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Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016

Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who helped write a bipartisan immigration bill under debate in the Senate, said ...

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2012, file photo park rangers fold a flag over the casket bearing the remains of Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson during a memorial service in Tacoma, Wash. Anderson, a 34-year-old mother of two, was shot and killed, when a car blew through the park visitor's checkpoint. Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police suffered more attacks and threats in 2012 than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers. Reported incidents at six land and water agencies increased by about 38 percent in 2012, compared to 2011, the group says, including 43 percent jumps at wildlife refuges and areas patrolled by U.S. park police.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool)

Report: Assaults increase on rangers, park police

Park rangers, wildlife refuge workers and U.S. Park Police experienced more assaults and threats from visitors last year than in 2011, according to a group that represents federal resource workers. A total of 591 incidents were reported by six land and water agencies in 2012, up 38 percent from the ...

Cheney says his health 'nothing short of miracle'

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says his health is "nothing short of a miracle." The heart transplant recipient says he now wakes up each morning "with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day I never expected to see." Cheney tells "Fox News Sunday" that he ...

US wants 'credible negotiations' with North Korea

The Obama administration said Sunday it was receptive to North Korea's proposal for high-level talks, but wants "credible negotiations" that will lead to a nuclear-free North. "Those talks have to be real. They have to be based on them living up to their obligations, to include on proliferation, on nuclear ...

Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations

Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries — and that gathered data is destroyed every five years. Last year, fewer than 300 phone numbers ...

A supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, shown in poster, attends a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of ground after years of crackdowns. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

White House: US respects Iran election results

Offering praise for Iranians and reproaching their government, the Obama administration said Saturday it respected the results of a presidential election conducted under restrictive conditions. Shortly after moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. congratulated Iranians for their courage in voting. ...

Former Gov. of Alaska Sarah Palin speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority 2013 conference, Saturday, June 15, 2013, in Washington. Religious conservatives have been skeptical of the Republican National Committee's plan for growth, which calls for more tolerant attitudes on immigration and social issues, such as abortion and gay marriage. Palin, the conference's final speaker, rejected calls for an immigration overhaul, that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Religious conservatives asked to back GOP plans

Facing lingering tensions in his party, the chairman of the Republican National Committee urged religious conservatives Saturday to support the GOP's plans to expand. "I would just ask you that we come together and that we pray for the future of this country," Reince Priebus said on the final day ...

FILE - In this May 13, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, walk off the stage after their joint White House news conference, where they spoke about Syria's civil war and other topics. Obama will be joining global leaders in Northern Ireland Monday, June 17, 2013, for the Group of Eight (G-8) summit of the world's top industrial nations, where after months of caution he is suddenly positioned more aggressively on Syria. He's expected to prod Britain and France to follow his lead in trying to arm the Syrian rebels, and press Russia to end its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama takes bolder Syria stand as G-8 talks open

After months of caution, President Barack Obama suddenly is positioned more aggressively on Syria than the global leaders he's joining at a summit Monday, now that he has authorized weapons and ammunition shipments to struggling rebels. Obama is expected to push Britain and France to take similar action when talks ...

President Barack Obama holds a child as he mingles in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 14, 2013, where he hosted a Father's Day luncheon. Obama hosted fathers and their children as well as students and leaders from the Becoming a Man program at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago for the lunch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: Being a good father isn't easy

President Barack Obama says there's no substitute for the love and support that fathers provide. In his weekly Internet and radio address, Obama is wishing Americans a happy Father's Day. He's laments that his own father wasn't around and says he's still working to be a better father. Obama says ...

This undated photo provided by Facebook shows the server room at the company's data center in Prineville, Ore. The revelations that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records at Verizon and snooping on the digital communications stored by nine major Internet services illustrate how aggressively personal data is being collected and analyzed. (AP Photo/Facebook, Alan Brandt)

Web giants get broader surveillance revelations

Facebook and Microsoft Corp. representatives said Friday night that after negotiations with national security officials their companies have been given permission to make new but still very limited revelations about government orders to turn over user data. The announcements come at the end of a week when Facebook, Microsoft and ...

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