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Obama's immigration plan: ‘Deport felons, not families’ — Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama will order immigration officers to deport “felons not families” as he wields executive power to shield five million illegal immigrants in the most sweeping overhaul of the immigration system in decades.
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Obama's sweeping action on immigration — President Obama will unveil a set of sweeping executive actions that will extend work permits and protection from deportation to roughly 5 million immigrants in a prime-time address Thursday night. — The president will also announce plans …
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All You Need To Know About Obama's Executive Action To Legalize 5 Million — In a far-reaching move that could help shape his legacy, President Barack Obama will announce a series of executive actions on Thursday evening to shield some five million undocumented immigrants from the threat …
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Obama's plan of action on immigration may derail Republican agenda — Rising Republican hostility toward President Obama's impending immigration plan is as intense as has ever existed between the White House and the GOP. — House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio says the president's executive action …
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‘Come out of the shadows’ — Obama, at last, unveils sweeping action on immigration. — President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping actions Thursday aimed at shielding as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and granting work permits to some, setting off a firestorm …


How Obama got here — The president, the Homeland Security secretary and their secret 9-month project to remake American's broken immigration system. — Nine months ago, the new Homeland Security secretary, Jeh Johnson, received a request from the White House.


It's Legal — The underpinnings of the president's immigration plan are anything but radical. — The idea that the immigration plan just announced by President Obama is a lawless power grab is absurd. As the Justice Department legal analysis that was just released amply demonstrates …
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Obama fails to convince some Dems on immigration — The vast majority of Senate Democrats emerged from a two-hour meeting with White House chief of staff Denis McDonough fully supportive of President Barack Obama's impending action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants.
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Obamacare's Subscriber Rolls Include Unpublicized Dental Plans — The Obama administration included as many as 400,000 dental plans in a number it reported for enrollments under the Affordable Care Act, an unpublicized detail that helped surpass a goal for 7 million sign-ups.
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White House wrongly counted dental plans in Obamacare enrollment numbers
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In Re: Bill Cosby — Having been a Bill Cosby fan since I first heard the punch line, “Noah—how long can you tread water?” as a kid, the charges piling up against him are sickening. Whether or not they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, his career appears to be over and his reputation will be forever in disgrace..
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No One Wanted to Talk About Bill Cosby's Alleged Crimes Because He Made White America Feel Good About Race
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Congressman: Obama's Immigration Move Could Prompt Impeachment, Prison Time — Conservatives hate everything about the president's imminent immigration move, starting with its timing, and one House member is hinting that the executive action could result in impeachment, and maybe even prison time.
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Obama, Daring Congress, Acts to Overhaul Immigration
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Kobach: Obama's Lawlessness Could Lead To ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ In America — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) on Sunday warned that President Obama's executive actions and general “lawlessness” on immigration could lead to “ethnic cleansing.” — Kobach, a vocal advocate …
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Kobach Wonders If Hispanic Majority Would Conduct ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ In U.S.
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On paper — Republican leader left a trail — Nevada Assembly speaker-designate Ira Hansen would be one of the most controversial speakers in Nevada history. — In a surprise, he was named by the new Republican majority on Nov. 7 as their candidate for speaker.
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Incoming Nevada Speaker Said Democrats Have ‘Master-Slave’ Relationship With ‘Simple Minded Darkies’
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Transcript: Obama's immigration speech — A transcript of President Obama's remarks on immigration.. — OBAMA: My fellow Americans, tonight I'd like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations.
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On Immigration, Obama Fulfills His Promise to Progressives — The president has long been tugged between his bipartisan urges and his activist roots. With his executive order and speech Thursday, he chose activism. — In his decision to act, by himself, on immigration, President Obama chose between two sides of his political self.
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Appropriations panel: Defunding immigration order ‘impossible’ — It would be “impossible” to defund President Obama's executive actions on immigration through a government spending bill, the House Appropriations Committee said Thursday. — In a statement released by House Appropriations …
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Republicans Can Defund Obama's Executive Order, They Just Don't Want To
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Pentagon got duped, made ransom payment for Bowe Bergdahl to con man — The Pentagon is under fire for making a ransom payment to an Afghan earlier this year as part of a failed bid to win the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, according to U.S. officials.
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Some in G.O.P. Fear That Their Hard-Liners Will Alienate Latino Voters — WASHINGTON — All but drowned out by Republicans' clamorous opposition to President Obama's executive action on immigration are some leaders who worry that their party could alienate the fastest-growing group of voters …


Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in talks to resign from police force, sources say — Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed teenager Michael Brown on August 9, is in the final stages of negotiations with city officials to resign, according to people close to the talks.
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All of the poison in all of the wells! — In case you haven't heard, Republicans are adamant that when Obama announces his immigration reform executive action tonight, he will be “poisoning the well.” — But how can you poison a well that's already been poisoned so many times?
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The U.S. government thinks China could take down the power grid — Washington (CNN) — China and “probably one or two other” countries have the capacity to shut down the nation's power grid and other critical infrastructure through a cyber attack, the head of the National Security Agency told a Congressional panel Thursday.
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Democrats Used Twitter, Too, To Coordinate With Outside Groups — WASHINGTON — Republican Party committees and outside groups shared polling data over Twitter during the 2014 elections, according to a CNN report on Monday. The purpose was to circumvent federal anti-coordination rules …
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