WASHINGTON NEWS GIVES US ALPHABET SOUP OVERLOAD: NETANYAHU, PETRAEUS, DHS, DOJ There's so much news out of Washington today we're just going to spell it out for you in alphabetical order, starting with Bibi. The problem isn't that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama don't get along, although they don't. The problem spotlighted in Netanyahu's raucous speech at the Capitol today is that the two leaders fundamentally disagree on whether an emerging nuclear deal with Iran would make the world safer or more dangerous. More on that extraordinary speech here. On to D, for David Petraeusand his sex, lies and little black books. The ex-CIA chief reached a plea deal with the Justice Department, concluding a years-long investigation. The explosive details in the agreement show that Petraeus lied to investigators and divulged a massive amount of sensitive data to his mistress Paula Broadwell. Also today, Congress ended its seven-week impasse on funding the Department of Homeland Security as the House voted to pass a $40 billion spending bill that doesn't derail Obama's immigration programs. Yay for no shutdown. Also at the DOJ, a review found that police in Ferguson, Missouri, engaged in racially biased policing. (Full report could be out tomorrow.) Are you keeping track? We're finally at H, which brings us to Hillary ...
IT'S A BIG DEAL THAT HILLARY CLINTON USED A PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS WHILE RUNNING THE STATE DEPARTMENT Looking ahead to 2016, it's widely expected that Hillary Rodham Clinton will join the ranks of presidential hopefuls. We thought we'd be talking about things like ... national security, health care, the economy. E-mails, not so much, but the topic is front and center after The New York Times reported Clintonused a personal account for all her e-mail while serving as secretary of State. What's the big deal? It means all her e-mails may not have been automatically archived as government documents. (Clinton's spokesman, Nick Merrill, said thousands of her e-mails have been .) Merrill said "the letter and spirit of the rules" allowed for personal e-mail use provided "appropriate records were preserved." White House press secretary Josh Earnest said, "The policy as a general matter allows individuals to use their personal e-mail address as long as those e-mails are maintained and sent to the State Department." Still, questions abound. We've got answers for you here.
SHE BARED HER BREASTS TO MAKE A POINT, AND NOW SHE'S BARRED FROM SCHOOL Victoria Bolton is an actress and a high school computer aide. She appears in a film that's part of a national movement to allow women to shed their tops in public, and now her school district employer is telling her to keep her girls covered or she could be out of a job. For ladies, going bare-chested remains illegal in most states. (It's not illegal in New York, where the film was shot and where Bolton works.) Bolton is one of the film's two dozen "topless warriors." In the film called Free the Nipple (more on the celebs backing the movement here and here and at this not totally safe for work hashtag #FreeTheNipple ), women wearing ski masks remove their shirts and stand proudly at various Manhattan locations. School officials were concerned with Bolton's Facebook page, which last week allowed the public to see her picture next to a poster of the film, with the nipples covered by an "X." For now, she's doing what the school district asked and limiting access to her Facebook posts, but she was reassigned anyway. "I support equal rights for women. I'm not ashamed of it," she said. The school was trying to shame her, Bolton said. Maybe the officials didn't get the point of the film, but it seems like they're making it for her.
EDWARD SNOWDEN WANTS TO COME HOME Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden is willing to return to the U.S. — if he's guaranteed a fair trial. Snowden was a contractor when he leaked details of U.S. surveillance programs to The Guardianand The Washington Post . The first reports were published in June 2013, setting off a global firestorm. Snowden hid in Hong Kong and then eventually fled to Moscow. His lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder promised he wouldn't face capital punishment if he returns. If you're fascinated by this chapter in our history (as you should be), check out the Snowden documentary Citizenfour, which just won an Oscar, and our first look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden in Oliver Stone's upcoming biopic.
TINDER DECIDES THAT IF YOU'RE OVER 30, YOU'RE OLD AND CAN PAY MORE FOR TINDER PLUS You know about Tinder, right? If you're single and on the prowl, you definitely do. If you are neither or have never heard of it, here's a quick 101about the mobile dating app: You dismiss a potential match with the swipe to the left, or approve with a swipe to the right. Each snap judgment is kept anonymous until a mutual match is made. Thrilling, right? Well, if you're in your golden 30s, get ready to pony up for Tinder's newest service, Tinder Plus. There are two biggies that make the paid app different. One lets users change the location to match with people across the world. Another lets you take back your last swipe, meaning if that guy or girl was cute on second thought, you can bring him or her back. It can cost $19.99 a month for users older than 30 and $9.99 for the youngsters, though TechCrunch reports the service has a variable pricing model. So is it worth it? Well, if it means finding love — or finding someone to send us messages as ridiculously bad as the ones in the video below — we swipe right.
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| Compiled by Cara Richardson and Alia E. Dastagir. Contributing: Susan Page, Kevin Johnson, Tom Vanden Brook, Susan Davis, Erin Kelly, John Bacon, USA TODAY; David McKay Wilson, The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News; Caitlyn Finnegan, Special for USA TODAY; Jessica Durando, USA TODAY Network |
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