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President Obama is piling up red tape just as fast as conservatives are plotting to cut it after he departs. (Associated Press)

Obama sets record for new rules in 2015

The administration issued a record amount of heft in the federal rule book in 2015 as President Obama's team, carrying out his orders to work around Congress, pushed his expansive government agenda on environmental, labor and Wall Street policy.

December 30, 2015
Texas Department of Safety Troopers patrol on the Rio Grand along the U.S.-Mexico border in Mission, Texas, on July 24, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Agents nab Pakistanis with terrorist connections crossing U.S. border

When the U.S. Border Patrol nabbed two Pakistani men with ties to terrorism at the U.S.-Mexico border in September, it marked just the latest instance of illegal immigrants from so-called "special interest countries" using the southern border as a point of entry into the country.

December 30, 2015
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2020 census will benefit Texas, Florida in congressional numbers

Texas is in line to be the biggest winner in congressional reapportionment at the end of the decade, when the country's 435 U.S. House seats are divvied up by population, with new estimates showing the Republican powerhouse state poised to gain three seats.

December 28, 2015
President Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry, meets with veterans and Gold Star Mothers to discuss the Iran nuclear deal in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Sept. 10, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Congress warns Obama to enforce foreign fighter ban against Iran

House Republicans demanded this week that President Obama apply strict visa travel rules to anyone who visits Iran and then tries to come to the U.S., saying the Islamic republic was always meant to be one of the targets of a crackdown on potential foreign fighters sneaking into the country.

December 23, 2015
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Duncan Hunter slams Nancy Pelosi’s push to regulate e-cigarettes

Democrats cheered after they managed to prevent a carve-out for e-cigarettes in last week's year-end spending bill, but one congressman -- an admitted "vaper" himself -- says they've only succeeded in making more people end up choosing to go back to traditional, and deadlier, tobacco.

December 22, 2015
An American flag on a nearby resident's home waves in the breeze on Dec. 15, 2010, near a U.S. Border Patrol truck blocking the road leading to a search area near where agent Brian Terry, 40, was killed northwest of Nogales, Ariz. (Arizona Daily Star via Associated Press)

U.S. deports fewer illegals, criminals as Obama amnesty kicks in

President Obama slashed the number of deportations in 2015, the administration announced Tuesday, removing out only about 235,000 aliens from the U.S. as his amnesty kicked into full gear, putting most illegal immigrants out of reach of agents.

December 22, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters and members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), following the union's endorsement of Sanders, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at the CWA's headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bernard Sanders spat with DNC over Hillary Clinton data breach stretches on

Sen. Bernard Sanders' bizarre spat with the Democratic National Committee stretched into a fourth day Sunday, with the grass-roots contender for the 2016 nomination tempering apologies for staff who breached his rival's campaign files with new swipes at the party's leaders, saying they've treated him unfairly.

December 20, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters and members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), following the union's endorsement of Sanders, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at the CWA's headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Clinton campaign says Bernie Sanders ‘stole’ campaign secrets

Presidential candidate Bernard Sanders sued the Democratic National Committee Friday afternoon to demand access to the party's voter files after the DNC suspended him for illicitly accessing the campaign files of his competitor, Hillary Clinton.

December 18, 2015
Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli addresses the Virginia GOP Convention in Roanoke on June 7, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ken Cuccinelli endorses Ted Cruz for president

Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential bid Friday at an appearance in Mechanicsville, Virginia, praising the Texas GOP hopeful as someone who will respect rights and bring the deficit under control.

December 18, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters and members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), following the union's endorsement of Sanders, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at the CWA's headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bernie Sanders threatens to sue DNC over data fight

Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign accused the Democratic National Committee of "actively attempting to undermine our campaign" Friday after the DNC suspended Mr. Sanders' access to the party's voter file, saying he snooped on what fellow candidate Hillary Clinton was doing.

December 18, 2015
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said the GOP played "the cards we were dealt" in the budget talks. (Associated Press)

Budget deal increases federal deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars

Having reached a deal on a nearly $2 trillion deal to keep the government open, President Obama and congressional leaders tried to build support Wednesday for the massive bill, which hikes spending across government, thrilling Democrats, and extends a host of special interest tax breaks, exciting Republicans.

December 16, 2015