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FILE - This June 23, 2014, file photo shows Chelsea Clinton as she speaks at the Colorado Museum of Nature and Science, in Denver. Clinton announced the birth of daughter Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, 1st grandchild of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Saturday Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Chelsea Clinton gives birth to baby girl: Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, a federal employee walks past cribs inside of the barracks for law enforcement trainees turned into immigrant detention center at the Federal Law Enforcement Center (FLETC) in Artesia, N.M. The Homeland Security Department has privately acknowledged that a remarkable number of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed. At the meeting, the ICE official acknowledged the no-show figures while explaining the administration’s decision in June to open a temporary detention center for families in Artesia, New Mexico. A second immigration jail in Texas was later converted for families and can house about 530 people. A third such detention center will open in Texas later this year. Before the new facility in Artesia, the government had room for fewer than 100 people at its only family detention center in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)

US: Most new immigrant families fail to report

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

Obama’s dirty secret: U.N. climate pledge ignores sudden spike in U.S. carbon emissions

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, a federal employee walks past cribs inside of the barracks for law enforcement trainees turned into immigrant detention center at the Federal Law Enforcement Center (FLETC) in Artesia, N.M. The Homeland Security Department has privately acknowledged that a remarkable number of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed. At the meeting, the ICE official acknowledged the no-show figures while explaining the administration’s decision in June to open a temporary detention center for families in Artesia, New Mexico. A second immigration jail in Texas was later converted for families and can house about 530 people. A third such detention center will open in Texas later this year. Before the new facility in Artesia, the government had room for fewer than 100 people at its only family detention center in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)

US: Immigrant families fail to report to agents

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

Global stocks markets were mostly higher Thursday after a surge in new U.S. home sales bolstered sentiment. But gains were limited by worries about Europe's stagnant economy and violence in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

ORTEL: America wins World War III after 2016

By Charles Ortel

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick gestures during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick last week ordered an outright ban on prescribing and dispensing Zohydro until it is marketed in a form that is difficult to abuse. Zohydro belongs to a family of medicines known as opiates or opioids. Others include morphine, heroin and oxycodone, the painkiller in OxyContin. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Gov. Patrick: I’m not interested in AG post now

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

This May 14, 2012, file photo shows conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh speaking during a ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith, File) **FILE**

Limbaugh: Obama could nominate Holder for Supreme Court

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Despite the Obama administration's lacking a clear strategy for North Korea, Seoul Mayor Park Won-Soon hopes the U.S. can steer Pyongyang to openness. (Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times)

Obama, U.S. too passive on North Korea nuclear weapons: Seoul mayor

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits during the launche his 'Make in India' initiative, prior to his scheduled departure to the U.S. in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Modi's five-day trip starting Friday is tightly packed: He will be meeting Obama and a slew of top American officials, addressing the U.N. General Assembly, interacting with the heads of major U.S. companies and influential Indian-Americans. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

India’s Modi looks to big US welcome, mended ties

By MUNEEZA NAQVI - Associated Press

Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat who is opposing Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky, invited him to a local gun range for target practice. (Courtesy of Alison Lundergan Grimes)

Grimes opposes ‘gun show loophole’

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Gov. Chris Christie Associated Press photo

LAMBRO: Strong GOP contenders line up for 2016

By Donald Lambro

A. Mitchell Palmer The Washington Times

DiBACCO: Eric Holder and shades of A. Mitchell Palmer

By Thomas V. DiBacco

President Obama returning the salute as he leaves Marine One en route to the United Nations The Washington Times from a White House image

ALLARD: Why half-measures and halfhearted leadership won’t stop ISIS

By Ken Allard

President Barack Obama addresses the Climate Summit 2014 at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FACT CHECK: Obama’s UN speech spins statistics

By Dina Cappiello and Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during his meeting with the representatives of Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Iraq in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Feds name 11 backers of terrorist organizations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Obama's telegraphing strategy in the war against ISIS by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CROWLEY: The Nobel Peace Prize winner returns to a familiar war

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

Muhsin al-Fadhli. (Image: U.S. State Department)

Inside the Ring: Death of a terrorist?

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, on the South Lawn the White House, in Washington, before heading to the United Nations. The president said the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria &quot;makes it clear to the world this is not America's fight alone.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to address U.N. amid new Mideast strikes

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

Illustration on the Democratic party in trouble by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

LAMBRO: Democrats’ bad poll numbers getting worse

By Donald Lambro

This Sept. 15, 2014, photo shows part of the HealthCare,gov Website in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Government hackers try to crack HealthCare.gov

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press