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Democrats to make Senate vote on Trump agenda

President Obama's agenda has stalled on Capitol Hill, but GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump's plans are likely to get voted on, courtesy of Senate Democrats.

January 14, 2016
"The American people deserve better. We must do more to ensure the IRS treats all Americans fairly, holds employees responsible for these abuses accountable and implements procedures to prevent this abuse from ever happening again," said Rep. Peter J. Roskam, an Illinois Republican who helped lead one of the investigations into the IRS targeting. (Associated Press)

IRS lets individual employees decide what’s ‘fair’ in audits

The IRS leaves it up to individual employees to decide what's "fair" in audits, meaning the tax agency sometimes uses arbitrary criteria in deciding whom to review, the government's chief watchdog said Wednesday in a report Republicans seized on as proof that unfair targeting could still be going on.

January 13, 2016
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, said he and most of the other 145 lawmakers who signed the letter denouncing the deportation raids were among President Obama's staunchest backers, having defended Obamacare over the past five years and upheld his Iran nuclear deal in a major test vote last year. (Associated Press)

Obama’s immigration, trade policies not fully embraced by Democrats

President Obama faced an increasingly wary Democratic Party on Tuesday as he delivered his final State of the Union address, with his own troops distancing themselves from his legacy-building push for a free trade deal, his softer approach to Iran's weapons programs and, perhaps most pointedly, his administration's series of raids targeting illegal immigrants.

January 12, 2016
Young women in many cases have survived harrowing journeys north, some of them pregnant from being raped along the way. (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigration by families surges 38 percent

Illegal immigration from Central America is setting a record pace, with nearly 40,000 families and children traveling alone being caught on the southwest border in just the first three months of the fiscal year, according to new Border Patrol numbers.

January 12, 2016
President Obama will use his final State of the Union address to map out his legacy, but those who want to succeed him will draw lines. (Associated Press)

Obama’s last State of the Union will lay out path for his legacy

With little chance of getting what he wants from Congress this year, President Obama plans to use his final State of the Union address Tuesday to try to set the agenda for his successor, insisting that if he can't win now, he will demand that voters keep it in mind as they select the next president.

January 10, 2016
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat. (Associated Press)

Senate sluggish despite bipartisan deals, Washington Times Legislative Futility Index finds

Congress began to pull out of the legislative doldrums last year but still has a long way to go before it returns to full health and the kind of freewheeling legislative action of previous decades, according to The Washington Times Legislative Futility Index, which found that despite some big bipartisan deals, the Senate remains a major stumbling block to passing bills.

January 10, 2016
Law enforcement searches for a suspect in a mass shooting at a social services center Wednesday in San Bernardino, Calif. (Associated Press)

2015 sets new record for terror plots in U.S.

Last year saw the most terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001, according to the Heritage Foundation's tally, which was released Friday just as the Obama administration announced a series of new terror-related arrests and indictments.

January 8, 2016