by Tara Longardner | Jan 28, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON– For the ninth consecutive year, more freedom has been lost than found in countries worldwide, an advocacy group said Wednesday. Washington-based Freedom House is an independent, nonpolitical watchdog organization that’s led by former senior...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 28, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Republican lawmakers made clear Wednesday their plans to reform the nation’s education system far surpass an overhaul of traditional public schools. “We’re here today to send a message to Capitol Hill,” Indiana Rep. Luke Messer said...
by Adam Mintzer | Jan 28, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Loretta Lynch faced a blaze of questions from Senate Judiciary Committee members Wednesday as she fought to be judged on her own record as she seeks to become Attorney General Eric Holder’s successor. Lynch was forced to answer many questions inspired by...
by Paige Leskin | Jan 27, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON — In its first meeting of 2015, the House special committee investigating the 2012 attacks on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, once again Tuesday became an exercise in fingerpointing, with Republicans saying the White House is evading and Democrats...
by Shelbie Bostedt | Jan 27, 2015 | Environment, Living
WASHINGTON – Pollution in the air, water and soil contributes one in seven deaths worldwide, according to a report released Tuesday by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. The report used World Health Organization data to gauge the number of deaths from...
by Tal Axelrod | Jan 27, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said Tuesday President Barack Obama failed to maintain a firm line in Iranian nuclear negotiations, claiming that the U.S. conceded too much without getting anything in return. “Negotiations…appear to be...
by Haley Hinkle | Jan 27, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON- The House passed five bills on Tuesday to increase government efforts to reduce human trafficking by creating policies to find and protect victims of sex trafficking and to make it easier to prosecute offenders. At least 100,000 children are victims...
by Tyler Pager | Jan 27, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON — Lawmakers trying to limit the spread of terrorist propaganda on social media say they are frustrated by tech companies’ opposition to expanded security measures. “There needs to be an effort to work cooperatively with these...
by Astrid Goh | Jan 27, 2015 | National Security
By Astrid Goh WASHINGTON — The only way European governments can stop Islamist radicalization that creates terrorists like those responsible for the recent Paris attacks is to get help from Muslim religious leaders, a group of foreign policy experts said Tuesday. Four...
by Madeline Fox | Jan 27, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON – Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday announced his fix for the soon-to-expire Highway Trust Fund — a $1 trillion, five-year plan he plans to introduce to Congress. The Rebuild America Act, Sanders’ plan, is one of many infrastructure...
by Preston R. Michelson | Jan 27, 2015 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander on Tuesday called for a system of state evaluation for teachers, instead of the current federal legislation. At the second Senate hearing this year about the “No Child Left Behind” law, Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate...
