The Hill Articles: December 5, 2014

Clinton backs Obama on Israel negotiations Feds: Cyber thieves used Tor privacy software to commit bank fraud Judge faults Cablevision’s Dolan in labor dispute Feds charge Navy engineer with trying to share classified docs Ron Paul: ‘Pretty obvious’ Rand preparing for presidential run Obama huddles with governors from both parties HHS asks GOP: Keep us away from Gruber Kerry said to pressure Senate over CIA ‘torture report’ NAFCU calls for security standards after breach at Bebe stores Next week’s hearings: Voter ‘stupidity,’ Benghazi Last vestige of American imperialism Anti-Keystone group sends pens to Obama to reject pipeline The new entrepreneurs Holmes Norton to appear in ‘The Nutcracker’ FCC charges TV station in airing paid ads as ‘special news reports’ Poll: Majority satisfied with healthcare costs Burger King expects merger complete next week How America’s pro-choice majority can lead in 2015 Rockefeller under fire for blocking FOIA bill Gay rights advocate: Republicans on the ‘wrong side of history’ Senate panel to hear from Liberian president Policy groups: Surgeon general vote expected next week House to hold drone hearing Are Slinkys patentable? Mothers of slain children to press feds for police reforms House bill would ban feds from weakening digital security No exceptions for racial profiling Obama’s law professor blasts EPA climate rule British court rules mass surveillance efforts legal Meat lobby to vegeterians: You’ll be back Jimmy Carter, Elizabeth Warren in Grammy Award showdown Congress gives Revolutionary War vet honorary citizenship WH mum on possible Israel sanctions “Year of Ebola” highlights need to invest in preventive health Sen. Kaine: Eliminating sequester ‘unrealistic’ DOT secretary against longer hours for truck drivers Rolling Stone apologizes over UVA rape story White House ‘waiting to see details’ on government-funding bill Colorado’s Brown’s Canyon is best left alone Millennials take over Capitol Hill The Kurds show the way Fix the law enforcement equipment tranfer program Prince William to visit White House Study to create women’s history museum tucked into defense bill Ex-Obama aide Love to write book Oil lobby CEO: Price tumble makes it perfect time to lift crude oil ban Still time to avoid collateral damage in U.S.-China solar trade dispute 22 people had to approve Romney tweets GOP poll: Cassidy holds big lead over Landrieu Pelosi warns GOP not to take Dem budget votes for granted Will Guantánamo close on Carter’s watch? Bush: Jeb would beat ‘sister-in-law’ Hillary Throwing good money after bad in Iraq Obama hails strong jobs report If not Jeb, then Mitt Fifty million life-years saved through medical innovation Reid: Congress should move beyond ‘cliffhanger fights’ Democrats angry Landrieu left out to dry in Louisiana runoff Probe finds no evidence of Christie involvement in ‘Bridgegate’ Steyer group raises $68M Ebola czar hoping for ‘large chunk’ of White House funding request Reforming our broken international tax system is smart economic policy Hagel skips White House ceremony Obama nominates new DOD chief Survey: Small-business owners’ optimism highest since 2008 Jenna Bush Hager: My husband and I had first kiss on WH roof Hydraulic fracturing and the myth of a regulatory gap Christie’s ode to Keystone may have just helped greens GOP: 300K jobs a month ‘should be the norm’ Leon Wieseltier and the ‘back of the book’ Does Obama’s immigration action undermine the Convention against Torture? Calif. Republicans ask appropriators to keep high-speed rail funding out of bill New regs for Monday: Smoking, nuclear power plants, aluminum emissions Obama joins ‘Colbert Report’ DC farewell Key House Dem plots cyber strategy George W. Bush: Garner decision ‘hard to understand’ Unlocking the secrets of the 2014—and 2016—elections WATCH: Hannity, Norton clash over Ferguson evidence SSA to streamline Social Security Card application process Canada bird flu deemed ‘highly pathogenic’ Higher education reform can be bipartisan Transportation sector gains 16,700 jobs in November Orion blasts off — ‘Day one of the Mars era’ Conservatives urge states to ‘fiercely resist’ EPA’s climate rule Gillibrand: Treasury pick gets ‘very clear’ criticism Bill would ban Social Security for immigrants affected by executive action Let’s end ObamaCare’s Medicare home health cut India says its carbon emissions will keep rising Economy adds 321,000 jobs Deportations drop to new low for Obama Ferguson: Visibility and invisibility in Obama time Oversight needed on new VA law The US human rights record on repeat Patent reform — Not too fast Obama should deliver on gun control promise Obama to announce Defense pick Friday Reid faces challenges as Senate Dems transition to minority Black lawmakers want Brown, Garner families invited to State of the Union How ‘I can’t breathe’ resonates around the world Greens chide industry, boast 3M comments defending climate rule