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Illustration on Democrats' difficulties with Obama by Mark Weber/Tribune Content Agency

DONALD LAMBRO: Charles Schumer reveals Democrat infighting from Obamacare to midterm elections

By Donald Lambro

House Speaker Joe Straus, R- San Antonio, left, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, R- Houston, right, listen as Texas Department of Public Safety director, Major Steven McCraw testifies on border security before the Legislative Budget Board meeting held at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT

Texas OKs extra $86M for border security surge

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2013 file photo, Ashton Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. People familiar with the decision-making process say President Barack Obama’s shortlist for Defense Secretary includes Carter, the former deputy defense secretary who left the administration in late 2013, and Robert Work, who currently holds the No. 2 job at the Pentagon. The president has also been considering Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who previously served as the Pentagon’s top lawyer, though some administration officials are concerned about leaving a vacancy at DHS just as the agency starts implementing Obama’s immigration executive actions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama faces shrinking pool of Pentagon contenders

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his concern over foreign terrorist groups is whether or not they are sharing personnel, intelligence and resources. (associated press)

Jeh Johnson: Immigration changes ‘simple common sense’

By Erica Werner - Associated Press

Louisiana's Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy met Monday in a debate before Saturday's runoff election. (Associated Press)

Mary Landrieu, Bill Cassidy faceoff in final debate

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, Archbishop Blase Cupich speaks at St. Agatha Catholic Church in Chicago during Mass. During his homily, Chicago's new archbishop apologized to parishioners at the West Side church where children were sexually abused by a priest, saying his heart breaks for those injured by the "horrible things" that happened. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Brian Jackson) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES

Chicago archbishop talked immigration with Obama

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, Rosa Guerra, 52, right, gets a free eye exam during the Binational Health Week event held at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles. Health care advocates say President Obama’s immigration action should enable hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants in Calif., to qualify for Medi-Cal even as state officials say it’s premature to comment. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California pushes to expand immigrant health care

By JUDY LIN - Associated Press

For President Obama, the new smog rules — dubbed "the most expensive regulation" in American history by manufacturing leaders — allow him to once again bask in the praise of the environmental community, which views this White House as perhaps the most consequential in U.S. history when it comes to its issues. (Associated Press)

JOSEPH CURL: Be afraid: This is the real Obama

By Joseph Curl

**FILE** President Barack Obama (Associated Press)

CEO Obamacare supporters livid over ‘shocking’ EEOC lawsuits

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Obama tries to quiet hecklers as he addresses the crowd after meeting with community leaders about his executive actions on amnesty Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Republicans should query Obama in public

By Judson Phillips

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2010 file photo, O'Neill Butte as seen from South Kaibab Trail, in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. Two mining industry groups have appealed a federal judge's ruling upholding an Obama administration ban on new hard-rock mining claims on more than one million acres near the Grand Canyon. (AP Photo/Carson Walker, File)

Mining group appeals ban on new Grand Canyon mines

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

This Nov. 24, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama, left, looking to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, as he talks about his resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship

By JULIE PACE and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 24, 2014, file photo, community organizers Lucia Lin, left, and Carlos Amador join about 100 people during a California Department of Motor Vehicles hearing in downtown Los Angeles held to take public comments on proposed rules by which immigrants in the country illegally may obtain driver's licenses. In January, California joins nine other states in allowing immigrants who can’t prove they’re in the U.S legally to get a driver’s license. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Immigrants’ chances tied to their state’s polices

By Bob Christie - Associated Press

President Obama (Associated Press)

WESLEY PRUDEN: On Ferguson, Obama plays to his crowd

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Congress Controls Purse Strings to Neutralize Executive Orders Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Obama-GOP Congres war brewing

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama smiles while speaking at the Copernicus Community Center in Chicago to discuss immigration reform, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Obama visited his hometown to promote his executive action on immigration. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s action fuels worry about immigration scams

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2012, file photo shows President Barack Obama paying for his coffee and muffins at the Coffee Connection, Tuesday, in Knoxville, Iowa. There’s no free lunch, or breakfast or dinner, for the president on Thanksgiving day. Or any other day for that matter. He has to dig into his pocket to pay for the holiday feast of turkey, ham, two kinds of stuffing, sweet and regular potatoes, and six different kinds of pie. It’s a longstanding practice that presidents pay for meals for themselves, their families and personal guests. Obama also pays for other basics, everything from toothpaste to dry-cleaning. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama gets the bill for White House Thanksgiving

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press