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Immigration rights activists, right, protest as Customs and Border Patrol agents stand at the port of entry after Cardinal Sean O'Malley, leader of the Boston Archdiocese, led mass, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. A delegation of Roman Catholic leaders celebrated Mass along the U.S.-Mexico border to raise awareness about immigration and to pray for policy changes. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Bishops celebrate Mass along Mexico border

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas taks to journalists during a press conference on the sidelines of the Arab League Summit at Bayan Palace, Kuwait on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.(AP Photo/Nasser Waggi)

Mideast peace bid stalls amid Abbas maneuver

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, about the Affordable Care Act. The deadline to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act passed at midnight Monday night. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Health care sign-ups surge _ will they save Dems?

By JULIE PACE and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE TO MARCH 31 INSTEAD OF MARCH 30 - In this Monday, March 31, 2014 photo, University of Michigan student Sean Corcoran sits on a couch in Regent's Plaza as hundreds of students wait outside the Michigan Union overnight for tickets to see President Barack Obama speak on campus, Wednesday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Obama plans to visit the school to discuss his proposal to raise the national minimum wage. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Courtney Sacco) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT

Before Obama, minimum wage already Michigan issue

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press

** FILE ** Then-Deputy CIA Director Michael J. Morell received an email dated Sept. 15, 2012, from the Libya station chief saying that the Benghazi attack was "not an escalation of protests." (Associated Press)

CIA ignored station chief in Libya when creating talking points on Benghazi

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Obama to discuss minimum wage in Michigan visit

Associated Press

More than 2,300 Alaskans sign up for insurance

Associated Press

This photo taken March 20, 2014 shows President Barack Obama speaking in Orlando, Fla. Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public’s waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore. He’s getting low marks for handling Russia’s swoop into Ukraine, and more Americans than ever disapprove of the way Obama is doing his job, according to a new poll. Close to 9 out of 10 Americans support sanctions as a response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. They are divided over whether the U.S. sanctions so far are about right or not strong enough, the Associated Press-GfK poll found. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama administration skirts congressional review

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

SIMES and SAUNDERS: Obama’s Crimea blunder

By Dimitri Simes and Paul Saunders

FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham meets with reporters in Charleston, S.C. Graham's campaign announced on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 that the candidate has $7.6 million in campaign funds in the bank while fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has $3.1 million for next fall's campaign, giving them a formidable money advantage over their opponents. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Dems will rethink Obamacare ‘when they lose elections’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This Dec. 27, 2012 file photo shows Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President Barack Obama is endorsing Schatz in his primary race against Hawaii Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. That's according to a Democratic National Committee official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about it before Obama's announcement. .(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama backs Schatz over Hanabusa in Hawaii race

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Jack N. Gerard of the American Petroleum Institute said Congress should act on bills that would end the renewable fuels standard. (The Washington Times)

Clash over Crimea stokes U.S. energy fight

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius visited a call center at United Way of Greater Austin Friday, March 28, 2014, in Austin, Texas, to highlight local efforts to enroll consumers in affordable health coverage, just three days before the March 31 enrollment deadline. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera)

EDITORIAL: The Obamacare exchange problem

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sure, I've gotten beaten up defending Obamacare ... (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)

CHOUGULE: Obamacare’s four years of failure

By Akash Chougule

FILE - This Nov. 21, 2011 file artist rendering shows Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, center, before Magistrate Judge Alan Kay, left, in Washington. From left are, U.S. Assistant Attorney George P. Varghese, a public defender David Bos, Ortega-Hernandez, and Judge Kay. Ortega-Hernandez, an Idaho man who pleaded guilty to shooting at and hitting the White House is set to be sentenced. Prosecutors say Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez should spend 27 years in prison for the 2011 shooting. His sentencing is scheduled for Monday afternoon. No one was injured, but prosecutors say Ortega-Hernandez hit the executive mansion about eight times and did nearly $100,000 in damage. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)

Man who shot at White House sentenced to 25 years

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Group works on Miss. health insurance enrollment

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Va. advocates report rush to sign up for insurance

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Karen Ruffin, left, signs up for health care with an assistant Henry Knight, right, at Enroll America in Cincinnati, Monday, March 31, 2014. Ruffin said she has been uninsured for about a year and put off signing up until Monday’s deadline because she thought the process would be much more difficult than it turned out to be. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)

Ohio groups offer help on health care deadline day

By ANN SANNER and AMANDA LEE MYERS - Associated Press

News from around Wisconsin at 5:28 a.m. CDT

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Sens. Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Lindsey Graham say breathing new life into the Bush-era missile defense system — particularly by pursuing a "third site" in the Czech Republic — would be an effective way to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for his use of military force to effect a swift annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. (Associated Press)

GOP senators back restoration of Bush-era missile defense to punish Putin over actions in Crimea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times