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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., joined by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, before Democrats blocked legislation from the GOP-led House on a bill that would crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering America. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Harry Reid says Donald Trump is his man in GOP race

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he's "kind of pulling" for Donald Trump to win the GOP's presidential nomination, agreeing with the billionaire businessman that they used to work well together.

January 27, 2016
President Barack Obama speaks to mayors from around the country, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. They visited the White House as part of the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamacare enrollment projections down nearly 40 percent

Obamacare enrollment is lagging far behind what economists had projected, the Congressional Budget Office said in a new report that cuts the total number of customers expected to buy plans on the exchanges from 21 million down to just 13 million this year.

January 25, 2016
The grim news comes with less than a year left for President Obama to put the Affordable Care Act on firmer footing as he seeks to head off what is likely to be a last effort at repealing the act after November's elections. (Associated Press)

Warning: Feds now foresee $30 trillion debt, blame looming tax hikes and Obamacare

The federal government will be flirting with $30 trillion in debt within a decade, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday, blaming an aging population, new spending and tax cuts approved on Capitol Hill, and the growing burden from Obamacare for erasing the progress Washington had made over the past few years.

January 25, 2016
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, right, meet members of the audience following a Clinton campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. Clinton hasn’t just been wrapping herself in President Barack Obama’s legacy lately. She’s been wrapping herself in his Cabinet. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

State Dept. accused of political tampering in delay of Clinton emails

The reporter whose case has forced the release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails accused the Obama administration Monday of political tampering by asking to delay making the final set of messages public until after the first four states have already voted in the Democratic presidential primary.

January 25, 2016
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, Transportation Security Administration agents check travelers identifications at a security check point area in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Fliers who don't have the latest driver's licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints. Many travelers had been worried that the Transportation Security Administration would penalize them because of a federal law requiring the more-stringent IDs at the start of this year. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

TSA seizes record number of firearms in 2015

TSA screeners seized more than 2,600 firearms from carry-on luggage in 2015, the airport security agency said Thursday, acknowledging the dubious new record as it announced its year-end totals.

January 21, 2016
"This is the way the system gets eroded. This is where public confidence is being destroyed. This is how we're sending a message to the world that you can get away with it," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican and chairman of the immigration subcommittee, which held a hearing exploring the new numbers, released late Tuesday by Homeland Security. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants who overstay visas rarely investigated

The federal government doesn't investigate 99 percent of illegal immigrants who entered the country legally but overstayed their visas, Homeland Security officials told the Senate on Wednesday, exposing what critics said was a giant loophole in immigration enforcement and national security.

January 20, 2016
"Women, children and families fleeing persecution are not the enemy," said Minority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who led the opposition. "We should be focusing all our effort on defeating the real enemy." (Associated Press)

Democrats filibuster to defend Obama’s Syrian refugees

Brushing aside new fears of terrorists exploiting the refugee program, Senate Democrats on Wednesday successfully defended President Obama's plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, saying the U.S. cannot turn its back on its obligation to help the needy.

January 20, 2016
In this May 6, 2015, photo, U.S. military personnel walk near Afghanistan's new Defense Ministry building, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In Kabul, they call it the "mini Pentagon," the new headquarters for Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense — a gleaming, white marble building in the center of the capital built with U.S. funds and due to be handed over to the Afghan government this month. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon wasted millions trying to rebuild Afghanistan: Internal report

The Defense Department poured hundreds of millions of dollars into boondoggle development programs in Afghanistan without caring how much they would cost, a government watchdog said Wednesday in a damning report that portrays a culture of carelessness at the top levels of the Pentagon.

January 20, 2016
This photo taken June 24, 2015, shows a Border Patrol agent looking for other agents escorting six undocumented immigrants that were apprehended in the Animas mountains in New Mexico's boot heel. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Visa overstays swell ranks of illegals as 500,000 broke the law in 2015

More than 500,000 visitors overstayed their visas in fiscal year 2015, the Homeland Security Department said in a report released Tuesday night that signals the problems of illegal immigration extend well beyond the land borders and include the millions of people who enter by air or sea.

January 19, 2016
President Barack Obama stands with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, during an event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment that abolished slavery. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Federal deficit to soar in 2016 after Ryan-Obama tax deal

The federal budget deficit will soar this year, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday, after President Obama and Congress gave up on austerity late last year, embracing spending hikes and massive new tax cuts that have left the government awash in red ink.

January 19, 2016