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• Pot lovers light up as Washington legalizes marijuana

  26-02-2015 23:48
  
  Marijuana enthusiasts lit up their joints with confidence Thursday on the first full day of legal pot in the US capital, and looked forward to a day when all America might be able to follow suit. Residents of Washington can now possess up to two ounces (56 grams) of marijuana -- enough to fill two sandwich bags -- and grow as many as six plants in the privacy of their homes without threat of arrest. Head shops will be free to sell pot paraphernalia, but retail sales of marijuana remain prohibite
  
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• U.S. aviation giants split on Gulf carrier subsidy row

  26-02-2015 23:10
  
  A push by three U.S. airlines to curb competition from Gulf state carriers has exposed divisions over free trade with other powerful U.S. aviation players including Boeing Co and FedEx Corp, potentially complicating the airlines' campaign for Obama administration support. Delta Air Lines Inc, United and American Airlines have asked the White House to look into the financial statements of competitors from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which they accuse of receiving more than $40 billion in
  
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• White House sees China as trump card in trade debate

  26-02-2015 23:01
  
  By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is confident lawmakers will warm up to a proposed Pacific free trade deal on the grounds that it is a chance for America to dictate the rules of Asian trade rather than China, a top official said on Thursday. "It's a choice between us writing it and, frankly, China writing it, which I think is very compelling to many members of Congress," said Bruce Andrews, Deputy Secretary of Commerce. The White House is lobbying hard to win suppor
  
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• GOP's Jeb Bush working to reassert conservative credentials

  26-02-2015 22:31
  
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — As Florida's governor, Jeb Bush was among the nation's most conservative state chief executives. He's quietly embarking on work to persuade the right-flank of the Republican Party he'd be that same kind of conservative in the White House.
  
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• Obama officials defend Clinton Foundation donation

  26-02-2015 22:14
  
  A U.S. State Department spokeswoman defended the Clinton Foundation on Thursday after the foundation acknowledged that it had accepted a foreign government donation in 2010 without submitting it for an ethics review, as required in a 2008 agreement with the Obama administration.
  
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• Obama says new FCC internet rules will protect innovation - White House

  26-02-2015 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday praised new rules passed by the Federal Communications Commission on Internet service providers, thanking Americans who wrote to the regulator to weigh in on the issue. "Today's FCC decision will protect innovation and create a level playing field for the next generation of entrepreneurs - and it wouldn't have happened without Americans like you," Obama said in an open letter that the White House posted on the Internet. (Reporting by Robe
  
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• Fed is not political, sets policy based on economy -Mester

  26-02-2015 20:30
  
  The Federal Reserve has not become political and will set policy based not on meetings with lawmakers and White House officials but on the U.S. economy, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said on Thursday. ...
  
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• Obama to make case for trade in local TV interviews: White House

  26-02-2015 19:59
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make the case for trade deals such as the Trans Pacific Partnership in a round of local television interviews scheduled for Thursday, the White House said. Obama continues to push the need for the trade deals in conversations with members of his party who have raised concerns that the change could hurt American workers, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. (Reporting By Julia Edwards; Editing by Bill Trott)
  
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• Why Amazon hired former White House press secretary Carney

  26-02-2015 19:53
  
  Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is now the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Affairs at Amazon.
  
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• 2 US officials to address pro-Israel lobby meeting

  26-02-2015 19:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has decided against snubbing America's leading pro-Israel lobby and will send President Barack Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador to address its annual policy conference in a bid to ease simmering tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal and to make its case for one.
  
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• Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Joins Amazon

  26-02-2015 19:16
  
  Amazon confirms that former White House press secretary Jay Carney is joining the tech company.Carney will be Amazon's senior vice president leading the company's newly created Global Corporate Affairs department, which includes the existing public relations and public policy teams. Inside Amazon: Secrets of an Online Mega-Giant 7 Expensive Products With Hilarious Amazon Reviews Carney will split his time between the Seattle headquarters of Amazon.com Inc. and its office in Washington,
  
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• Obama adviser to meet with European counterparts on Ukraine crisis

  26-02-2015 19:13
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice will convene a meeting on Thursday with her European counterparts to discuss Russia's actions in Ukraine. Rice will meet with representatives from Italy, France, the UK and Germany to discuss future costs they might impose on Russia, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Thursday. (Reporting by Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Susan Heavey)
  
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• Amazon Hires Jay Carney to Lead PR, Public Policy Team

  26-02-2015 19:12
  
  The former White House press secretary most recently was a political commentator at CNN.
  
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• Two US officials to address pro-Israel lobby meeting

  26-02-2015 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has decided against snubbing America's leading pro-Israel lobby and will send President Barack Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador to address its annual policy conference in a bid to ease simmering tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal and to make its case for one.
  
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• Amazon hires former White House spokesman Carney

  26-02-2015 18:51
  
  New York (AFP) - Former White House spokesman Jay Carney has taken a new public relations job with online retail giant Amazon, the company said on Thursday.
  
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• White House sends Rice, Power to AIPAC amid U.S.-Israel row

  26-02-2015 18:17
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power will attend a meeting of the powerful pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC next week amid a time of strain between the United States and Israel. A White House spokeswoman confirmed Rice and Power would attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting. Rice said in a television interview this week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to address Congress next week about a potent
  
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• Two US officials to address pro-Israel lobby

  26-02-2015 18:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has decided against snubbing America's leading pro-Israel lobby and will send President Barack Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador to address its annual policy conference in a bid to ease soaring tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal.
  
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• Senator Corker Wants Congress to Review Any Nuclear Deal with Iran

  26-02-2015 18:01
  
  The White House and congressional Democrats have criticized House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu to speak to lawmakers March 3 as a breach of protocol, injecting partisan tension into an already strained relationship between the U.S. and Israel. “There’s a piece of legislation that we’d like to bring forth in a markup next week and because Netanyahu is coming, we’ve been asked to hold back a week because people don’t want it to look as though the legislation is in res
  
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• Susan Rice, Samantha Power to address AIPAC meeting

  26-02-2015 17:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bid to ease soaring tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal, the White House has decided against snubbing America's leading pro-Israel lobby and will send President Barack Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador to address its annual policy conference.
  
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• In Iowa, nowhere for O’Malley to go but up

  26-02-2015 17:28
  
  If there is any good news for former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley in the latest poll out of Iowa, it is this: More than eight out of 10 likely participants in the state's  2016 Democratic caucuses don't know enough about him to say whether they view him favorably.
  
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• 7 in 10 Republicans in a poll say Obama doesn’t love America. That’s not really surprising.

  26-02-2015 17:20
  
  Republicans tend to assume the worst about President Obama's six years in office. That's not news.
  But what about an extreme attitude like whether Obama loves America? This almost comically blunt question was posed by Internet pollster YouGov in coordination with the Huffington Post, who aimed to gauge the breadth of agreement with Rudy Giuliani’s recent barbs. And sure enough, Republicans respondents in the web-panel survey obliged, with roughly 7 in 10 (69 percent) saying Obama does n
  
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• Donald Trump says he's 'serious' about 2016 bid. Shark, jumped?

  26-02-2015 16:25
  
  Donald Trump says he really might run for president this time. He set off a flurry of mixed political emotions amongst Republicans on Wednesday when he told the Washington Post that he is “more serious” than ever about a bid for the White House in 2016. The wispy-coiffed billionaire told the Post’s Robert Costa that he’s hiring political staff in key states. He met with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Monday and indicated he was interested in possibly jumping in
  
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• Tension escalates between the White House and Netanyahu

  26-02-2015 16:14
  
  Washington/Jerusalem, Feb 26 (IANS) Tension between the White House and Benjamin Netanyahu escalated Wednesday as top administration officials condemned the Israeli prime minister's plan to address Congress next week and Netanyahu accused six world powers, including the US, of "giving up on their commitment" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The unusually public spat marked one of the lowest points in a relationship that has long bonded the two countries, the Washington Post repor
  
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• Ex-White House press secretary Jay Carney to Amazon

  26-02-2015 16:04
  
  It will soon be the dawn of a new era for former White House press secretary Jay Carney. The ex-journalist will join online retail giant Amazon beginning next week as senior vice president and head of Global Corporate Affairs, Amazon confirmed on Thursday.
  
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• Former White House press secretary Jay Carney going to Amazon

  26-02-2015 16:04
  
  It will soon be the dawn of a new era for former White House press secretary Jay Carney. The ex-journalist will join online retail giant Amazon next week as senior vice president and head of global corporate affairs, Amazon confirmed Thursday.
  
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• Be Happy! It’s Time To Become A Freelance Worker

  26-02-2015 14:00
  
  Part 1 of 2 Presidential candidate urges remedy for Americans working harder and earning less On February 4, White House hopeful Jeb Bush addressed the issue of employment concerns during his speech to the Detroit Economic Club at the Cobo Center – a venue, not incidentally, which serves as ground zero for a foreclosure crisis […]
  
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• At a conservative gathering, Jeb Bush hopes to change some minds

  26-02-2015 13:00
  
  The last time Jeb Bush spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference he delivered blunt talk — an unwelcome lecture, in the view of many — about the problems with the Republican Party.
  “All too often we’re associated with being ‘anti’ everything,” Bush said in 2013. “Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker, and the list goes on.”
  
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• With 2016 on horizon, US conservatives rally at CPAC

  26-02-2015 07:51
  
  Thousands of American conservatives will gather just outside Washington beginning Thursday with a thinly-veiled mission: vet the Republican politicians who might soon announce bids for the White House. This week's annual CPAC convention will see the right wing rallying around core principles it hopes will shape the 2016 presidential election. The Conservative Political Action Conference is hard to put a label on. While it appeals to young ideological conservatives converging on Washington i
  
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• Boeing, FedEx battle back vs U.S. airlines on Gulf competition

  26-02-2015 07:09
  
  Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL - News), United and American Airlines have asked the White House to look into the financial statements of competitors from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which they accuse of receiving more than $40 billion in government subsidies since 2004.
  
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• Hillary Clinton's foundation reportedly broke a deal with the White House by taking a foreign donation

  26-02-2015 03:43
  
  A donation from the Algerian government could...
  
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• Hillary Clinton's foundation broke a deal with the White House to take a foreign donation

  26-02-2015 03:43
  
  A donation from the Algerian government could...
  
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• White House condemns Islamic State mass kidnappings

  26-02-2015 02:01
  
  Washington (AFP) - The White House on Wednesday condemned mass kidnappings in Syria and Iraq perpetrated by Islamic State jihadists and vowed to end the group's "depravity."
  
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• Ebola-hit Liberia no longer America's forgotten stepchild

  26-02-2015 01:43
  
  As Liberia's president visits the US Senate on Thursday to thank Americans for their pivotal role in the Ebola recovery, she will reflect on a sometimes fractious relationship spanning two centuries. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is due to address senators before meeting US President Barack Obama Friday to discuss the recovery from an outbreak which has claimed 9,500 lives. Of the West African nations afflicted by the disease, Liberia -- where more 4,000 people have died -- is seen as the most adva
  
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• U.S. condemns Islamic State attacks on Christian villages in Syria

  26-02-2015 01:41
  
  The United States on Wednesday condemned recent attacks by Islamic State militants on Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, which it said included the burning of homes and churches and abduction of women, children and the elderly. "This is but the latest round of atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against the innocent people of the region," the White House said in a statement, using an acronym for Islamic State.
  
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• White House threatens to veto GOP effort to overhaul No Child Left Behind

  26-02-2015 00:31
  
  The White House threatened Wednesday to veto a Republican bill to overhaul the widely criticized No Child Left Behind law, calling the effort “a significant step backwards.” The veto threat came as lawmakers were set to debate the measure in the House.
  
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• North Dakota senator to push again for clean coal legislation

  26-02-2015 00:24
  
  Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota will re-introduce legislation on Thursday designed to encourage the development of clean coal technologies that could keep the fuel a key source of American power generation. The bill, which is likely to be popular in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate but face opposition from the White House, would offer financial incentives for utilities to develop carbon storage programs and build out the market to sell carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery. Carbon
  
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• White House threatens veto of bill to overhaul education law

  26-02-2015 00:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House threatened Wednesday to veto a Republican bill to overhaul the widely criticized No Child Left Behind law, calling the effort "a significant step backwards."
  
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