The Hill Articles: December 22, 2014

GOP probe finds ‘culture of bias’ at IRS Carper: Senate needs to act on postal nominees Billion-dollar ISIS fight gets inspector general India’s policies boxing out US companies Watchdog: Secret Service refused to hand over cybersecurity data Judge strikes down wage rule for home health workers WH science adviser: Obama is a ‘science geek’ HHS proposes changes to O-Care benefit summaries South Korean nuclear plant hacked Report: Elmendorf out as CBO director NYC mayor, police signal truce Senator: Obama’s Gitmo argument is ‘ridiculous’ Dem senator: State should double efforts to bring journalist home ICANN’s number is up FWS to analyze sage grouse regardless of funding Lawmaker: GOP can find immigration compromise FCC pauses shot clock on Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger O-Care premiums stable nationwide Gruber comes to the Supreme Court Oversight wants briefing on WH fence Dem asks Sony to show ‘The Interview’ at Capitol Former administration official: Keystone ‘will eventually be built’ Make 911 calls trackable Wis. Dem to ask for DOJ probe of Milwaukee case GOP’s Grimm to plead guilty US fight against ISIS costs $1B and counting Bergdahl could face court-martial National Guard’s advocate presses for representation on panel White House greenlights federal disaster funding for Buffalo snowstorm Poll: Nonwhites more likely to see police bias Sen. Rockefeller blasts CIA on accountability Supreme Court to hear ObamaCare subsidy challenge in March CBO: No clear evidence that VA healthcare saves money over private providers Inhofe: Gitmo release will ’embolden terrorists’ FAA, industry to holiday drone users: ‘Know before you fly’ North Korea’s Internet suffers outages Troops given 1 percent pay raise Judiciary chairman calls for action to stop synthetic drug use Google removes quarter-million Web links New York mayor: ‘Put aside’ protests CDC: End to Ebola not yet in sight Joint Chiefs warn: ‘We can’t do more with less’ Hedging Russia Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill Is China hacking Afghan government sites? No charges for officer who shot man 14 times Finger-pointing in NYC Dem marks 100th anniversary of ‘Christmas truce’ Deputy AG: Brooklyn shootings should not stop scrutiny of police misdeeds NY Times calls for prosecuting Cheney ‘Sheriff Joe’ challenges Obama in court ‘The Interview’ grabs near perfect IMDb rating Visa waiver program is critical to national security DOD’s ex-comptroller predicts big Pentagon budget request Obama taps Atlanta prosecutor for DOJ Congress ready, willing and ABLE WH photographer asked CIA to declassify Situation Room document Court rejects North Carolina’s abortion ultrasound rule Home sales take a dip in November Beermakers face new label requirements AAA: Falling gas prices break record Ebola death toll hits 7.3K Baldwin blasts delay of financial protection rule Israel’s historic election Hunting Orion Top Intel Democrat: ‘Don’t attack the United States of America’ Obama eyes remaining Guantánamo detainees for transfers Poll: Jobs outlook back to pre-recession levels House Intel Dem: Cyberattack is ‘warfare of the future’ Dem: Cops should focus on gun control NYC police chief: Tensions like ’70s Why is the administration doubling down on family detention? NLRB: Faculty at religious universities have right to unionize Lawmakers ask DHS to change racial profiling policy Post-9/11 military costs hit $1.6 trillion Airport considering dropping comedian namesake State attorney general calls ‘time out’ on Google feud New regs for Tuesday: Beer, seafood, government airplanes Saudi Arabia oil minister confident prices will rebound Rep. King: Obama wrong on ‘endemic racism’ Rolling Stone and journalism by meme Lessons for future women candidates from Warren v. Clinton Staples breach exposed 1.16 million payment cards Obama weighs sanctions against North Korea Rick Perry heading back to Iowa Work-related deaths at US coal mines near record low Cuba ‘normalization’: Euphoria meets reality Senate Dems demand net neutrality protections Obama’s job approval plummets among US service members China condemns cyberattacks, but won’t blame North Korea Boehner names aide press secretary Coal use is soaring — that’s good news Front-runner for Clinton campaign manager job bows out On immigration, Obama beat Beltway GOP, but fight is far from over The CIA responds to Feinstein In cromnibus, a penny saved, but sensible policies lost US net neutrality campaign enables foreign governments’ Internet control Juan Williams: Congress shows rare compassion on disabled Ready for Joe?