by Jonathan Palmer | Jan 15, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama hosted groups advocating for more college opportunity for disadvantaged youth as well as high school educators in an event at the White House Wednesday focused on helping students in under-served communities get to college....
by Lauren Caruba | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices Wednesday questioned the fairness of a Massachusetts law that creates restrictive zones around abortion clinics, pitting First Amendment rights against obstruction statutes. The court weighed the state’s history of disturbances near...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Jan 15, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON–Witnesses challenged China’s compliance with the World Trade Organization standards and international trade rules at a Senate hearing Wednesday. China joined the WTO 12 years ago, and soon became the world’s largest exporter. But the committee...
by Stephanie Haines | Jan 15, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON- About 60 people marched around the Union Station food court on Wednesday, protesting alleged wage violations in the pay of food service employees. But even before the demonstration got started, Good Jobs Nation, an organization that advocates for workers’...
by Jane Herman | Jan 15, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — When she was a homeless single mother, Evelyn Wynn-Dixon contemplated suicide as her only escape from poverty. Today, she is the mayor of Riverdale, Ga. “All some people need is just a hand, not always money like people think, just support,” said...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Federal agencies have cut their travel expenses by $3 billion dollars over the past three years in the aftermath of a series of high-profile conference excesses, a government official said Tuesday, but senators questioned whether the cuts can be...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 14, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee members Tuesday raised concerns with proposals by a presidential commission that the National Security Agency no longer collect millions of phone records and other electronic information, relying instead on private...
by Stephanie Haines | Jan 14, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A workers’ rights group Wednesday filed a complaint with the Department of Labor challenging low pay of food court workers at Washington’s Union Station, then the workers and activists joined together for a protest at the famed railway station to push for...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 14, 2014 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Most of the Mexican immigrants who leave the United States to return to their home country do so on their own terms, not as a result of deportation, according to a survey released Tuesday by the group, Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together. Between...
by Sylvan Lane | Jan 14, 2014 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON – Legislation to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 over two years will get a vote in the Senate in February, the chairman of the Senate labor committee said Tuesday. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, introduced the Fair Minimum Wage...
by Preetisha Sen | Jan 14, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Community bankers and Republican congressmen Tuesday predicted that new mortgage rules created under the Dodd-Frank Act will hurt both borrowers and bankers. As required by the law, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drafted two rules, which went...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 14, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON –The 2013 NBA champion Miami Heat players made their second consecutive appearance at the White House Tuesday. Jersey-wearing kids, politicians and members of the military shouted “welcome back” to the players as they entered the East Room. President Barack...
