by Erin Bacon | Feb 10, 2016 | Health & Science, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Better police training and specialized criminal justice procedures could cut down on the disproportionately high numbers of mentally ill people who wind up in the nation’s courts and jails, several criminal justice experts told a Senate committee...
by Celena Chong | Feb 10, 2016 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — An agricultural coalition is urging Congress to promote free trade with Cuba by lifting the 55-year-old trade embargo by the end of this year. President Barack Obama has already lifted the ban on travel to Cuba, made licenses to export commodities...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 10, 2016 | Living, National Security
WASHINGTON– The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would require anyone employed by the Defense Department to report cases of suspected child abuse on military installations to state child protective service agencies in addition to reporting such suspected...
by Jacob Meschke | Feb 9, 2016 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon wants to more than triple spending in Eastern Europe in the next fiscal year to contain the emerging threat of Russian aggression and protect its allies, top Defense Department officials said Tuesday in releasing the proposed $582.7...
by Nicolas Rivero | Feb 9, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s proposed 2017 budget would reduce NASA spending nearly $300 million from 2016 – but those cuts face staunch opposition from a space-friendly Congress. The $19 billion NASA budget, which the White House released Tuesday, included...
by Alex Duner | Feb 9, 2016 | Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Walking the snowy streets of Manchester, New Hampshire, Ryan McKnight is part of the quadrennial ritual of knocking on doors to convince primary voters to support a candidate, in this case Republican Ted Cruz. But McKnight represents a new breed of...
by Tyler Kendall | Feb 9, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON- Cary James spent four years getting a degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University. But after a few years of working in her field, she quit and became an electrician apprentice. The Obama administration Tuesday proposed a $2 billion...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 9, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON– A proposal in Congress that would set aside some federal lands for hunting, fishing and shooting pits the notion of giving states more autonomy over their fish and wildlife populations against animal and habitat conservation, and the head of a key...
by Isabella Gutierrez | Feb 9, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama, in his 2017 budget, has proposed a 21 percent increase in clean energy funding as the next step toward a goal of doubling the federal investment by 2021. The president’s budget, released Tuesday, includes $5.85 billion in...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 9, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The House prepared to vote on legislation Tuesday that would require service members, Defense contractors and civilian employees to report cases of suspected child abuse on military installations to child protective service agencies — in addition...
by Shane McKeon | Feb 9, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A former Defense Department official who focused on North Korea for more than 30 years said Tuesday that reforms within the totalitarian state will remain challenging until the totalitarian nation’s internal power system changes. Robert Collins, now a...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Feb 9, 2016 | Business
WASHINGTON – More than 200 federal employees from as far away as California rallied on Capitol Hill on a rainy Tuesday to demand that Congress raise wages for federal workers by 5.3 percent, well above the pay hike proposed by President Barack Obama in his 2017...
