WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama vowed Friday to veto a financial overhaul bill that doesn’t regulate the eclectic derivatives market, even as Senate Republicans lined up en masse against it.

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The White House has announced that President Obama will meet net week with Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to discuss the replacement of Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The White House wants the names of prisoners who unsuccessfully sought a pardon from President Bush to be kept under wraps.

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Citing frustration with Senate lawmakers for failing to approve his nominees, President Barack Obama made recess appointments to 15 administration posts Saturday, including controversial National Labor Relations Board nominee Craig Becker.

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