by Gideon Resnick | Feb 19, 2013 | National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. sanctions against Iran must be eased in order to convince the nation not to escalate its nuclear program, and negotiations between the two countries should move forward quickly, several Middle East experts said Tuesday. Kenneth Pollack, senior fellow...
by Summer Delaney | Feb 19, 2013 | Business
WASHINGTON – The 1960s paradigm of middle class workers serving as the “sacred trust” of the business world is declining in significance and practice, a panel of scholars and journalists discussed at the Urban Institute Tuesday. “We’ve moved from the stake-holder...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 19, 2013 | National Security
Video by Catherine Reid WASHINGTON — Wind and rain didn’t deter CODEPINK from staging a White House protest Tuesday against the Obama administration’s drone warfare policy and the president’s nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. CODEPINK is a women’s grassroots...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Feb 19, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — With the sequester deadline looming, President Barack Obama Tuesday urged the House of Representatives to approve a balanced, short-term deal that would avoid severe budget cuts. Obama said the $85 billion cuts set to take effect March 1 – known as...
by Kimberly Railey | Feb 19, 2013 | Education
“This conversation couldn’t have come at a better time,” said Aaron Smith from the Young Invincibles. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)“The American dream doesn’t work if you don’t have the information to improve your life,” said...
by Kimberly Railey | Feb 13, 2013 | Living, Politics
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urged the House to pass the Violence Against Women Act on Wednesday. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer calls for solution for Dreamers on Wednesday. (Audrey Cheng/Medill)More than 20 House...
by Taylor Hiegel | Feb 13, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — It’s not Oscar time yet, but one best actress nominee has already won a major prize. First lady Michelle Obama welcomed nine-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis as well as actor Dwight Henry and director Benh Zeitlin from “Beasts of the Southern Wild” to the...
by Tom Meyer | Feb 13, 2013 | Environment
WASHINGTON— Sens. Ron Wyden and Lisa Murkowski advocated different approaches to regulation of natural gas production Wednesday, but promised to find “common ground” as leading members of the Energy and Resources Committee. Wyden, D-Ore., and Murkowski, R-Alaska,...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Feb 13, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The morning after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress, a group of Democrat and Republican lawmakers assembled by Politico had one major thing on their minds: How to avoid across-the-board federal...
by Marshall Cohen | Feb 13, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew deflected Republican critiques of his personal finances Wednesday at his Senate confirmation hearing, moving one step closer to his expected confirmation. Republicans peppered Lew, appearing before the Senate...
by Cathaleen Chen | Feb 13, 2013 | Immigration
The second panel is sworn in. Panelists include Jose Antonio Vargas, Jessica Vaughan, Steve Case, Chris Crane and Janet Murguía. (Ashley Balcerzak/Medill)Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., greets undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas, a former Washington Post journalist...
by Marshall Cohen | Feb 13, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged Congress to take on his ambitious second-term agenda of job growth, immigration reform and gun control in a sweeping State of the Union address on Tuesday. “It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built...
