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In this May 25, 2013, photo, recently planted corn grows is seen on a central Illinois farm field near Chandlerville, Ill. Falling corn prices and questions about ethanol demand could lead Illinois farmers to plant fewer acres of corn this year and instead are taking a closer look at soybeans this year. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

EPA delays decision on ethanol in gas

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

The re-election bid of Sen. Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, is likely doomed after Senate Democrats filibustered the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday. Ms. Landrieu was already struggling to unify her party and eat into Republican support, and the pipeline, which she set up as a test of her leadership, backfired. (Associated Press)

Landrieu splits with Obama on immigration action

By Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks the White House Colonnade, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, in Washington, before his departure aboard Marine One to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama is traveling to Las Vegas to promote an executive order that would offer temporary legal status to millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and set off a new fight with Republicans in Congress.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

For Obama, a long road to immigration order

By Julie Pace and Josh Lederman - Associated Press

The "March for Jobs" rally sponsored by the Black American Leadership Alliance on Monday was the first broad, organized rally in the nation's capital on the issue since House Republicans held a strategy session last week on immigration reform. (Associated Press)

DUPREE: Black leaders shamefully silent on Obama’s amnesty

By Wayne Dupree

President Barack Obama speaks during a nationally televised address from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on &quot;felons, not families.&quot; (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

White House: Immigration steps would boost wages

By JIM KUHNHENN - Associated Press

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"Upon convening under Republican control next Jan. 3, Congress should enact a statute prohibiting the president from suspending enforcement of the deportation laws for categories of undocumented aliens through executive orders, agency directives or otherwise," writes Bruce Fein. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

BRUCE FEIN: Defeating Obama’s immigration lawlessness

By Bruce Fein

President Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit on Nov. 11, 2014, in Beijing. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service)

CHARLES ORTEL: Will Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping humiliate Obama and humble America?

By Charles Ortel

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. Years before Edward Snowden sparked a public outcry with the disclosure that the NSA had been secretly collecting American telephone records, some NSA executives voiced strong objections to the program, intelligence officials say, complaining that it exceeded the agency’s mandate to focus on foreign spying and would do little to stop terror plots.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

AP Exclusive: Some in NSA warned of a backlash

By Ken Dilanian - Associated Press

Jim Webb has formed a presidential exploratory committee and brings a most interesting resume to the table. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Why Hillary Clinton should worry about Jim Webb

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama hosts 'ConnectED to the Future', in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The conference is with superintendents and other educators from across the country who are leading their schools and districts in the transition to digital learning. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

California sheriff criticizes Obama on immigration

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

Supreme Court, October 2010 - Back row (left to right): Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, and Elena Kagan. Front row (left to right): Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Obama immigration action headed for the courts

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks during a nationally televised address from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on "felons, not families." (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Amnesty: Republicans in Congress have a choice

By Judson Phillips

Illustration on the real political aim of immigration "reform" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DONALD LAMBRO: Obama’s immigration order a play for Latino voters

By Donald Lambro

To the rescue: Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered the northern Syrian town of Kobani to join the Kurdish resistance. The forces have coordinated attacks against Islamic State militants, who have been besieging the strategic city for weeks. (Associated Press)

House GOP leader pushes for U.S. arms to go directly to Iraqi Kurds fighting ISIS

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Nancy Ohanian.

WESLEY PRUDEN: Obama puts the cat among the pigeons

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, to award the National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation. The awards are the highest honor bestowed by the USs Government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama will return to Nevada for immigration rally

By Michelle Rindels - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2014 file photo, Medicaid Administrator Marilyn Tavenner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A government watchdog agency says Medicare’s prescription drug program kept paying for costly medications even after patients were dead. The problem seems to have started with a bureaucratic rule now getting a second look. A report coming out Friday from the Health and Human Services inspector general says Medicare has been allowing payment for prescriptions filled up to 32 days after a patient’s death. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Dental plans mistakenly included in Obamacare tallies: White House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 5 file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent looks for signs along trail while on patrol near the Texas-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

American Conservative Union: Obama’s amnesty plans like ‘a single-finger salute of contempt’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times