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• President Obama Hosts NBA Champion Spurs, Critics Grumble Over Spurned Paris March

  12-01-2015 23:47
  
  In the midst of a middling season for the San Antonio Spurs, the defending NBA champions felt like champions once again at a visit to the White House on Monday afternoon. Benzinga was at the White House ...
  
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• White House issues formal veto threat for House security budget bill

  12-01-2015 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday issued a formal veto threat for the House of Representatives' funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security because it contains measures that would block President Barack Obama's immigration policies. The White House said the bill contains "robust" funding for the department's other activities, including cybersecurity, disaster relief and law enforcement. But the administration opposes measures that would restrict t
  
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• Paul Ryan says won't run for US president in 2016

  12-01-2015 23:36
  
  Republican US congressman Paul Ryan, the 2012 vice presidential nominee, said Monday he will not run for president in 2016. "After giving it a lot of thought, I've decided not to run for president," Ryan said in a statement. Ryan earlier Monday told NBC News he was "at peace" with his decision to not seek the White House. The nine-term congressman's bowing out comes after his former partner on the ticket, 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, told donors Friday that
  
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• White House issues veto threat for House Regulatory Accountability Act

  12-01-2015 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday issued a veto threat for the Regulatory Accountability Act from the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, saying the bill would add "layers of additional procedural requirements" for government agencies. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Peter Cooney)
  
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• Obama threatens veto of Republican bill to delay Volcker rule

  12-01-2015 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House threatened on Monday to veto Republican-backed legislation under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives that would scale back financial reforms including the Volcker rule. The Volcker rule, part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank oversight law, bans banks from making risky bets with their own money and prohibits certain investments. The Republican legislation would delay for two years a provision that applies to collateralized loan obligations, or securitiz
  
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• Treasury nominee Weiss withdraws from consideration: White House

  12-01-2015 23:24
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antonio Weiss, an investment banker who was a controversial nominee for a top position at the U.S. Treasury Department, has decided to withdraw from consideration, the White House said on Monday, noting it would begin a new search for a candidate. "Mr. Weiss made the request to avoid the distraction of the lengthy confirmation process that his renomination would likely entail," White House spokeswoman Jennifer Friedman said in a statement. Instead, Weiss will become a seni
  
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• Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan says he's not running for president in 2016: NBC News

  12-01-2015 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, the party's vice presidential nominee in 2012, said on Monday he will not run for president in 2016 in order to focus on his new role in Congress as chairman of the influential House Ways and Means Committee. Ryan told NBC News he made the decision to pass up a White House bid "weeks ago," well before his former running mate, Mitt Romney, said on Friday he was considering another presidential bid. "I have decide
  
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• Should have sent high official to Paris march, US says

  12-01-2015 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare admission of error, the White House said Monday that President Barack Obama or another high-level representative should have joined dozens of world leaders at an anti-terror rally in Paris.
  
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• Romney talking to supporters about 3rd White House bid

  12-01-2015 22:29
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Mitt Romney is reaching out to former staff and supporters as he considers a third run for president.
  
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• US admits was mistake to miss Paris unity rally

  12-01-2015 21:13
  
  The White House admitted Monday it should have sent a senior official to the massive rally against terrorism in Paris, as President Barack Obama came under fire for failing to travel to France. "We should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said. Washington was represented at the event by the US ambassador to France, Jane Hartley.
  
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• U.S. says should have sent high level official to Paris march

  12-01-2015 20:59
  
  By Doina Chiacu and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday conceded that the United States should have sent a higher-level representative to a Paris unity march after deadly Islamic militant attacks there and said President Barack Obama would liked to have come. Some Republican lawmakers and U.S. media outlets have criticized Obama's administration for not sending a top leader to the march, which featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader
  
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• Obama will sign terrorism risk insurance bill: White House

  12-01-2015 20:49
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign into law a bill passed by Congress that reauthorizes a terrorism risk insurance program created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the White House said on Monday. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters the White House was disappointed the bill included unrelated measures that tweak Dodd-Frank financial reforms but that Obama plans to sign the bill in coming days. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton)
  
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• White House: Should have sent high official to Paris march

  12-01-2015 20:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare public admission of error, the White House said Monday the U.S. should have sent a high-level official to an anti-terror march in Paris that was attended by more than 40 world leaders.
  
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• Obama proposes new data laws as U.S. Central Command hacked

  12-01-2015 20:33
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday said he wants to work with Congress on new laws that would do more to protect Americans' privacy and the trail of data they leave on smart phones, computers and other devices. Underscoring the threat posed by hackers, the Twitter feed of U.S. Central Command, which leads U.S. military action in the Middle East, was hacked by someone claiming to be associated with Islamic State militants, while Obama
  
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• France mobilises 10,000 troops at home after Paris shootings

  12-01-2015 20:26
  
  * France remains on highest terror alert * About 5,000 police protect Jewish schools * Police search for accomplices * Government studying ways to prevent prison radicalisation (Adds French justice ministry, White House spokesman) By Gregory Blachier and John Irish PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - France will deploy 10,000 soldiers on home soil by Tuesday and post almost 5,000 extra police officers to protect Jewish sites after the killing of 17 people by Islamist militants in Paris last week, official
  
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• Obama would veto Republican plan on security budget: White House

  12-01-2015 20:14
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama would veto legislation proposed by the Republican-led House of Representatives that would block his immigration initiatives through a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The department is responsible for counterterrorism efforts as well as for enforcing immigration laws. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the House plan would "muck around" with the agency at a critical time, given recent Islamic militant attacks in Fr
  
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• WHITE HOUSE: We Shouldn't Have Missed France's Unity March

  12-01-2015 20:08
  
  The White House said on Monday that it was a...
  
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• U.S. military Twitter feed hacked, apparently by IS sympathizers

  12-01-2015 19:59
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Twitter feed for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East was hacked on Monday by people claiming sympathy to the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids. U.S. officials said that the U.S. Central Command Twitter account and its YouTube account were suspended after being compromised. Two U.S. defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hacking was an embarrassment but did not appear to be a
  
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• White House: monitoring extent of hacking incident at Centcom

  12-01-2015 19:58
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it was monitoring the extent of the hacking incident at U.S. Central Command. (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton)
  
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• U.S. military Twitter feed hacked, apparently by ISIS sympathizers

  12-01-2015 19:56
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Twitter feed for the U.S. military command that oversees operations in the Middle East was hacked on Monday by people claiming sympathy to the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids. U.S. officials said that the U.S. Central Command Twitter account and its YouTube account were suspended after being compromised. Two U.S. defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the hacking was an embarrassment but did not appear to be a
  
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• US says should have sent higher-ranking envoy to Paris march 

  12-01-2015 19:55
  
  Washington (AFP) - The White House admitted Monday it should have sent a higher-ranking representative to the massive weekend march against terrorism in Paris, which was attended by several world leaders.
  
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• White House: should have sent higher profile leader to Paris march

  12-01-2015 19:54
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should have sent a higher profile leader to take part in the march in Paris on Sunday to honor victims of the Islamist militant attacks there, the White House said on Monday. "I think it's fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, adding President Barack Obama would have liked to have attended. (Reporting by Jeff Mason, Roberta Rampton, and Steve Holland; Editing by
  
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• White House summit on violent extremism to examine social media role

  12-01-2015 19:53
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it will invite leaders from technology firms to a Feb. 18 summit on countering violent extremism to discuss how extremists use social media to try to inspire violent acts. The summit, held in the wake of violent attacks in Paris, Ottawa and Sydney, is aimed at examining how to identify and prevent radicalization in the United States and abroad. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton)
  
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• White House: US should have sent other officials to Paris

  12-01-2015 19:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it erred in not sending a high-level official to an anti-terror march in Paris on Sunday.
  
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• White House says it erred in not sending higher level official to anti-terror march in Paris

  12-01-2015 19:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House says it erred in not sending higher level official to anti-terror march in Paris.
  
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• U.S. Senate takes up Keystone XL bill as showdown with Obama looms

  12-01-2015 19:15
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will start debate on Monday on a bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline as Republicans, who have made the project their first priority of the year, try to line up enough votes to overcome a potential veto by President Barack Obama. Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota, a co-sponsor of the bill to approve TransCanada Corp's pipeline, has about 63 supporters, including all 54 Republicans. That is four short of the 67 needed to overcome an Obama veto. The
  
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• ISIS Supporters Have Hacked Multiple Pentagon Social Media Accounts

  12-01-2015 18:59
  
  A group describing themselves as the “CyberCaliphate” apparently gained control of the official Twitter and YouTube pages of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Monday and began posting messages supportive of the jihadist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS). On Twitter, the group posted a message that declared “Pentagon networks hacked” where they indicated they broke into military “networks and personal devices.” In the message the “CyberCaliphate” identified themselves as b
  
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• No Americans in Paris - U.S. absence draws criticism at home

  12-01-2015 18:38
  
  By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican U.S. senator lambasted the White House on Monday for not sending a top American official to a Paris unity march after deadly Islamic militant attacks in that city, and a New York tabloid headline screamed "You let the world down." The image of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas flanking the leaders of France, Germany and Mali dominated coverage of Sunday's unity march and highlighted the absence of Preside
  
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• Paris unity rally: Where was U.S. President Barack Obama?

  12-01-2015 18:35
  
  After facing criticism in the U.S. about President Barack Obama's absence from the massive unity rally in Paris, the White House admitted Monday that it should have sent a high-profile representative to the event on Sunday.
  
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• House of Cards: Watch the Ominous Season 3 Trailer (VIDEO)

  12-01-2015 17:01
  
  You wanna know what takes real courage? Debuting a new trailer right after your leading man wins a Golden Globe. Minutes after Kevin Spacey took home his first-ever Globe on Sunday evening (and started exacting his revenge), Netflix premiered a new trailer for House of Cards' upcoming third season. The clip doesn't reveal much... except that Underwoods' penchant for scheming and menacing stares hasn't changed now that they're in the White House. "You wanna know what
  
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• Obama to propose new laws to protect consumer data, privacy

  12-01-2015 07:47
  
  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday plans to discuss three new proposed laws aimed at protecting Americans and the trail of data they leave on smart phones, computers and other devices. Congress has long wrestled with how to beef up federal laws to protect consumers and their privacy, a struggle that intensified after hackers stole massive amounts of credit card data from companies like Target and Home Depot The White House said Obama will weigh in wit
  
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• Golden Globes: Kevin Spacey Bleeped While Accepting Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

  12-01-2015 04:20
  
  Frank Underwood is taking a Golden Globe to the White House.
  
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• U.S. Transportation Dept official Feinberg to lead rail regulator

  12-01-2015 00:08
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sarah Feinberg, the U.S. secretary of transportation's chief of staff, will lead the nation's railroad regulator as the department works to finalize oil train safety rules, according to an agency email sent on Sunday. A former White House official and tech industry executive, Feinberg will serve as acting head of the Federal Railroad Administration, which regulates freight and passenger service on the national network. ...
  
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