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• Here’s how Hillary Clinton’s Republican 2016 rivals reacted to her email scandal

  04-03-2015 23:13
  
  Reuters Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The likely Republican presidential contenders have been more than willing to pile onto Hillary Clinton’s email controversy. In the wake of Monday’s New York Times report that Clinton exclusively used a personal email account as secretary of state, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina all weighed in. On Fox News
  
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• U.S. Vice President Biden, Iraq's Abadi discuss Tikrit fight

  04-03-2015 22:35
  
  (Updates with readout of call) WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday about the fight against Islamic State militants including the Iraqi-led operations in Tikrit, the White House said. The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants has not played a role in the battle in Tikrit, the home town of executed Sunni president Saddam Hussein. Biden commended Abadi and Iraqi leaders for "building a national fron
  
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• House of Cards Season 3 Premiere Recap: 19 Must-See Moments

  04-03-2015 22:18
  
  Warning: The following story contains major spoilers from House of Cards‘ third season. Proceed at your own risk.  Netflix unleashed a new season of House of Cards‘ on an eager electorate last Friday, and the results are in: Robin Wright’s Claire remains the real star of the show, the new White House sets look like they
  
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• Senate fails to override Obama's veto of pipeline bill

  04-03-2015 21:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday failed to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill to construct the Keystone XL pipeline, the first of many confrontations between the Republican-controlled Congress and the White House this year over energy policy.
  
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• U.S. Vice President Biden to call Iraq's Abadi -White House

  04-03-2015 21:37
  
  (Adds comments about Tikrit) WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday, a discussion that is expected to include the Iraqi-led fight against Islamic State militants in Tikrit among other matters, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants has not played a role in the battle in Tikrit, the home town of executed Sunni president Saddam Hussein.
  
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• White House: Obama signs homeland security funding bill

  04-03-2015 21:22
  
  President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a bill that funds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security until the end of the fiscal year, after lawmakers this week ended a months-long dispute over the agency's budget. Congressional Republicans had hoped to overcome Democrats' objections and tie the department's funding to a measure blocking Obama's recent executive actions on immigration. Republicans abandoned that plan this week, and the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a
  
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• Top Biden backer: Hillary Clinton will ‘die by 1,000 cuts’ on e-mail story

  04-03-2015 21:02
  
  One of Vice President Biden's most prominent supporters said Wednesday that twin controversies swirling around Hillary Rodham Clinton should give Democrats serious pause about anointing her as the party's presidential nominee.
  
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• White House unsure if it knew about Clinton email server

  04-03-2015 20:50
  
  White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that he does not know if the White House knew that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a private email server, or whether taxpayers funded it.
  
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• White House unsure if it knew about Clinton e-mail server

  04-03-2015 20:50
  
  White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that he does not know if the White House knew that former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton had a private e-mail server, or whether taxpayers funded it.
  
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• White House: Obama to sign security funding bill on Wednesday

  04-03-2015 20:36
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign a bill that funds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security until the end of the fiscal year at 2:30 p.m. ET (1930 GMT) on Wednesday, the White House said. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Eric Beech)
  
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• House committee to subpoena e-mails from Clinton’s personal account

  04-03-2015 20:22
  
  A House investigative committee is preparing to send out subpoenas later Wednesday to gather a deeper look into former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton’s nearly exclusive use of personal e-mails to do her official business as the government’s top diplomat, according to people familiar with the probe.
  
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• Vice President Biden to call Iraqi prime minister: White House

  04-03-2015 20:03
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Biden and al-Abadi are expected to speak by telephone later on Wednesday to discuss a range of issues, Earnest told reporters at a daily press briefing. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Trott)
  
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• U.S. Vice President Biden to call Iraqi prime minister - White House

  04-03-2015 19:56
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Biden and al-Abadi are expected to speak by telephone later on Wednesday to discuss a range of issues, Earnest told reporters at a daily press briefing. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Trott)
  
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• White House 'pleased' with solicitor's Supreme Court arguments: spokesman

  04-03-2015 19:06
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration was "quite pleased" with its lawyer's arguments on Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court defending President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, a White House spokesman said. Spokesman Josh Earnest cautioned against drawing conclusions about how the court will decide the case based on questions during oral arguments. The Supreme Court appeared divided on ideological lines as it heard the challenge to the 2010 law on Wednesday. (Reporting by
  
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• Obama to enjoin new generation in Selma address

  04-03-2015 18:42
  
  President Barack Obama will call for a new generation of Americans to take up the torch kindled by civil rights leaders 50 years ago in Selma, Alabama during a speech in the historic town Saturday. America's first black president will stand at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, flanked by his wife and daughters, to argue Selma is not just a slice of history, a White House official said. The history of what happened in Selma has recently returned to prominence thanks to an Oscar-nominated film. Obama
  
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• Rubio-Lee tax plan rewards investors, parents, businesses

  04-03-2015 18:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With an eye toward a possible run for the White House, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is signing onto an ambitious plan to cut taxes for investors, parents and businesses in an effort to spur economic growth and create jobs.
  
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• Supreme Court justices split in key challenge to Obamacare subsidies

  04-03-2015 17:59
  
  Supreme Court justices split along ideological lines Wednesday in questioning during the latest legal battle over the Affordable Care Act.
  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who saved the act from a constitutional challenge three years ago, asked no questions that would betray his thoughts this time.
  
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• Justices hear key challenge to health-care law

  04-03-2015 17:44
  
  The Supreme Court on Wednesday is hearing arguments in the most serious challenge to the Affordable Care Act since the justices upheld it as constitutional almost three years ago.
  [Live blog: Follow the latest updates from the hearing]
  
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• St. Patrick’s Day at the White House means…

  04-03-2015 17:31
  
  St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, which means one thing at the White House: it's time for a visit from the Irish prime minister.
  The White House announced Wednesday that Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will visit Washington March 17 to meet with Obama and Vice President Joe Biden and, of course, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Irish Prime Minister Kenny due at White House on March 17

  04-03-2015 17:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Irish eyes will smile on the White House on St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Despite US rift, experts see poll boost for Netanyahu

  04-03-2015 16:40
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's blistering attack on a US push for a nuclear accord with Iran soured ties with Washington but could boost his prospects in elections this month, experts say. Netanyahu, seeking re-election on March 17, infuriated the White House with his address Tuesday to US Congress, where he laid out Israeli concerns at an emerging world deal with Iran on its nuclear programme. US President Barack Obama, who refused to meet Netanyahu during his visit to Washing
  
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• Rand Paul has a problem with GIFs mocking his reaction to Netanyahu’s speech

  04-03-2015 16:33
  
  Reuters/Joshua Roberts Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is not pleased with GIFs that made the rounds on Tuesday showing him seeming to have a less-than-thrilled reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s big speech to Congress. In a Fox News interview on Wednesday, Paul said media outlets “demean themselves” by calling attention to his relatively slow clapping during Netanyahu’s address yesterda
  
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• Opinion: Obama's consumer 'bill of rights' should spark national dialogue about privacy

  04-03-2015 15:13
  
  Last week, the White House issued a discussion draft of its long-awaited Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights – and well, it looks like a camel of policy aspirations. The consensus is that a consumer privacy bill is dead on arrival in this Congress. What we need today is a framework for a national discussion about privacy regulation, and that is what the White House has given us. Currently, our laws regulate privacy in specific sectors – financial privacy, health privacy, children’s privacy,
  
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• #LetGirlsLearn: New White House and Peace Corps Initiative

  04-03-2015 15:13
  Yesterday at the White House, President Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama launched Let Girls Learn, a powerful new initiative to help girls stay in school across the world through community-focused efforts supported by nearly 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers in 60 countries.
  
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• Ben Carson’s exploratory committee announcement reveals one of his big weaknesses

  04-03-2015 15:00
  
  Pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson finally announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a White House run on Tuesday, doing exactly what everyone has been expecting him to do for months.
  In a nearly four minute video , Carson lays out the rationale for his candidacy.
  
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• Obamacare case shows Congress often misses mark when writing legislation

  04-03-2015 14:00
  
  The outcome of the Supreme Court arguments about the new health-care law could turn on how to interpret a single hotly contested phrase in the massive bill. But the case has already highlighted this truism: Congress can sometimes be sloppy.
  
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• Millions of Apple and Google customers are vulnerable to a decades-old ‘FREAK’ hack

  04-03-2015 13:00
  
  Reuters/Stephen Lam Millions of Apple and Google customers are at risk of having their confidential details stolen by hackers thanks to a newly-discovered “FREAK” vulnerability, the Washington Post reports. The security flaw affects Android and iOS users who use the default Chrome or Safari browsers. Both companies are now rushing to bring out a fix. So what is “FREAK”? It stands for Factoring attacks on RSA-EXPORT Keys. To understand what that it, you need to know about the history of
  
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• Netanyahu rejects Obama criticism of Iran speech

  04-03-2015 12:51
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday brushed aside criticism from US President Barack Obama of his speech to Congress, in which he warned Washington was paving the way to a nuclear-armed Iran. The White House was infuriated by Netanyahu's address Tuesday to a joint session of the US Congress, where he laid out Israeli concerns at an emerging world deal with Iran on its nuclear programme. Obama, who refused to meet Netanyahu during his 48-hour visit to Washington, dismissed
  
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• Obamacare back before Supreme Court today

  04-03-2015 12:00
  
  The Supreme Court on Wednesday considers the most serious challenge to the Affordable Care Act since the justices upheld it as constitutional almost three years ago.
  At issue is whether millions of Americans who receive tax subsidies to buy health insurance are doing so illegally. If the justices rule that the payments are not allowed, the entire health-care law could be in jeopardy.
  
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• Iran nuclear talks: Netanyahu warns US against striking 'bad deal' that will make way for nuclear bomb

  04-03-2015 07:32
  
  London, March 04 (ANI): As negotiations to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program continue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the U.S. against striking a "bad deal" which could pave the way to a "nuclear bomb" rather than blocking it. In a speech to the U.S. Congress punctuated by standing ovations, Netanyahu said that Iran posed a threat to the entire world, reported the BBC. The statement came as world powers and Iran are holding talks to close a nuclear deal ahead of
  
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• Doctors, patients scramble ahead of high court Obamacare decision

  04-03-2015 07:07
  
  By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court takes on a make-or-break Obamacare case this week, a growing number of U.S. patients and their doctors are already devising a Plan B in case they lose medical coverage. The Court's ruling, expected by late June, will determine whether millions of Americans will keep receiving federal subsidies to help them pay for private health insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law. The White House, which said it is conf
  
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• Obama, Netanyahu take pot shots over deal with Iran

  04-03-2015 06:02
  
  Washington, March 4 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took pot shots at each other as the latter warned against entering a "very bad" deal with Iran over its nuclear programme. We're better off without it," he said in a defiant speech before a joint session of Congress Tuesday on a trip that has raised White House's hackles. Directly challenging Obama's argument that a diplomatic accord would be more effective than additional sanctions or military act
  
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• Obamacare's new Supreme Court battle

  04-03-2015 03:47
  
  The Affordable Care Act is facing another challenge at the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell, which deals with subsidies for health insurance. The case could cut out a major provision of Obamacare, causing the law to unravel. Here’s what you need to know about the case.
  
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• Obama to sign security funding bill as soon as he receives it

  04-03-2015 02:00
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign a bill funding the U.S. Homeland Security Department as soon as he receives it, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday night. "Today, after far too long, Congress finally voted to fully fund their mission," Obama said in the statement. "To make sure the Americans who protect our country and our people have the resources they need to get the job done, I will sign this bill into law as soon as I receive it." (Reporting by Peter Cooney
  
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• Netanyahu says U.S. is on verge of ‘bad deal’ with Iran over nuclear program

  04-03-2015 01:48
  
  In a rousing speech before Congress punctuated by more than 40 bursts of applause, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday assailed the Obama administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, asserting that the United States was on the verge of making “a bad deal.”
  
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• U.S. military's Mosul briefing inaccurate, misguided, Carter says

  04-03-2015 01:46
  
  A U.S. military official who briefed news media about Iraq's upcoming offensive to retake Mosul provided inaccurate information but should never have publicly discussed war plans anyway, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday. Carter's criticism of the February news briefing by an official from the U.S. military's Central Command was accompanied by an assurance from the top U.S. military officer to Congress that the matter was subject to an internal inquiry. Two influential
  
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• Is Hillary Clinton’s House of Cards About to Tumble?

  04-03-2015 01:40
  
  Hillary Clinton could use someone like House of Cards’ Frank Underwood right about now. WATCH: 7 Reasons We're Excited 'House of Cards' Is Back for Season 3! As the former Secretary of State preps for a potential White House run in 2016, she faces two new major scandals. "This season on House of Cards, Frank and Claire Underwood are now in power," said Variety Senior Editor Ted Johnson, relating the infamous Netflix power couple to the presidential hopeful and her husband. "They're in the high
  
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• Obama, EU leaders agree to put more costs quickly on Russia if needed over Ukraine

  04-03-2015 00:43
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama and his European counterparts agreed on Tuesday to act quickly to impose additional costs on Russia if peace agreements in the Ukraine conflict were not implemented. "The leaders expressed their hope for the successful and complete implementation of the Minsk agreements and agreed that the easing of current sanctions would be linked to the full implementation of these agreements," the White House said in a statement.
  
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• Did Netanyahu’s Speech Damage U.S.-Israel Relations?

  04-03-2015 00:09
  
  The long-term impact on U.S. policy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress today is unclear, but its short-term effect on his relationship with congressional Democrats and the White House was obvious almost immediately. Though Netanyahu began the speech by testifying to President Obama’s support for Israel, the bulk of his remarks constituted an implicit rebuke to the administration, whose negotiating position the Israeli leader characterized as naïve at best. The
  
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