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Immigration debate reverses D.C. politics

Neil Munro
White House Correspondent

The immigration debate is shredding D.C.'s typical political coalitions, causing progressives, libertarians and business interests to briefly ally against a virtual coalition of conservatives and old-style liberals.

Obama asks Holder to investigate Holder’s investigation

1:32 PM 05/24/2013

President Barack Obama has asked his friend Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate Holder's unprecedented investigation of a Fox News reporter.

Jeb Bush boosts Senate bill by supporting outline of deal

5:34 PM 05/23/2013

The Senate's immigration bill is getting a boost from Jeb Bush, the former GOP governor of Florida and a possible future candidate for the GOP's 2016 nomination.

Obama urges end to war on terrorism

4:57 PM 05/23/2013

On Thursday, President Barack Obama urged an end to the war against terrorism, which legally began once Congress reacted to the jihadi attack on the Twin Towers.

Obama’s security strategy relies on courts, accepts possibility of jihad

2:43 PM 05/23/2013

Administration officials officials Thursday sketched out their efforts to downsize military and covert action against against jihadis, and to instead rely more on lawyers, FBI investigations and foreign government action against the al-Qaida network.

McConnell firmly ambiguous on immigration

6:09 PM 05/22/2013

The Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell used Fox News Wednesday to emphasize his ambiguous approach to the Senate's pending immigration bill, one day after he seemed to support the controversial measure.

Rubio backs Senate bill, endorses some changes

11:20 AM 05/22/2013

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called May 21 for some unspecified changes to the Senate immigration bill, but didn’t suggest he would withdraw his much-touted support if the bill’s border security, worker-protections and spending limits aren’t improved.

Senate panel passes draft immigration bill

10:31 AM 05/22/2013

Democrats celebrated the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of the far-reaching, "Gang of Eight" immigration bill on Tuesday, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's gave his apparent backing for the measure.

Carney dodges, dives and ducks more questions on IRS scandal

6:58 PM 05/21/2013

WASHINGTON -- White House spokesman Jay Carney Tuesday evaded more media questions about the IRS scandal by professing widespread White House ignorance about the misconduct, by proclaiming the president's virtue and by promising future action.

Obama meets with semi-illegal immigrants to push amnesty bill

3:05 PM 05/21/2013

President Barack Obama invited two illegal immigrants to meet him and Vice President Joe Biden in the White House today to help promote the Senate’s immigration bill.

Democrats defeat GOP immigration-reform amendments

1:38 AM 05/21/2013

The Democrat-led group in the Senate now pushing the draft immigration bill defeated numerous GOP amendments on May 20 that would have improved current enforcement measures, curbed financial aid to illegal immigrants and excluded many criminals from the proposed amnesty.

Obama’s flack plays defense, plans counter-offense

5:44 PM 05/20/2013

WASHINGTON -- White House spokesman Jay Carney claimed Monday that the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups ended in May 2012, even though many groups say the harassment continues.

CNN polls shows Obama faces scandal risk

2:24 PM 05/20/2013

The swing-voting public is interested in and concerned about the White House’s proliferating scandals, but isn’t rushing to condemn President Barack Obama, according to a new CNN poll.

Obama seems to support Sebelius amid fundraising scandal

10:52 AM 05/20/2013

One of the players in President Barack Obama's golf foursome this weekend is also a lead player in another administration scandal, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

Jihad experts decry White House terror training guidelines

2:19 AM 05/20/2013

Experts on Islam and terrorism are decrying the Department of Homeland Security's recently revealed anti-terrorism training guidelines, which pressure cops to ignore Islamic beliefs when investigating terror crimes.

Rasmussen polls shows public knows little about immigration

12:38 PM 05/17/2013

Only ten percent of Americans know that 1 million legal immigrants arrive each year, according to a new poll.

Erdogan promises to visit Hamas jihad group, while Obama looks on

3:50 PM 05/16/2013

President Barack Obama stood silent today when Turkey's Islamist prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to boost the jihadi government in Gaza with a visit to blockaded enclave.

Obama evades question on White House knowledge of IRS targeting

1:35 PM 05/16/2013

President Barack Obama dismissed calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the IRS scandal, and evaded a question asking if White House officials knew of the IRS targeting of conservative political groups.

White House’s Benghazi email dump shows critical two-day gap, CIA objection

1:18 AM 05/16/2013

The Benghazi-related emails released by the White House late May 15 exclude the critical emails between administration officials that were sent during the crucial first two days after the deadly jihadi attack that killed four Americans last September.

Obama packs his public schedule amid scandals

2:59 PM 05/15/2013

Washington is gripped by scandal, Congress is grappling with a mammoth immigration bill, Democrats are griping and President Barack Obama is groping for a fix.