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Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch supports a plan to deny gun sales to those on terrorist watch lists, brushing off the FBI's concern it will alert suspects. (Associated Press)

Blocking terrorists from getting guns debated in Washington

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on Thursday threw her support behind a plan to deny firearms sales to those on terrorist watch lists, brushing aside the FBI's concerns that it could interfere with their investigations and lending her backing to Democrats ahead of key votes next week.

June 16, 2016
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, right, talks to the committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, during the committee's hearing to consider a censure or IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House panel votes to censure IRS chief over Lerner emails

Saying nothing has changed at the IRS, House Republicans took the first steps toward impeaching agency Commissioner John Koskinen on Wednesday, with the Oversight Committee voting to censure him for thwarting the investigation into tea party targeting.

June 15, 2016
Rep. Lamar Smith (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigrants who overstay visas almost never caught, feds admit

Immigration agents catch an abysmally small percentage of the illegal immigrants who arrived on visas but overstayed their welcome, authorities admitted to Congress Tuesday, describing a loophole that those around the globe are increasingly using to gain a foothold in the U.S.

June 14, 2016
Members of the Congressional Muslim Staff Association, the LGBT Congressional Staff Association, and members of Congress begin to assemble for a prayer and moment of silence on the steps of the Capitol to stand in solidarity with the Orlando community and to remember the victims of Sunday's shooting at an LGBT night club, in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Orlando attack scrambles agenda on Capitol Hill

The push is on to do something on Capitol Hill in response to the Orlando terror attack, with Democrats stepping up their push for gun controls and Republicans countering Tuesday by vowing to re-pass a series of bills designed to shape an anti-terrorism strategy.

June 14, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2016, after getting briefed on the investigation of a shooting at a nightclub in Orlando by FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and other officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama dubs Orlando attack ‘homegrown’ terrorism

It's difficult to spot lone-wolf terrorists ahead of time, but the country could do more to try to deny them access to the weapons they use, President Obama said Monday, in the wake of the weekend's shooting rampage that left more than 100 dead or wounded in Orlando, Florida.

June 13, 2016
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee during a series of early-morning raids on March 3, 2015, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House orders Library of Congress to maintain ‘illegal alien’

The House voted Friday to order the Library of Congress to keep using the term "illegal alien" to describe those who come to the U.S. without authorization, saying that as long as federal laws written by Congress use those terms, so should their official records-keeper.

June 10, 2016
"You want the Republican nominee to be somebody who could do the job if they win. And you want folks who understand the issues. And where you can sit across the table from 'em and you have a principled argument. And ultimately can still move the country forward," Mr. Obama said, according to a transcript provided by NBC. (Associated Press)

Obama ‘worried’ for GOP under Donald Trump

President Obama said Wednesday he's "worried" for the GOP, saying the country is better off when there are two healthy political parties but Republicans' choice of Donald Trump to be their presidential nominee suggests deep problems.

June 8, 2016
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

IRS computer hack was worse than agency admitted

The IRS's computer hack was worse than previously admitted, and the tax agency failed to alert thousands of people that their information was stolen, and didn't give credit monitoring assistance to nearly 80,000 others who were targeted, an inspector general said Wednesday.

June 8, 2016
President Obama listens at right as U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch speaks Nov. 8, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, where the president announced he would nominate Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge blocks his own order sending Obama lawyers to ethics class

Justice Department lawyers and illegal immigrants won a temporary reprieve this week after Judge Andrew S. Hanen blocked his own order sending the lawyers back to remedial ethics classes, and ordering the government to turn over information on tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who were erroneously granted a three-year deportation amnesty.

June 7, 2016