by Natalie Escobar | Feb 23, 2016 | Education
Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., greets witnesses before hearing begins. WASHINGTON–Although Congress overturned the No Child Left Behind Act’s unpopular standardized tests, education leaders warned senators Tuesday that the new law will flop unless states are...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 23, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee used a State Department budget hearing Tuesday to grill Secretary of State John Kerry on far more than diplomatic finances. “I think that as former chair of this committee,” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., joked with...
by Julia Jacobs | Feb 23, 2016 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday that the federal government has an “obligation” take Apple to court to force the tech company to allow access to the phone of one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters. Speaking before a gathering of...
by Jacob Meschke | Feb 22, 2016 | Politics
After paying their respects to the tragic death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the members of the Supreme Court turned their attention to the vacancy his departure has left on the bench: the unofficial title of funniest justice. WASHINGTON – Monday’s Supreme Court session...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Feb 22, 2016 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON— The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death leaves uncertainties surrounding government Clean Power Plan in doubt, a former governor said on Monday. Earlier this month in a 5 to 4 vote, the Supreme Court ordered the Obama administration...
by Nicolas Rivero | Feb 22, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Jeb Bush looked reenergized at a rally Thursday evening after a testy appearance the day before in which he joked that he should “stop campaigning maybe.” But those who came to hear him speak in Rock Hill still had the same doubts that have plagued...
by Nicolas Rivero | Feb 22, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – Donald Trump supporters in South Carolina on Friday were unmoved by Pope Francis’s comments the day before that were widely interpreted as a criticism of the Republican front-runner’s Christianity. “A person who thinks only about building walls,...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 22, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON—Low-income communities, which often have the worst pollution problems, are expected to benefit from a federally mandated transition to cleaner energy sources, but only if states choose to make such areas a priority, environmental advocates said Monday....
by Celena Chong | Feb 22, 2016 | Topics
FORT MEADE, Md. – A defense lawyer for the self-proclaimed architect of 9/11 Monday urged a military judge to allow testimony by an additional witness testify who will say that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others accused in the terror attacks were subjected to...
by Alex Duner | Feb 22, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Police departments need to do a better job of emphasizing community-focused policing and also make better use of technology, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Monday. Lanier says she has brought reforms in Washington, a city that was once...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 22, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Reducing carbon emissions to maintain a global temperature rise of less than two degrees will require greater reliance on nuclear energy, but the cost of nuclear power his risen while alternatives have become cheaper, making it an unlikely solution,...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 22, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Health research on women veterans needs to focus much more on gender-based disparities in care that often lead to women getting a lower quality of care than men, the head of a Department of Veterans Affairs program on women’s health said Monday. Research...
