by David Gernon | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, and the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the Cuban government’s goal to revitalize its private sector with strong foreign-direct investment may have moved a bit further out of...
by David Fishman | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The outgoing homeland security secretary, Jeh Johnson, all but endorsed a possible successor Wednesday, speaking on a panel about future threats to the nation. “I don’t know anybody who is stronger on border security in Congress,” Johnson said about...
by Ross Krasner | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that the fight for a higher minimum wage should shift to state and local governments while Republicans control both chambers of Congress. Her remarks came during a conference call with reporters following release...
by Jason Mast | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Little over two weeks after president-elect Donald Trump declared he would deport an unprecedented number of immigrants, the Supreme Court Wednesday hears oral arguments in a case that could limit the federal government’s ability to detain...
by Kelly Norris | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would provide more federal money for medical research, would boost funding for the National Institutes of Health and speed the approval process at the Food and Drug...
by Darby Hopper | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Celebrating with cookies, crafts and the Obama dogs, first lady Michelle Obama hosted military families for seasonal festivities Tuesday — the last of the Obama family’s holiday seasons in the White House. Obama offered her thanks to not...
by Michelle Kim | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON- Secretary of State John Kerry defended Tuesday Obama administration’s foreign policy initiatives that he fears could be undermined by Donald Trump. The President-elect campaigned partly on reworking international security and trade agreements. The debate...
by Evelyn Wang | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – California’s political past could provide a peek into the nation’s political future, experts, politicians and journalists said on Tuesday, and could give a morale boost to Democrats smarting after Hillary Clinton’s loss on Nov. 8. Speaking at a political...
by Marissa Page | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center recorded more than 860 bias-related incidents nationwide in the 10 days following the presidential election, according to a report released Tuesday by the legal advocacy group. The SPLC, an organization which...
by David Gernon | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy declined to echo President-elect Donald Trump’s false claims over the weekend that “millions” of fraudulent votes on Nov. 8 cost him the popular vote. Trump came under fire over the weekend for tweeting – without...
by Kelly Norris | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At least two Supreme Court justices seemed sympathetic Tuesday to arguments on behalf of a death row inmate in Texas who claims to be intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty. Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor were...
by Lauren Bally | Nov 28, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Americans’ foreign policy focus is preventing another 9/11 and President-elect Donald Trump is likely to renew some old alliances as part of his foreign policy efforts, according to some foreign policy experts speaking Monday at the Center for Strategic...
