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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015 — HONOLULU (AP) — Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won't be afraid to use it. — Since taking office in 2009, Obama has only vetoed legislation twice, both in fairly minor circumstances.
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Transcript: President Obama's Full NPR Interview — NPR's wide-ranging interview with President Obama covers recent executive actions on Cuba and immigration, race relations in the U.S., health care, the midterm elections and extending democracy in the Middle East.
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Politics:
Five Ways Obama Can Mess with Republicans in 2015 — President Barack Obama knows how to get under Republicans' skin (in so many ways, but in this case we're talking about going around Congress to get things done), and he ended 2014 with a bang: A climate deal with China. Executive action on immigration.
James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
Editor's Note: Executive Dysfunction — It's happened by this point in every modern two-term presidency: If we weren't sick of the guy to start with, we certainly are by now. What once seemed like roguish charm, or bracing surety, or nuanced intelligence, has curdled into self-indulgence, or arrogance, or passivity.
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Is the Most Powerful Conservative in America Losing His Edge? — Erick Erickson built his career on stoking populist rage. But now the man who steers the Tea Party says conservative anger has grown toxic and self-defeating. — Photos by Audra Melton
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Extend Run as Most Admired — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans continue to name Hillary Clinton as the woman living anywhere in the world whom they admire most, and name Barack Obama as the man they admire most.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Obama Recovery — Suppose that for some reason you decided to start hitting yourself in the head, repeatedly, with a baseball bat. You'd feel pretty bad. Correspondingly, you'd probably feel a lot better if and when you finally stopped. What would that improvement in your condition tell you?
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
10 senators who could lose reelection in 2016 — Senate Republicans will have to work hard to retain their recently won majority as they face a tough 2016 electoral map. — They have 24 seats up compared to Democrats' 10, including seven in states President Obama carried twice.
Emily Ngo / Newsday:
Rudy Giuliani criticizes de Blasio on talk shows; NYPD's Bratton denounces cops' mayoral snub … Complete coverage: 2 NYPD cops fatally shot … New York — NYPD's Ramos remembered at wake
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Bush surges to 2016 GOP frontrunner — Washington (CNN) — Jeb Bush is the clear Republican presidential frontrunner, surging to the front of the potential GOP pack following his announcement that he's “actively exploring” a bid, a new CNN/ORC poll found.
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Los Angeles Times:
Gunmen fire on LAPD patrol car in South L.A., prompting tactical alert — Two suspects fired on a police patrol car with a rifle in South Los Angeles late Sunday night, prompting a citywide tactical alert that resulted in the arrest of one suspect and a massive manhunt for the second individual, authorities said.
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Paul Carsten / Reuters:
Gmail blocked in China — (Reuters) - Google Inc's Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world's biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. — Large numbers of Gmail web addresses were cut off in China on Friday …
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