by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 4, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. should spend more money to increase high-speed rail systems as part of a long-term transportation bill because the country is facing an “infrastructure disaster,” former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday at a panel discussion...
by Sophia Bollag | Feb 4, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jay Rockefeller Tuesday blamed inadequate federal regulations for the recent water contamination crisis that left hundreds of thousands of residents in his home state of West Virginia without safe water for at least three weeks. “Regulation is soft...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 4, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – DREAMer Araceli Mendez had to work cleaning houses instead of going to college after she finished high school. Though the 21-year-old New York City resident had good grades and was accepted into five schools, she was an undocumented immigrant and could...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 4, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched its first national campaign against youth tobacco use Tuesday. “The Real Cost” campaign targets “on the cusp” teenagers, ages 12 to 17, according to Dr. Margaret Hamburg, FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs. ...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Three weeks after President Barack Obama called for the private sector to maintain the vast data collections used by the National Security Agency for surveillance, members of the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday worried about the ability of third parties...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 4, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Tuesday that cyber-attacks are a constant threat that won’t go away, and asked leaders of Target and Neiman Marcus to help find solutions to better guard consumers’ online information. “I think...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Circuit Judge Richard Leon said Monday he will decide within two weeks whether to dismiss claims that the National Security Agency’s PRISIM program violated the First and Fifth Amendments. Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Days before the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, tensions have risen between Moscow and insurgents in the North Caucasus, a region filled with instability, a panel of experts said Monday, heightening fears of a terrorist incident at the...
by Jane Herman | Feb 3, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON — The United States Trade and Development Agency will continue its mission to promote U.S. trade to emerging economies, but is taking note that some of the developing nations want more say in how their economies grow, which can benefit U.S. businesses,...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 3, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Immigration reform is a path to a healthier U.S. economy and a stronger housing market, House and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Monday in a speech to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, prompting enthusiastic...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 3, 2014 | Politics
A promo clip with highlights from State of the Union lives. The video condenses footage from the BiT evening news, BiT special State of the Union studio and The Day Begins, morning talk show of the Bulgarian National Television. WASHINGTON — Some...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 3, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs cut its backlog of hundreds of thousands of disability claims by nearly one-third last year but is still struggling to modernize an outdated processing system, a report released Monday by the Iraq and Afghanistan...
