by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Republican party upped the ante on responses to the State of the Union address Tuesday night with four rebuttals— exposing an increasingly decentralized GOP heading into the 2014 election year. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Rand...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama’s guests at the State of the Union speech tonight include former NBA player Jason Collins, two Boston Marathon bombing survivors and representatives of Punch Pizza, the Minnesota-based company that raised the minimum wage for its...
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
When President Barack Obama gives his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night, he is likely to utter the word “jobs” a lot. A breakdown of Obama’s 50 most frequently used words in his past four speeches (excluding words such as...
by Sylvan Lane | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
Did your invitation to the State of the Union got lost in the mail? Our reporters are running around Capitol Hill capturing the best scenes and tweeting the choicest quotes on our Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter accounts. Keep track of it all right here.
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 28, 2014 | Politics
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security, Politics
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry welcomed Pakistani Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz to the Washington Monday for the latest round of talks between the two nations. (Ryan McCrimmon/Medill News Service)Kerry hosted Aziz and a delegation from Pakistan for strategic...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Two leaders of the Senate — Sens. John McCain and Christopher Murphy — Monday called for a greater financial commitment from European allies to NATO, saying the U.S. should not have to underwrite so much of the organization’s costs. The Arizona Republican...
by Preetisha Sen | Jan 27, 2014 | Politics
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by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 27, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Every time she applies for a job, Beth Jacobs, founder of sex slavery support group Willow Way, has to explain her prostitution convictions. They are a reminder of her teenage years in sex trafficking, and they are written into her criminal record....
by Sophia Bollag | Jan 27, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act will increase income for the poorest 20 percent of Americans because of the value of the subsidies – an unintended benefit of the health care law, a Brookings Institution study released Monday said. Although the ACA was not...
