by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Mar 19, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — After a week-long debate, the Senate is poised to approve a spending bill that will fund agencies until the end of the fiscal year, avoiding a government shutdown at the end of March. The bill should be the final chapter on the spending debacle for the...
by Summer Delaney | Mar 19, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Christine Mau spent her childhood trying to be “invisible” because when people saw her, bad things happened. It was only when she reached college that she began confiding to classmates her history of sexual assault by her father and her boyfriend. With...
by Josh Solomon | Mar 19, 2013 | Business
WASHINGTON – Traditionally viewed as a government town, Washington and the capital region are undergoing an extensive entrepreneurial and startup renaissance. What began in Northern Virginia—an epicenter of telecommunications startups in the 1990s—has more recently...
by Catherine Reid | Mar 19, 2013 | Politics
President Obama, Prime Minister Kenny, House Speaker Boehner and Rep. King descend the South Capitol steps after the Friends of Ireland Luncheon. Catherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/Medill WASHINGTON—House...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Mar 19, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – For three decades, Mike Viterna worked to get members of the military the health care services they needed at bases in the U.S. and around the world. Now he’s fighting to make sure they continue to get fast treatment when they leave the military. “They’re...
by Cathaleen Chen | Mar 19, 2013 | Immigration
CENTREVILLE, Va. — As lawmakers scramble to finalize the details of a comprehensive immigration reform bill for debate in Congress later this year, some of its projected beneficiaries — the 11 million undocumented immigrants — are already preparing for a path to...
by Marshall Cohen | Mar 19, 2013 | National Security
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., (left) and Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., (right) announce Tuesday a new bill to provide nonlethal aid and training to vetted elements of the Syrian opposition. They spoke to reporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building shortly before a...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Mar 19, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON–Advocates say that behind the bright lights and nostalgia of the traveling fair and carnival industry are foreign workers on temporary visas who face wage deception, health risks and intimidation, charges that industry leaders vehemently reject. The...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vern Jantzen has spent most of his life on his family’s farm in Plymouth, Neb. After going away to college and receiving his degree in agricultural economics, he returned home to take over his family’s 307-acre farm in the rolling hills of southeastern...
by Catherine Reid | Mar 18, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON–Tracy and Matt Keil’s two-year-old twins love playing on their father’s wheelchair, one on his lap, the other hanging on the back. “They know daddy’s in a wheelchair, but they don’t know he’s any different,” Tracy said. On Feb. 24, 2007, while...
by Tara Longardner & Olivia Marcus | Mar 18, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON — After Jennifer Norris was drugged and raped by her Air Force recruiter, she stayed silent. She also did not file a report after her technical school instructor at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi sexually assaulted her out of fear of losing her...
by Rachel Janik | Mar 18, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee last week sent a sweeping assault weapons ban to the Senate floor for a full vote, but all signs point to a quick death for the controversial gun control legislation. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., drafted the legislation in...
