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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks on the tarmac as she arrives to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, July 5, 2016. President Barack Obama and Clinton are traveling to Charlotte, N.C. to campaign together. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republicans demand FBI release investigative files on Hillary Clinton

Top Republicans said Tuesday that the FBI needs to release details of its investigative files on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if it wants voters to accept its conclusion that her carelessness with top secret information doesn't rise to the level of a prosecutable crime.

July 5, 2016
FBI Director James B. Comey said investigators found 110 email chains that had classified material at the time Mrs. Clinton sent or received them through her secret server, and seven of those included information deemed to be the highest-level "special access program" data. (Associated Press)

FBI recommends no charges against Hillary Clinton

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's secret email account may have broken laws governing handling of classified information, but it's unlikely a prosecutor could make the charges stick, FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday, ending his yearlong investigation into the Democratic presidential candidate.

July 5, 2016
A new study by the Government Accountability Office contradicts hopes that allowing voters to vote prior to Election Day will increase turnout. (Associated Press)

Early voting reduces voter turnout, mailing ballots boosts

Allowing voters to show up and cast ballots ahead of Election Day appears to actually reduce participation, but letting them vote by mail or to show up and register on Election Day boosts turnout, the government's chief research agency said in a new report last week.

July 4, 2016
President Barack Obama, right, as Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Sylvia Burwell, center, speaks during an event at the East End Family Resource Center in Charleston, WVa., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Also attending the event is Charleston police chief, Brent Webster, left, Dr. Michael Brumage, second from left, and Cary Dixon, second from right. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Appeals court dumps states’ latest challenge to Obamacare

A federal appeals court seemed sympathetic to West Virginia's complaints about Obamacare, but tossed out the state's challenge in a ruling Friday that leaves President Obama with a free hand to alter enforcement of the law.

July 1, 2016
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