by Sophia Bollag | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama appeared in a video on the comedy website Funny or Die to plug his health care law last week, some pundits were quick to criticize. “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade said on his Fox News show that the president’s strategy...
by Preetisha Sen | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Jeff Kahn walked into yet another meeting with a bank that had agreed to meet with him. He sat down with the bank manager and explain everything about his business: a health clinic that treats patients with marijuana. Under laws in the District of...
by Sylvan Lane | Mar 16, 2014 | Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON—Habtom Haile nervously tugs at the collar of his sweatshirts as he stares off into the distance. The 29-year-old refugee reflects on his lonely journey to the United States from Eritrea, a former colony on the horn of Africa locked in a long-running...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 14, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – The skyrocketing cost of higher education is front and center with most parents and prospective college students, but a more arcane issue, the integrity of the accreditation process, is also presenting challenges for policymakers. Accreditation is the...
by Sara Olstad | Mar 13, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Pedro Hernandez-Ramirez came to the U.S. from Mexico illegally more than 10 years ago, eventually settling in Elyria, Ohio, marrying an American citizen and helping raise his four kids, including stepson Juan, who has severe cerebral palsy. In 2013,...
by Sylvan Lane | Mar 12, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON—A group of House Republicans said they’re eager to get cracking on immigration reform, and that deal could be done in early 2015 before the presidential campaign season kicks into gear. Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, said in an interview Wednesday that many...
by Sara Olstad | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama might be nicer than Miss Piggy, at least according to Kermit the Frog. One of the reasons Kermit thinks Obama is so nice is her support for the nation’s military families, the Muppet said. Obama, Kermit and Gen. Martin Dempsey,...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON- Legislation aimed at expanding federal funding for programs that allow low-income students to leave failing schools awaits action on Capitol Hill. But hopes for passage this year are fading with the midterm election looming in November. Two bills, the...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would impose sanctions on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. The Senate bill would also provide a $1 billion loan to Ukraine and reform the U.S. participation in the...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Education Department isn’t doing a great job helping students who are trying to clear their student loan defaults, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday. A borrower who defaults on his or her student loans has...
by Ellen Garrison | Mar 12, 2014 | Living
Data from un.org and Kristina Koch WASHINGTON — The biggest obstacle to recruiting women for the United Nations’ peacekeeping missions as senior managers in the field is not sexism, it’s a lack of qualified female applicants U.N. recruiter Kristina...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 12, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry told a House subcommittee Wednesday that isolating Russia could jeopardize U.S. interests in Iran and Syria, but “we will do what we have to do.” The hearing came a day before Kerry plans to depart for London to meet with the...
