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Border Patrol agents processes a number of illegal immigrants caught entering the United States, in Sasabe, Ariz., on Jan. 19, 2007. One border-state local law enforcement officer said the border has become so dangerous in some places the Feds don’t allow their border patrol to actually patrol the border because it’s not safe.(Associated Press)

Surge in illegal immigrants blamed on U.S. policy, not on spiking violence in Central America

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 10, 2014 file photo shows House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., listening at right as House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Anticipating a swift shake-up in their leadership, House Republicans jockeyed for position on Wednesday after Cantor's stunning primary defeat to an underfunded and unknown political newcomer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House: Cantor’s opposition to Obama, immigration reform cost him his seat

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell (Associated Press)

GOP lawmakers take aim at Obamacare ‘bailout’ once again

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Arizona officials said they are rushing federal supplies to this makeshift holding center that is housing hundreds of migrant children and is running low on the basics. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Senate takes first step, adds $1 billion for children surging across the border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. U.S. officials say the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in U.S. custody. The officials say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's (boh BURG'-dahl) release was part of a negotiation that includes the release of five Afghan detainees held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

Pentagon believes Bergdahl was drugged in proof-of-life video

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright poses with President Obama in Chicago in 2005, three years before the pastor’s comments shook the Obama campaign. (Trinity United Church of Christ via Associated Press)

SOWELL: The danger of choosing a symbol to be president

By Thomas Sowell

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an event to discuss her new book in Washington, Friday, June 13, 2014. Clinton discussed choices and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how these experiences drive her view of the future. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Hillary’s book tour from Hell: ‘Broke’ comment debacle likely tip of iceberg

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama British Prime Minister David Cameron speak during a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

ISTOOK: Judge’s order condemns how Obama promotes smuggling children across our border

By Ernest Istook

Illustration of David Brooks by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KEENE: David Brooks’ editorial inconsistency

By David Keene - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks at a news conference in Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Sen. Landrieu criticizes proposed EPA regulations

Associated Press

FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate told the Arizona governor his agency had provided a Fire Management Assistance Grant in June, but that he had to reject a request for aid under a program for individuals and households.

EDITORIAL: Children’s surge of illegals overwhelms southwest border

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clinton defends Obama’s prisoner exchange

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

"We're taking a historic step to strengthen our justice system and protect the rights of the most vulnerable members of society," Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement (Associated Press)

Holder seeks legal team for children on border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Accompanied by President Barack Obama, Jani Bergdahl and Bob Bergdahl speak during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Saturday, May 31, 2014 about the release of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry says exchanged Taliban fighters could re-enter terror war — at ‘enormous risk’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown under construction in Augusta, Georgia in 2012. One of the existing reactors is shown in the background. (Associated Press)

Nuclear industry sees revival with carbon goals

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

FILE - This April 28, 2014 file photo shows demonstrators sitting on the sidewalk outside the White House in Washington during a demonstrations to demand President Barack Obama stop deportation of immigrants. Republicans standing between President Barack Obama and an immigration overhaul say the president&#8217;s move to ease deportations is Exhibit A for why Obama can&#8217;t be trusted to enforce the law. So Obama is moving to deny Republicans that argument, setting up the GOP to bear all the blame if summer comes and goes with no action on immigration.. (AP Photo, File)

ISTOOK: Obama team accused of allowing surge of families into U.S. but claiming it’s only kids

By Ernest Istook

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, participates in the 70th French-American commemoration D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on Friday, June 6, 2014. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two's D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Pascal Rossignol, Pool)

Obama chews gum during D-Day ceremonies, sparks Twitter outrage

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, released a video showing the handover of Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo as a significant achievement for the insurgents. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Lawmakers say fear for Bergdahl’s life is no excuse for Obama’s secrecy

By Ben Wolfgang and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times