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The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS can’t verify illegal immigrant IDs, vulnerable to fraud: Audit

The IRS cannot verify that illegal immigrants are who they say they are, the tax agency's inspector general reported Thursday in a new study that says the government doesn't have the tools to validate foreign governments' identity documents, and could be paying refunds without truly knowing who it's sending them to.

August 6, 2015
FILE- In this Aug. 1, 2015, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to the attendees at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky. There will be no further roll call votes this week," McConnell, told a mostly empty Senate on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The Senate is joining the House in summer recess as Congress sets course for an autumn of showdowns over Iran, spending and Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Mitch McConnell says no immigration deal this year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the prospect the 114th Congress passing an overhaul of the broken immigration system is dim thanks to President Obama's unilateral push to grant amnesty to some illegal immigrants.

August 6, 2015
The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

10 tea party groups still awaiting approval from IRS

Ten tea party groups are still awaiting approval by the IRS years after they applied for tax-exempt status, Senate investigators revealed Wednesday in a report that recommends the tax agency issue a ban preventing employees who work on nonprofit applications from engaging in political activity.

August 5, 2015
Ron Paul is still politically active, and has launched a support campaign for son Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign. (Associated Press)

Former Ron Paul staffers indicted on corruption charges

Three of former presidential hopeful Ron Paul's 2012 campaign staffers, one of whom also worked for top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell's 2014 campaign, were charged in an indicted unsealed Wednesday that accuses them of paying off an Iowa state senator to switch allegiance in the last presidential race.

August 5, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has more than twice the support of his closest rivals. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s rise, staying power turn 2016 Republican contest on its head

Donald Trump has not only survived but thrived in nearly two months as the must-watch presidential candidate by easily surmounting controversies and high-profile clashes with fellow Republicans and making an ascent in the polls that has confounded pundits, pollsters and political opponents alike.

August 4, 2015
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, listens to remarks while addressing the media after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 21, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Congress sets dramatic September votes on Iran nuclear deal

GOP leaders in the House and Senate both said Tuesday they will hold votes in September on resolutions to disapprove of President Obama's Iran nuclear program deal, setting up a dramatic showdown that will test the White House's ability to keep its allies on board in the face of stiff political pressure.

August 4, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican and presidential hopeful, speaks during a meet and greet event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on July 1, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP fails to cut off Planned Parenthood funding

Congressional Republicans lost the first battle of the new war over federal funding for Planned Parenthood on Monday as Democrats successfully filibustered to keep money flowing to the controversial organization in the wake of videos seemingly showing its employees negotiating over the sale of fetal body parts.

August 3, 2015
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington on June 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bobby Jindal cancels Planned Parenthood contract in wake of videos

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal canceled Planned Parenthood's Medicaid contract with his state Monday, moving to strip the organization of funding in the wake of disturbing undercover videos that appeared to show employees haggling over selling fetal tissue obtained from abortions.

August 3, 2015
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 3, 2007, file photo, Mark Everson poses for a portrait at a Red Cross chapter, in New York. Everson, who led the Internal Revenue Service from 2003 to 2007, says he’s running as a Republican for president because he wants to make federal tax laws more consistent and less complex. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Mark Everson, former IRS chief, challenges Fox News debate

Mark Everson, a former chief of the IRS who is making a long shot bid for the GOP's presidential nomination, said he is filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday challenging the method Fox News is using to pick the candidates on stage for Thursday's first primary debates.

August 3, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton calls on Congress to end the trade embargo the U.S. has imposed against Cuba since 1962 during a campaign stop at Florida International University in Miami on July 31, 2015. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton email release falls well short of judge’s order

The State Department admitted it was violating a judge's order Friday in releasing only 1,356 new emails from former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's time in the administration, with officials saying they're falling behind because they are having to run all of the documents by intelligence agencies to make sure classified documents aren't being released.

July 31, 2015
This undated booking photo provided by the Park County, Wyoming, Sheriff’s Office shows Jesus Deniz Mendoza (A.K.A Jesus Deniz), age 18 of Worland, Wyo. suspected of shooting a family in Montana. The FBI confirmed two people were killed and a third injured Wednesday, July 29, near the town of Pryor on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation. (Park County, Wyoming, Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Jesus Deniz Mendoza, Mexican accused of double murder, was legal immigrant

The man accused of killing two Good Samaritans who tried to help him on a Montana roadside was encountered by immigration authorities earlier this year after a burglary arrest, but was unable to be deported because he had already gotten legal status, federal authorities said this week.

July 31, 2015
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks July 24, 2015, at the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Hillary Clinton emails released by State Department

The Obama administration slapped a secret designation Friday on a number of Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state, raising more questions about whether her controversial email arrangement led to classified information being left unsecured.

July 31, 2015
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 9, 2015. (Associated Press)

Nancy Pelosi on Iran deal opponents: ‘Have they even read it?’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wondered Thursday whether opponents of President Obama's Iran nuclear program agreement read the deal before coming out in opposition to it, and said she's certain she can keep enough Democrats in line to sustain an Obama veto and preserve his policy.

July 30, 2015