Cruz turns to Roman orations to bash Obama immigration order  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) turned to the Roman orations of Cicero to bash President Obama's coming executive order on immigration Thursday.  —  He took to the floor of the Senate and delivered a speech that included one of Cicero's …

House Republicans Sue Obama Administration Over Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans filed a long-threatened lawsuit Friday against the Obama administration over unilateral actions on the health care law that they say are abuses of the president's executive authority.

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.

FACT CHECK: Obama's claims on illegal immigration  —  2 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made some notable omissions Thursday night in his remarks about the unilateral actions he's taking on immigration.  —  A look at his statements and how they compare with the facts:

The Democrats' Immigration Problem  —  SAN DIEGO — PRESIDENT OBAMA'S executive order eliminating the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants is good policy.  It is the right thing to do.  But it is a dangerous move for the Democratic Party.

EXCLUSIVE: Another actress accuses Bill Cosby of sexual assault in Las Vegas hotel  —  Model-actress Angela Leslie is the eighth woman to come forward accusing Cosby of sexual harassment or worse.  She tells the Daily News he plied her with alcohol, may have tried to drug her and forced …

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.

As Democrats Work to Unify, a Top Reid Aide Causes a Rift  —  President Obama called Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, to broach a particularly delicate subject.  It was during last year's government shutdown and standoff with Republicans, but Mr. Obama's frustration focused on one of their own.

State auditor fires professor who made controversial ‘Obamacare’ remarks  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — State Auditor Beth Wood has terminated a contract with MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber after the health care policy expert came under fire for controversial comments involving how the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010.

Obama Puts The Republic Out Of Its Misery  —  “This is how democracy works,” Barack Obama lectured the country before giving everyone the specifics of his expansive one-man executive overreach on immigration.  If you enjoy platitudinous straw men but are turned off by open debate and constitutional order, this speech was for you.

Obama's advantage is that he has an immigration policy.  Republicans don't.  —  There's one way President Obama's executive action on immigration has been a boon to Republicans.  Instead of coming up with their own immigration policy, the've been able to just unite against Obama's.  But fury isn't a policy.

Caught on camera: NYPD officer cracks alleged fare beater in head with nightstick  —  BROOKLYN (PIX11) - Footage obtained exclusively by PIX11 News Friday shows a violent encounter between a New York City police officer and an alleged fare beater at a Brooklyn subway station.

Obama's Big Dare: What His Immigration Move Was Really About … President Obama spent about 12 minutes Thursday night arguing an emotional case for why he's making the most sweeping changes to the nation's immigration laws in more than a generation — acting, of course, without the assent of Congress.

Suffer Little Children  —  The Tenement Museum, on the Lower East Side, is one of my favorite places in New York City.  It's a Civil War-vintage building that housed successive waves of immigrants, and a number of apartments have been restored to look exactly as they did in various eras …