President Obama in a press conference Friday afternoon ripped into congressional Republicans for not passing big-ticket items before their summer recess but was left to defend his own relevance amid a series of mushrooming international crises.
The president slammed House Republicans for not passing a bill to address the surge in unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, dismissing their last-second efforts to reach an accord Friday as a stunt.
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