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• ‘It Follows’ Star Maika Monroe Joins Liam Hemsworth in ‘Independence Day 2’

  27-04-2015 23:57
  
  Maika Monroe, who starred in the acclaimed genre films “It Follows” and “The Guest,” has joined the ensemble cast of “Independence Day 2,” it was announced Monday by director Roland Emmerich. New cast members include Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher and Travis Tope, while returning cast members from the beloved original include Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox and Judd Hirsch. While Monroe’s role was not revealed as part of the announcement, it’s possible she could be playi
  
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• Did Tom Brady skip visit with Obama because he's mad at the White House?

  27-04-2015 23:52
  
  As it turns out though, Brady wasn't with his family when the Patriots went to Washington DC on the morning of April 23. According to ESPN.com, the Patriots quarterback was actually at Gillette Stadium getting some stretching in while the rest of the team was visiting with Obama. Less than 24 hours later, Brady was at an Apple Store in New York City checking out the company's new Apple watch. So if Brady had time to workout at Gillette Stadium AND drive to New York City to shop, you might be won
  
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• GOP defense budget challenges Obama on Ukraine, Guantanamo

  27-04-2015 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP chairman of the House Armed Service Committee on Monday recommended a $604 billion defense budget for 2016 that challenges the White House because it includes lethal weapons for Ukraine, makes it harder for the president to empty the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and restores funding for the A-10 fleet.
  
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• Republicans seek new limits on Guantanamo prisoner transfers

  27-04-2015 21:46
  
  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers have unveiled plans to make it harder to transfer inmates from the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, stepping up a campaign to slow President Barack Obama's efforts to close the controversial detention center. The proposed 2016 National Defense Authorization Act released on Monday renewed an annual ban on spending to transfer prisoners to the United States from the detention center. It would require that any transfer take place only when
  
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• Chrissy Teigen's Bold Lip Ruled at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

  27-04-2015 21:46
  
  Makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic shares the stunning shade the model rocked for a night out in D.C.
  
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• The White House fires back at George W. Bush

  27-04-2015 20:45
  
  President Barack Obama's chief spokesman...
  
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• Obama, Abe to dine on fusion food with Hawaiian twist

  27-04-2015 20:40
  
  High politics will dominate Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the White House on Tuesday, but there will still be time for some haute cuisine. At a state dinner Abe, US President Barack Obama and hundreds of other guests will tuck into an array of food that links Japan and the United States, with a touch of influence from President Obama's home state of Hawaii. Then a consomme will be given a twist with bok choy and Wailea hearts of palm and bamboo shoots from Hawaii. All t
  
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• Forget the app, stop the hack

  27-04-2015 19:59
  
  White House asking Silicon Valley techies to focus less on the next hot app and more on cyber security.
  
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• George W. Bush criticizes Barack Obama’s anti-terrorism strategies

  27-04-2015 19:07
  President Barack Obama shakes hands with former President George W. Bush in Selma, Ala. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP) Former President George W. Bush reportedly delivered his toughest public criticisms of President Barack Obama at a closed-door meeting in Las Vegas Saturday night. The former commander in chief, who has been reluctant to criticize Obama since leaving the White House, said he feared his successor is naive about Iran and may be putting the United States in a position of retreat around
  
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• George Bush criticizes Barack Obama’s anti-terrorism strategies

  27-04-2015 19:07
  President Barack Obama shakes hands with former President George W. Bush after Obama in Selma, Ala. (Photo: Gerald Herbert/AP) Former President George W. Bush reportedly delivered his toughest public criticisms of President Barack Obama at a closed-door meeting in Las Vegas Saturday night. The former commander-in-chief, who has been reluctant to criticize Obama since leaving the White House, said he feared his successor is naïve about Iran and may be putting the United States in a position of r
  
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• White House unveils blue-trimmed Barack Obama state china

  27-04-2015 18:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday unveiled the official state china service of President Barack Obama's administration, an 11-piece setting trimmed in a hue of blue that was inspired by the waters of his native state of Hawaii. The china will immediately be put into service at Tuesday's state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
  
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• Obama Wire: Sneak a Peek at the New White House China Set Created By Michelle Obama

  27-04-2015 18:49
  
  All photos via Apartment Therapy On the heels of debuting a redecorated family dining room at the White House, Michelle Obama has unveiled the brand new Obama state china service, which will be deployed for the first time at the...
  
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• Laverne Cox: Bruce Jenner Told Me the Diane Sawyer Interview "Is Like Another Gold Medal"

  27-04-2015 18:40
  
  Laverne Cox spoke at the White House Correspondents' Dinner about Bruce Jenner's historic interview with Diane Sawyer -- see what she had to say!
  
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• ‘Madam Secretary’ Ratings Fall, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Returns Steady, ‘Secrets & Lies’ Rises, ‘A.D.’ Slips

  27-04-2015 18:17
  
  With an anger translator back-up, President Barack Obama may have had his best White House Correspondents Dinner so far on Saturday but for CBS' freshman political drama this was not a weekend they will want to remember. While Madam Secretary (1.0/3) was the most watched show of Sunday night, the Téa Leoni starring series bombed to the tune of a 29% decline among adults 18-49 from its last original of April 12, which actually ran from 8:16 – 9:16 PM that night due to NCAA…
  
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• Menu for White House’s State Dinner Revealed

  27-04-2015 17:22
  
  The White House is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife at a State Dinner Tuesday evening, and Masaharu Morimoto will be preparing the menu.
  
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• Menu for White House’s State Dinner for Japan Revealed

  27-04-2015 17:22
  
  The White House is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife at a State Dinner Tuesday evening, and Masaharu Morimoto will be preparing the menu.
  
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• Mourners line up for Baltimore man who died in police custody

  27-04-2015 17:17
  
  By Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Mourners lined up on Monday before the funeral of a Baltimore black man who died in police custody, a death that has led to protests in the latest outcry over U.S. law enforcement's treatment of minorities. The long line stretched out of the front door of the New Shiloh Baptist Church for the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. "I am here to show that Freddie's loss of life was not in vain," said Joe Jones, head of the Center for Urban Fa
  
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• Rand Paul defends Obama on drones

  27-04-2015 17:13
  
  Reuters/Joel Page Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). Presidential candidate and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) doesn’t believe you should blame President Barack Obama for the inadvertent death of an American hostage and an Italian hostage of al Qaeda in a US drone strike last January. “I tend to not want to blame the president for the loss of life here. I think he was trying to do the right thing,” Paul said Monday on Fox News. Paul was responding to last week’s revelation that a US counterterro
  
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• Michelle Obama Goes Curly, Idina Menzel Debuts Blonde Hair at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: See the Makeovers!

  27-04-2015 16:30
  
  Michelle Obama debuted a curly hairstyle and Idina Menzel showed off her blonde 'do at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday, April 25, in Washington D.C.; see the photos of the hair makeovers
  
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• Voya Financial Supports Excellence in Education as Presenting Sponsor of 2015 National Teacher of the Year

  27-04-2015 15:34
  
  NEW YORK, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Voya Financial, Inc. (VOYA), celebrates Shanna Peeples, an educator from Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, Texas, who today has been named the 65th National Teacher of the Year. Peeples, along with the 2015 State Teacher of the Year winners, will be recognized by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. This year marks Voya's 11th year supporting the prestigious National Teacher of the Year program, which is
  
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• Joe Scarborough Rips Media for Covering White House Correspondents’ Dinner Instead of Covering Baltimore Riots (Video)

  27-04-2015 15:22
  
  Joe Scarborough took the media to task Monday morning for covering themselves Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when the real story was happening 40 miles down the road. He was talking about race riots in Baltimore surrounding the death of 25-year-old African American Freddie Gray, who within an hour of being taken into police custody on April 12th fell into a coma. “Every news organization decided to stay on what is affectionately called the ‘Nerd Prom’ in Washington,
  
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• The Long Island Medium Has Channeled Her Spiritual Powers Into A Jewelry Line

  27-04-2015 14:37
  The Long Island Medium gives a reading at Yahoo Style. Photography by Ashley Barhamand Long Island medium jewelry Admittedly I don’t watch much television so had never had the good fortune of watching The Long Island Medium’s revelatory TLC show prior to her arrival in the Yahoo offices earlier this month. For those of you who don’t know (of which there seems to be very few save for yours truly), Theresa Caputo is a bit of a force to be reckoned with (in the best sort of way). She arrived
  
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• Russian hackers accessed Obama’s email in ‘worrisome’ White House hit

  27-04-2015 12:50
  
  Last year, hackers hit the unclassified computer network of the White House, accessing in the process the email correspondence between President Obama and some of the people he emails, or used to email frequently, The New York Times reports. Initially, the White House did not disclose this detail, and it’s not clear what kind of sensitive data has been stolen in the processes, but the Times learned the hack has been “more intrusive and worrisome” than publicly acknowledged. DON’T MISS: A
  
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• Sophia Bush 'Devastated' by Death of Ex Dan Fredinburg in Nepal Earthquake

  27-04-2015 12:04
  
  The destructive earthquake in Nepal affected Sophia Bush personally when it was learned that her former boyfriend, 33-year-old Google executive Dan Fredinburg, was killed on Mt. Everest in an avalanche. Upon hearing the devastating news, the 32-year-old actress shared her heartbreak with her 1.5 million Instagram followers on Saturday. "Today I find myself attempting to pick up the pieces of my heart that have broken into such tiny shards, I'll likely never find them all," Bush wr
  
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• White House to unveil Barack Obama state china

  27-04-2015 12:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A hue of blue inspired by the waters of Hawaii is a prominent feature of the Obama state china service being unveiled by the White House.
  
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• White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2015: Michelle Obama Steals The Show In Custom Zac Posen

  27-04-2015 11:03
  
  This was NOT the look we were expecting to see on the US First Lady at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend – but she absolutely stole the show. Michelle Obama channelled her ‘80s disco diva in a silver sparkly bodycon dress and head-turning perm hairstyle at the annual event, attended by journalists, politicians and celebs.
  
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• Russell Wilson Responds to Ciara Dating Rumors

  27-04-2015 08:42
  
  Russell Wilson is ready to admit that there is someone special in his life, but he's remaining tightlipped as to who that special person is. Speaking to ET's Nischelle Turner at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback coyly deflected questions about his supposed relationship with singer Ciara. NEWS: The Best Zingers From Cecily Strong's White House Correspondents' Dinner Speech "There's been a lot of talk about your personal life," Nischelle asked the 26-year-o
  
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• Obama doesn't believe fruits, veggies behind Michelle's glowing skin!

  27-04-2015 08:19
  
  Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): US President Barack Obama took a funny jab at his wife Michelle Obama's glowing skin at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
  
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• US to consider 'radical shift' in hostage policy that will allow families to pay ransom

  27-04-2015 07:21
  
  Washington, April 27 (ANI): A National Counter-terrorism Centre advisory group, ordered by the White House, is set to suggest a key change in The United States' hostage policy that will stop authorities from prosecuting families of Americans who communicate with kidnappers abroad or raise funds to pay ransom. The study was commissioned by the White House and involved interviewing families of hostages, including the parents of journalist James Foley, who was captured and beheaded by the Islamic S
  
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• Read Killer Mike's Dispatches From White House Correspondents' Dinner

  27-04-2015 06:00
  
  Atlanta rapper and one half of Run The Jewels Killer Mike made his White House debut over the weekend -- not as an artist, but as a journalist.
  
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• Let's Discuss Michelle Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner Makeup

  27-04-2015 06:00
  
  The First Lady's makeup artist, Carl Ray, reveals the inspiration for her fresh beauty look.
  
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• Obama to send aide to funeral of arrested Baltimore man

  27-04-2015 03:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the head of President Barack Obama's initiative for young men of color will attend the funeral of a Baltimore man who died after sustaining serious injuries while in police custody.
  
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• Obama sends aide to funeral of arrested Baltimore man

  27-04-2015 02:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the head of President Barack Obama's initiative for young men of color will attend the funeral of a Baltimore man who died after sustaining serious injuries while in police custody.
  
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• 8 Best Instagrams From Vanity Fair’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner After-Party

  27-04-2015 01:43
  
  Once a year, journalists, politicians and Hollywood elite come together to rub shoulders at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, alternately dubbed the “Nerd Prom.” But this year, the guest list had a new addition: social media stars.
  
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• 5 Best Instagrams From Vanity Fair’s White House Correspondents Dinner After-Party

  27-04-2015 01:43
  
  Once a year, journalists, politicians and Hollywood elite come together to rub shoulders at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, alternately dubbed the “Nerd Prom.” But this year, the guest list had a new addition: social media stars.
  
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