by Ellen Garrison | Jan 8, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking outside at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in sub-freezing temperatures, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced Wednesday a program to fund a new youth conservation initiative — the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps....
by Stephanie Haines | Jan 8, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — The Senate homeland security committee focused Wednesday on John Roth’s integrity at his hearing for his nomination Department of Homeland Security inspector general, a post that has been vacant for nearly three years and been the subject of...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 8, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — On the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, his eldest daughter commemorated what she called America’s “moral obligation” to raise its citizens from poverty during a ceremony Wednesday at the Capitol. Rep. Barbara Lee,...
by Preetisha Sen | Jan 8, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday that the state of American business is improving and the nation’s economy is “gaining strength.” In the annual State of American Business speech, Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of...
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...
