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US president Barack Obama had promised to overhaul the immigration system by the end of the summer. Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters

the issue of US immigration reform fearing the effect on the Congressional mid-term elections in November and the loss of Democratic control of the Senate.

Mr Obama had promised to act unilaterally, bypassing Republicans in Congress, to overhaul the immigration system by the end of the summer but bowed to pressure from fellow Democrats by deciding over the weekend to shelve the issue until after Novembers ballot.

The Republican-led House has refused to vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, passed by Senate Democrats and Republicans, which would put 11 million illegal immigrants, including an estimated 50,000 Irish, on a path to US citizenship.

Republicans have stalled the bill largely over concerns about controls along the border with Mexico and that a path to citizenship would reward illegal actions and be seen as an amnesty.

The arrival of tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America, fleeing violence and poverty seeking refuge in a country that many believe will receive them openly, has changed the politics of the reform debate, leading some Democrats to call on Mr Obama to address the border crisis before addressing the issue of changes to immigration legislation.

On Saturday the White House said Mr Obama was postponing executive action on immigration until later in the year, again blaming Republicans for their opposition to the issue.

Im going to act because its the right thing for the country, he said in an interview on NBC Sunday talk show, Meet The Press. But its going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration, what weve done on unaccompanied children and why its necessary.

Mr Obama said he wanted to spend some time, even as were getting all our ducks in a row for the executive action. I also want to make sure that the public understands why were doing this.

The delay will reduce the impact of the issue in the Congressional election campaign where Republicans are targeting vulnerable Democrats in an attempt to record a net gain of six seats to regain control of the Senate, which would give them control of Congress if they retain their majority in the House.

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Washington (CNN) -- In the context of 2016, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are rivals for the Democrats' presidential nomination whose every word about each other is scrutinized and picked apart.

But Warren and Clinton have been on the national stage for years, and before they were ever considered rivals, they met each other in the late '90s.

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In 1998, Warren -- an expert and professor on bankruptcy law -- wrote an op-ed for The New York Times titled "Bankrupt? Pay Your Child Support First," about how the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000 would disproportionally hurt women and families trying to collect alimony checks from their ex-husbands.

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Kissinger, a controversial figure in American diplomatic history, was asked during an NPR interview whether Clinton would make a good president.

I know Hillary as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, shed be a good president, Kissinger said. But shed put me under a great conflict of interest if she were a candidate because I intend to support the Republicans.

NPR reporter Scott Simon asked whether, putting partisan politics aside, Kissinger would be comfortable with a Clinton White House.

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