on his broader deportation amnesty.

June 23, 2016
Gerson Quinteron of Washington yells during a demonstration on immigration at the Supreme Court on Thursday. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The justices' one-sentence opinion effectively kills the plan for the duration of Obama's presidency. (Associated Press)

Supreme Court blocks Obama immigration plan in 4-4 tie

President Obama lost his bid to kick-start his deportation amnesty Thursday after the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4, keeping in place a lower court's injunction, nixing the policy for the rest of Mr. Obama's tenure and igniting political and legal debates that will carry on well beyond.

June 23, 2016
FILE - In this June 18, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in Las Vegas. Trump's campaign is cycling $6 million into his companies through use of his properties; meanwhile, Trump has been on an urgent fundraising quest. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump, Clinton decline to speak to major Hispanic group

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both declined invitations to speak to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) convention this week, raising questions about both Democrats' and Republicans' outreach goals ahead of the November election.

June 21, 2016
"Why aren't we working on something that could actually get done?" pleaded Sen. Patrick Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who tried to broker a compromise after the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, but saw those efforts doomed by the same gridlock that still prevails four years, and dozens of mass-shootings deaths, later. (Associated Press)

Gun control proposals again doomed by partisan gridlock

They agreed on the need to "do something" about guns in the wake of Orlando, but senators couldn't find the sweet spot Monday, instead retreating to partisan corners and stalemating on competing plans to try to keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists.

June 20, 2016
"Congress should not abandon the Constitution in the face of terrorism," said Rep. Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who has forced the fight each of the last three years. "Unfortunately, proponents of warrantless surveillance mischaracterized our legislation and its bearing on the investigation in Orlando." (Associated Press)

House upholds NSA phone snooping as terrorist attacks shift debate

With the terrorist-inspired Orlando shooting fresh in their minds, House lawmakers reversed course last week and voted to uphold the government's ability to snoop through its data when it believes American citizens are involved in terrorism -- suggesting the post-Snowden wariness of the NSA has dissipated.

June 19, 2016