by Jessica Floum | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — There are days when Navy veteran Brian Lewis is in too much pain to get out of bed. Since he moved to the outskirts of Saint Paul, Minn. three months ago, he’s been trying to get a medication consultation at the local veterans hospital. Lewis, a former...
by Jessica Floum | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Mike King can’t come to terms with the fact that his Social Security number was stolen. The University of Maryland senior first heard about the data breach when he received a tip for The Diamondback, the student newspaper where he’s the...
by Jessica Floum | Mar 17, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama plans to leave for China with her daughters and her mother Wednesday with hopes of advancing the relationship between the United States and China and promoting education. Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, is expected to...
by Jessica Floum | Mar 11, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan Tuesday denied allegations that his agency tampered with the network of senators investigating the CIA’s controversial detention and interrogation program even as Sen. Dianne Feinstein sharpened her accusations, accusing...
by Jessica Floum | Mar 5, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey Wednesday supported the Obama administration’s diplomatic approach to de-escalation in Ukraine during unremitting questioning on Capitol Hill. “This is a time for wise and steady...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON– The tallest lighthouse in the world sits atop a mountain in Mazatlan– a resort town in Sinaloa, Mexico, built around culture, tourism and tuna fishing. This is where Virginia Olalde Lopez-Gavito grew up. Lopez-Gavito, 22, has since represented her country...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 19, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Successful implementation of the Obama administration’s framework to reduce cyber threats relies on companies’ willingness to adopt the guidelines and spend money beefing up cyberdefenses, a panel of industry and government experts said Wednesday. “The...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 12, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The world is waiting for the United States to ratify treaties to that would close global ports to illegal fishing vessels, witnesses told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday. Illegal fishing– using illegal gear, failing to report catch...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 10, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Crude oil production in the United States is on the rise, consumption is decreasing and future prices of both crude and price-at-the-pump remain uncertain, experts said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies panel Monday. Crude oil supply...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 6, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON — Financial regulators are struggling in the face of a changing environment – sophisticated cyber threats and inadequate safeguards prescribed by the Dodd-Frank Act, witnesses said at a Senate hearing Thursday. “The banking industry has existing...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that cyber-attacks are a constant threat that won’t go away, and asked leaders of Target and Neiman Marcus to help find solutions to better guard consumers’ online information. “I think...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 31, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON–Sen. Barbara Boxer upbraided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday over delays in increasing security against terrorist threats, refusing to hand over documents that Boxer and Republican David Vitter of Louisiana had requested and a lack of...
