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• What have Iowans learned about Jeb Bush from his visit?

  07-03-2015 23:57
  
  Mr. Bush, a frontrunner for the Republican primary, is kicking off his race to the White House carrying a long and not-uncheckered legacy from his father and brother. "It's hard to reconcile his membership in the Republican Party as anything more than a multigenerational family tradition," Cary Gordon, a pastor at a church in Sioux City, told The Des Moines Register this week. It’s no surprise that Bush arrived in Iowa determined to prove his conservative credentials.
  
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• Obama in Selma to mark Civil Rights anniversary

  07-03-2015 19:55
  
  Tracing the footsteps of the civil rights marchers who made his journey to the White House possible, Barack Obama headed to Selma, Alabama on Saturday to enlist a new generation in their fight. America's first black president will mark the 50th anniversary of the fateful march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where brutal police repression catalyzed support for black voting rights. Accompanied by wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama will argue that events in the city half a century
  
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• White House lockdown triggered by burning lorry cleared

  07-03-2015 19:29
  
  A security lockdown at the White House triggered by a loud bang just as President Barack Obama was due to leave was caused by a souvenir lorry catching fire in a nearby street, the Secret Service said on Saturday. The security alert happened just moments before Obama and his family had been due to board a helicopter from the presidential mansion's South Lawn for Andrews Air Force Base. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said the fire had been contained and a vehicle near the White House w
  
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• White House lockdown triggered by burning truck cleared

  07-03-2015 19:23
  
  A security lockdown at the White House triggered by a loud bang just as President Barack Obama was due to leave was caused by a souvenir truck catching fire in a nearby street, the Secret Service said on Saturday. The security alert happened just moments before Obama and his family had been due to board a helicopter from the presidential mansion's South Lawn for Andrews Air Force Base. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said the fire had been contained and a vehicle near the White House w
  
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• White House lockdown after loud noise is heard

  07-03-2015 18:22
  
  The US Secret Service locked down the White House Saturday after a loud noise was heard as reporters gathered to await President Barack Obama and wife Michelle's departure for Selma, Alabama, a pool report said. A Secret Service K9 unit was investigating a vehicle on 16th and Constitution Avenue which borders the South Lawn of the White House, agency spokesman Brian Leary said in an email. The Washington DC Fire Department, meanwhile, reported a fire at a food cart on 15th Street NW on the
  
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• White House lockdown lifted, Obama leaves

  07-03-2015 18:10
  
  A security lockdown at the White House triggered by a loud bang just as President Barack Obama was due to leave was caused by a food vendor cart catching fire on a nearby street, the Secret Service said on Saturday. The security alert happened just moments before Obama and his family had been due to board a helicopter from the presidential mansion's South Lawn for Andrews Air Force Base. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said the fire had now been contained and that a vehicle near the Wh
  
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• White House lockdown triggered by bang now lifted - media reports

  07-03-2015 17:48
  
  A White House lockdown triggered by a loud bang just moments before President Barack Obama and his family were due to take off by helicopter from the South Lawn has been lifted, media reports said on Saturday. The reports quoted a Secret Service spokesman as saying a food vendor cart had caught fire nearby. A tweet by WTOP local radio quoted the Secret Service as saying the fire on a nearby street corner was not considered a serious threat and that the security situation was now contained. White
  
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• Beyond Clinton, many 2016 hopefuls have used private email

  07-03-2015 17:27
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to catch heat for her extensive use of a private email account to conduct official business while she was secretary of state. But the Democrats' 2016 presidential favorite isn't the only White House hopeful whose transparency has come into question.
  
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• White House lockdown triggered by loud noise now contained - media reports

  07-03-2015 17:24
  
  A White House lockdown triggered by a loud noise on Saturday morning is now contained and there is no serious threat, media reports said. A tweet by WTOP local radio quoted the Secret Service as saying there was a fire on a street corner outside the White House but that it was not considered a serious threat and the security situation was now contained.
  
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• 'So this fire just broke out right outside the White House ...'

  07-03-2015 17:06
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White...
  
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• White House on lockdown after loud bang: pool report

  07-03-2015 16:58
  
  The White House was put on lockdown on Saturday after a loud noise was heard on the South Lawn moments before President Barack Obama and his family were due to take off by helicopter, a White House pool report said on Saturday. It said the noise prompted Secret Service agents to move the press back into the briefing room, lock the doors and put the building on lockdown. Obama and his family were not yet on the South Lawn when the noise was heard. "Lockdown continues, although it doesn't appear a
  
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• Vendor cart catches fire near White House

  07-03-2015 16:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service says authorities have responded to a fire and are searching a vehicle near the White House.
  
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• Loud noise triggers security alert at U.S. White House: pool report

  07-03-2015 16:37
  
  A loud noise was heard on the White House's South Lawn just before U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were due to take off by helicopter, a White House pool report said on Saturday. It said the noise prompted Secret Service agents to move the press back into the briefing room and lock the doors.
  
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• Yale beats Harvard 62-52 to clinch share of Ivy title

  07-03-2015 05:29
  
  Yale beat Harvard in the most important basketball game between the longtime Ivy League rivals in decades - if not ever. Now the Bulldogs need to finish off fourth-place Dartmouth in the season finale to clinch the conference championship outright and earn their first NCAA Tournament berth since Harvard grad John F. Kennedy was in the White House. ''Just one more win to go,'' guard Javier Duren said after scoring 22 points and grabbing nine rebounds to help Yale beat the four
  
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• Obama in Selma for milestone march's 50th anniversary

  07-03-2015 04:00
  
  Selma (United States) (AFP) - Tracing the footsteps of civil rights leaders who made his journey to the White House possible, President Barack Obama will on Saturday visit Selma, Alabama to enlist a new generation in their fight.
  
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• Clinton machine proves to be liability and asset

  07-03-2015 00:36
  
  Bill and Hillary Clinton's formidable political machine has got them to a governor's mansion, the Senate and the White House -- but their long legacy and deep network could now be a liability. A steady drip, drip, drip, of senior staff are leaving Barack Obama's White House to join Hillaryland -- the latest incarnation of a US political dynasty to rival the Roosevelts, Kennedys or Bushes. The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has been accused of taking millions of dolla
  
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