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...
by Geordan Tilley | Feb 9, 2016 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Mothers from Michigan and Missouri decried what they see as a lack of empathy from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to environmental crises in their communities. Citizens in Flint, Michigan have experienced serious health consequences...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, Living
Chipotle closed all of its stores nationwide Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a mandatory employee food safety meeting. The chain is responding to health issues from the summer and is working to implement new safety protocols. See how consumers reacted when they...
by Julia Jacobs | Feb 8, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will not send American ground forces to fight the Islamic State in Syria despite Saudi Arabia’s announcement last week that it would contribute troops if the U.S.-led coalition should instigate a ground fight, State Department spokesman John...
by Shane McKeon | Feb 8, 2016 | Politics
Ben and Jerry are in New Hampshire today, but they’re not selling ice cream. They’re pitching a 74-year-old candidate for president – their old pal Bernie Sanders. In a recent interview, they recalled Sanders’ first election victory – a sqeaker. “I remember...
by Alex Duner and Ethan Cohen | Feb 8, 2016 | Politics, Topics
MILLSFIELD, N.H. — Most motorists driving north on Route 26 in New Hampshire would roll through Millsfield without realizing it. The unincorporated township doesn’t have a stoplight, let alone a post office or grocery store. It has a single restaurant, a small beef...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Feb 8, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 8 — The U.S. Department of Education on Monday announced the creation of an enforcement unit to investigate the growing number of allegations of student aid fraud and deceptive recruitment tactics by colleges and universities, particularly...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 8, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Iraqi Kurdistan must receive emergency funding from its allies to take back the city of Mosul and defeat and destroy ISIS, the territory’s top foreign relations adviser said. Hemin Hawrami, head of the Kurdish Democratic Party’s foreign relations office,...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 8, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The U.S. could lose its position as a global leader in nuclear energy if it continues to close plants and fails to open new ones, leaders of a nuclear advisory committee said on Monday. The United States operates 99 reactors at 61 commercial nuclear...
