David M. Drucker

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Central American immigrants await transportation to a U.S. Border Patrol processing center after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the Texas on July 24, 2014 near Mission, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

Obama: The executive order on immigration is legally justified

David M. Drucker · November 23, 2014 4:50 pm

President Obama is interviewed by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. (Photo: Pete Souza/The White House/via ABC News)

Obama: ‘There’s no way to say race relations are worse’

David M. Drucker · November 23, 2014 4:06 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Cruz: Shut down Obama’s nominees

David M. Drucker · November 23, 2014 3:25 pm

From left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., pause during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate GOP likely to come up short if it confronts Obama on immigration

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 11:01 pm

President Barack Obama selects a club while golfing at Farm Neck Golf Club, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Obama golfs with Derek Jeter in Vegas

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 8:19 pm

A Syrian Kurdish refugee woman from the Kobani area holds a baby at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

National Security

More taxpayer aid headed to UN for victims of Syrian civil war

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 7:46 pm

A man who declined to be identified stands outside a boarded up business Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson and the St. Louis region are on edge in anticipation of the announcement by a grand jury whether to criminally charge Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Obama to Ferguson: ‘Keep protests peaceful’

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 6:59 pm

Sen.David Vitter, R-La., speaks at a campaign stop for Senate candidate, Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., at VFW Post 5951 in Bossier City, La., Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

David Vitter: End birthright citizenship

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 6:24 pm

The White House now acknowledges that many of the illegal immigrants spared from deportation under Obama's sweeping executive action will become eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits once they reach retirement age. (AP/Isaac Brekken)

Obama defends immigration action: ‘It’s certainly not amnesty’

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 5:48 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senator: ‘Hopefully we’ll get a serious president in 2017’

David M. Drucker · November 22, 2014 5:29 pm

Boehner: Obama ‘refused to listen to the American people’ on immigration action

Boehner: Obama ‘refused to listen to the American people’ on immigration action

David M. Drucker · November 21, 2014 3:50 pm

"The reason to get this budget done is so that the appropriators can get started," Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi said Thursday on the House floor. (AP Photo)Â

Immigration hawks eye Enzi’s move to take budget committee gavel

David M. Drucker · November 21, 2014 10:00 am