The Hill Articles: April 9, 2015

April 9
Guard shot and killed at US Census Bureau Victims of Iran hostage crisis demand compensation in nuclear deal Facebook claims ‘a bug’ made it track nonusers Senators want probe into abuse of visa program Video shows traffic stop prior to Walter Scott shooting 40 years after Vietnam Norquist, Dems team up on marijuana bill Obama, Raúl Castro get ready for historic meeting Norton calls for DOJ grants for policing task force Visiting Jamaica, Obama rejects legal pot Planned Parenthood ads hit GOP over delayed anti-trafficking bill Pence cancels NRA speech Calif. utility fined $1.6B over 2010 explosion American Ebola patient discharged from NIH Pro-regulation groups hopeful about Schumer Don’t bet the planet on carbon taxes WATCH: The Iran nuke deal explained Credit card fraudster who helped Russia gets 150 months in prison FCC reviews Verizon use of tracking ‘supercookie’ Chafee hits Hillary on donations, Iraq vote Biden puts a baby pacifier in his mouth Engaging moderate Islamic states critical to defeating radicalization Watchdog: IRS takes months to resolve identity-theft cases Bachmann: Obama’s foreign policy ‘virtually guarantees’ World War III WATCH: Rand Paul’s short temper Obama official: ‘Fast-track’ bill coming next week ‘IP czar’ looking to curb theft of trade secrets Union joins protest over foreign airline subsidies Obama pledges effort to fight energy cost in Caribbean Tokenization: the answer to retail data breaches? Iran’s supreme leader takes hard line on sanctions Donna Edwards won’t take Wall Street money in Maryland Senate bid Paul, Graham featured at anti-abortion summit The undiplomatic diplomat Dem senator: ‘Zero chance’ Iran bill would derail talks ObamaCare sign-up group cuts staff as mission shifts Microsoft: Feds are ‘rewriting’ the law to obtain emails overseas Ryan: Scott Walker has ‘really good chance’ to win GOP nomination Graham reverses course on interim Iran deal Lawmakers challenge DOJ on medical marijuana House eyes possible early plans to renew Patriot Act ‘Draft Biden’ movement imagines vice president in Corvette Hot water issue in the California drought discussion Data breaches rock Auburn, UC Riverside Obama drug czar joins McConnell at event to fight abuse ‘The enemy is radical Islam,’ Rand Paul says White House adds gender-neutral bathroom to office building DC Metro to return to automatic train operations Expert: Drug pumps vulnerable to dangerous online tampering Study: Possible link between fracking and increased radon Budget chairmen are back at work Savannah Guthrie, Rand Paul and Vladimir Putin Our bias against unprecedented trade violations Lincoln Chafee exploring 2016 run Appropriations bills to dominate House agenda Santorum forms account to test ’16 waters Review of Cuba’s terror listing complete Wall Street watchdog weighs new cyber rules Louisiana considering gas tax hike Boehner: Obama should condemn assault on Cuban activist Warren: Boston bomber should ‘die in prison’ Glimmer of hope in reducing prescription drug abuse New regs for Friday: Endangered species and travel benefits for same-sex spouses Reid names new top aide as David Krone departs CDC: More illnesses linked to Blue Bell ice cream product FBI: Wisconsin man tried to join ISIS Feds clear American, US Airways to operate as one airline GOP chairman: VA faces ‘enormous challenges’ one year after scandal Iran’s supreme leader: US ‘lying’ about deal Huckabee welcomes Paul to ‘the big leagues’ Can software last for a century? Report: Clinton changed stance on trade deal after donations to foundation Hackers reveal Kremlin official’s text messages Iran’s supreme leader: US will fail in Yemen Bill Gates’ big fear Man unwittingly attends Obama roundtable Warren: ‘Vigorous’ Dem primary needed Federal contract workers file complaint to Labor Dept. over low wages Liberal group accuses Schumer of trying to start a war with Iran Poll: Majority oppose faith exemption for businesses Obama could face disastrous summit due to Venezuela sanctions How the Senate can fix the House’s broken Medicare bill Two states move on new abortion restriction Nearly one-quarter of America’s teenagers are almost always online Hillary Clinton slips in swing states Sabra recalling hummus over contamination fears Transit agencies rally for highway bill Officials take down international botnet Striving for a collective purpose in veterans’ services Witness contradicts police report in Walter Scott shooting Pro-ISIS hackers take down French TV network California sets emergency water rules for appliances Ben Carson: More emphasis needed on Christians’ rights Smart on Juvenile Justice A ‘humbled’ Rahm Emanuel? Probably not Clinton calls SC shooting ‘heartbreaking’ Republicans’ diversity twilight zone The problem with labels Dishonesty in politics and the 2016 race Iran Whip List: Dems on the fence Left rallies to protect Obama on Iranian nuclear deal Medicare program gets harder to cut Fiorina: Abolish Wall Street reform law The Defense department’s insubordination on closing Guantánamo ‘House of Cards’ policymaking Obama officials ramp up trade pressure with 50-state report