| California shooter's spouse visa approved despite questions, lawmaker says Posted: 19 Dec 2015 11:28 AM PST  United States immigration officials failed to obtain required proof from San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik that she had met her U.S. citizen fiancé in person, but granted her a spousal visa anyway, a Republican congressman said on Saturday. The new questions over the granting of the visa to Malik, raised by Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, suggest she was the beneficiary of a lapsed government vetting process now under intense scrutiny after the Dec. 2 attack that killed 14 people at a holiday party in the Southern California city. "In order to obtain a fiancée visa, it is required to demonstrate proof that the U.S. citizen and foreign national have met in person.
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| Air strike that killed Iraqi soldiers appears to have been by U.S. plane: Carter Posted: 19 Dec 2015 08:30 AM PST  By Yeganeh Torbati ON BOARD THE USS KEARSARGE (Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft appears to have mistakenly carried out an air strike that killed Iraqi security forces near the city of Fallujah, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday. The Iraqi Minister of Defence Khaled al-Obeidi said earlier that nine soldiers died in the strike on Friday. The U.S. military is leading an international coalition that is waging an air offensive on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, where the militant group control large swaths of territory.
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| Obama sends message of tolerance after meeting in San Bernardino Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met with the families of most of the San Bernardino shooting victims on Friday for nearly three hours, and said he was moved by their emphasis on tolerance following the Dec. 2 attacks. Obama said the families are representative of the strength, unity and love he sees in the San Bernardino community and across the United States. (Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Ed Davies)
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| Sanders resolves dispute with DNC, regains access to voter files Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:43 PM PST  By Megan Cassella and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders regained access to crucial voter files on Friday after taking the Democratic National Committee to court and accusing party leaders of trying to undermine his White House bid and help rival Hillary Clinton. The DNC had blocked access to the voter data after a Sanders campaign staffer improperly accessed Clinton's voter files, prompting charges of theft from the Clinton campaign and setting off a bitter political fight in what had been a relatively peaceful Democratic nominating race.
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| Sanders campaign says DNC to restore data access Saturday morning Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:02 PM PST  The Democratic National Committee has agreed to restore voter data access to the presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, potentially averting a court battle over data the DNC says the Sanders camp accessed improperly. Access to the crucial data - which political campaigns rely on extensively for targeting voters - will be returned on Saturday morning, Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs told Reuters. The DNC cut off the campaign's access to the information after it said the Sanders camp improperly accessed data belonging to Hillary Clinton, the front runner for the party's nomination to the November 2016 contest.
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| California governor declares emergency in response to San Bernardino attack Posted: 18 Dec 2015 06:54 PM PST  California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County, following the massacre by an Islamic State-inspired couple at a holiday party for county workers. Because the 14 people killed and 26 wounded in the terrorist attack were largely employees in the county's environmental health department, the massacre left San Bernardino County with too few health inspectors and others needed to carry out critical work, Brown said in his emergency proclamation. The Dec. 2 attack was carried out by a county restaurant inspector, Syed Rizwan Farook, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, at the offices of the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, where environment health department employees had gathered for a meeting and holiday party.
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| Obama says he’ll give Congress last chance on Guantánamo Posted: 18 Dec 2015 03:46 PM PST  The president acknowledges that shutting down the prison for suspected terrorists will "be an uphill battle."
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| Clinton campaign: Data was 'stolen' by Sanders campaign Posted: 18 Dec 2015 03:30 PM PST  Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign filed a lawsuit against the Democratic Party on Friday after it was temporarily barred from accessing a trove of information about potential voters as a punishment for improperly accessing data compiled by the campaign of rival Hillary Clinton.
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| Obama signs $1.1 trillion budget compromise Posted: 18 Dec 2015 02:24 PM PST  President Barack Obama has signed a $1.1 trillion measure that will boost spending for defense and non-defense programs over the coming year. Republican leaders and the White House have said they feel ...
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| Tips coming in for Texas affluenza teen who may have left country: sheriff Posted: 18 Dec 2015 02:08 PM PST  Numerous tips have been reported on the possible whereabouts of a Texas teen from a wealthy family suspected of violating a probation deal that kept him out of prison for killing four people in a drunken-driving crash, a sheriff said on Friday. The U.S. Marshals Service has joined Texas officials in the hunt for Ethan Couch, 18, who has a warrant out for his arrest and was placed on Tarrant County's most-wanted list. Law enforcement was checking on reports that Couch may have left the state or even the country after going missing earlier this month, shortly after a video came out showing him at a beer-pong party, in likely violation of his probation.
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