Carlos Barria / ReutersWhat We’re Following: Obama Reflects on 2015 President Obama convened reporters at the White House for his annual end-of-the-year press conference on Friday. During the question-and-answer session, he expressed hope about sentencing reform for the upcoming year, defended his strategy to defeat ISIS, praised the bipartisan spending deal in Congress, and said he was optimistic overall for 2016. He also shared his most immediate priority as he exited the briefing room, telling reporters, “I have to get to Star Wars.” Austerity No More: In a series of overwhelmingly bipartisan votes on Friday, the House and Senate gave …read more
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