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In this Jan. 29, 2014, photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the U.S. Clapper, said this week that the loss of state secrets as a result of leaks by former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden was the worst in American history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Foreign intelligence snooping stopped dozens of terrorist plots: Privacy board

At least some of the government's snooping programs get high marks from the federal privacy watchdog, which approved a report Wednesday saying foreign intelligence collection is generally done in accordance with the Constitution and has been remarkably successful in sniffing out terrorist plots.

July 2, 2014
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while making an announcement about immigration reform, Monday, June 30, 2014, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama worst president since WWII, new poll shows

Poll after poll shows President Obama's approval rating dipping recently, and one new Quinnipiac University Poll finds that voters say Mitt Romney would have been a better choice in 2012.

July 2, 2014
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about immigration reform, Monday, June 30, 2014, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. House Speaker John Boehner told President Obama that the House will not vote on overhauling the nation’s troubled immigration system during this election year, the White House says. Officials say Obama will announce steps Monday to deal with immigration through executive actions without congressional approval. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: I will bypass Congress to fix immigration

President Obama began Monday by promising a get-tough approach to illegal immigration at the border and ended it by vowing to reduce enforcement in the interior, signaling a major shift in his policies as he conceded Congress is unlikely to pass a broad legalization bill this year.

June 30, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks while meeting with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet Monday, June 30, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama to announce new immigration policy Monday afternoon

President Obama has scheduled a Monday afternoon announcement on immigration, coming as the Associated Press reported House Speaker John A. Boehner has informed the White House there won't be a vote this year on the issue.

June 30, 2014
** FILE ** This June 18, 2014, file photo shows young detainees being escorted to an area to make phone calls as hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

Univision demands Obama treat illegal immigrant children better

The head of Univision, the largest Spanish-language broadcast network in the U.S., sent a letter Friday begging President Obama to be more generous to the illegal immigrant children surging across the U.S. border, and decrying "attempts to politicize it."

June 27, 2014

Job gains equal to number of immigrants

Since 2000, all of the net jobs added by the U.S. economy have gone to immigrants, both legal and illegal, according to a report being released Friday by the Center for Immigration Studies that challenges prevailing wisdom that the country needs an influx of workers.

June 27, 2014
President Obama reacts during an Oval Office meeting in this file photo. (White House photo/Pete Souza) ** FILE **

Supreme Court strikes down Obama recess appointments

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Obama overstepped his bounds when he tried to circumvent the Senate and install his nominees to key positions — but the justices left the heart of the executive's recess appointment powers intact.

June 26, 2014
Migrants wait atop the freight train they had been traveling north on, as it starts to rain after the train suffered a minor derailment outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico. Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador travel north by train, by foot, or if they can afford it, by bus. Along the way, they face attacks by criminal gangs and extortion by Mexican authorities. (Associated Press)

Illegal children likely to remain in U.S. for years

The Obama administration acknowledged Wednesday that most of the illegal immigrant children surging across the U.S.-Mexico border are still here, and most will remain in the country for years while their cases wind through the immigration courts.

June 25, 2014
Karzan Mahmoud, an Iraqi native, waves the flag after taking the oath to become a U.S. citizen along with 50 others at a naturalization ceremony in Fairfax, Virginia. (Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times)

Iraqi assassination attempt survivor is now a U.S. citizen

For Karzan Mahmoud, the journey began in 2002 with 23 shots from assassins' guns in Iraq, which left him shattered and clutching to life. On Wednesday, the journey ended with him taking the oath of American citizenship.

June 25, 2014
WEB STOCK Police Officer inspects a cell phone. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people's cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights.

June 25, 2014
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing regarding the growing problem of unaccompanied children crossing the border into the US. Johnson told the committee he would consider "every conceivable, lawful option" to deal with a continuing flood of immigrants crossing the U.S. border illegally from Mexico into southern Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

DHS chief to Congress: I can’t explain surge of illegal immigrant children

Smuggling cartels are using the surge of illegal immigrant children as a smoke screen to distract the Border Patrol, leaving gaps in security that the gangs then use to slip more drugs or known criminals into the country, the chief of the Border Patrol's labor union will tell Congress on Wednesday.

June 24, 2014
**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Poor care at VA hospitals cost 1,000 veterans their lives, report says

The problems at Veterans Affairs extend well beyond long wait lists, with a report Tuesday showing the department is plagued with poor care that has cost up to 1,000 veterans their lives and left taxpayers on the hook for nearly $1 billion in malpractice settlements since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

June 24, 2014