by Sylvan Lane | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday that the GOP is honing in on seven House Democratic seats that the majority party hopes to flip in this year’s midterm elections. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., told reporters that...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A bill to reauthorize major child care legislation will be voted on this week in the Senate with a key Republican joining Democrats to champion the proposal after years of inaction. The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 would update and...
by Jessica Floum | Mar 11, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan Tuesday denied allegations that his agency tampered with the network of senators investigating the CIA’s controversial detention and interrogation program even as Sen. Dianne Feinstein sharpened her accusations, accusing...
by Sophia Bollag | Mar 11, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin said Tuesday he will introduce a bill to provide “steady, predictable funding” for biomedical research, saying the U.S. has an “innovation deficit.” During a speech at the non-partisan think tank, the Center for...
by Jane Herman | Mar 11, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON–Locked in a seven by ten foot cell for twenty-three hours a day, with little to no human contact except for the brief mutterings of a prison guard: this was Brian Nelson’s typical day for 23 years in solitary confinement. “Yes I committed a...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 10, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously voted to pass a bill to reform military sexual assault policy Monday, bringing an end to an almost year-long battle between two Democratic female senators on how best to overhaul the Pentagon’s existing practices. After New York...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 10, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – The Department of Education will work with 14 American cities in a partnership to improve early childhood education, after-school programs and postsecondary opportunities, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Monday. The partnership agreement, signed...
by Sara Olstad | Mar 10, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., outlined his 2014 economic plan for America on Monday and announced he will propose bills to create new middle class jobs through tax code reform and to free up more wireless frequencies for private companies. At an event hosted...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 10, 2014 | National Security
Source: Center for Strategic and International StudiesWASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s just-released long-term strategic policy plan will be jeopardized if congressionally mandated budget cuts continue, the Defense Department’s under secretary for strategy said Monday....
by Mary Kate Hayes | Mar 10, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – American businesses could benefit more from a multilateral trading system and need the World Trade Organization “today as much as ever,” WTO Director-General Robert Azevedo told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday. “America has led the way” in the...
by Vesko Cholakov | Mar 10, 2014 | Health & Science
While Hispanic and youth enrollment is lagging, the rate of uninsured in most demographics continues to drop sharply, a new Gallup study finds.
