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of hundreds of thousands of disability claims by nearly one-third last year but is still struggling to modernize an outdated processing system, a report released Monday by the Iraq and Afghanistan...
by Preetisha Sen | Feb 3, 2014 | Business
WASHINGTON – Congress must act before the temporary suspension of the debt ceiling ends this week or the Obama administration will have to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Monday at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Lew...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 31, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON–Sen. Barbara Boxer upbraided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday over delays in increasing security against terrorist threats, refusing to hand over documents that Boxer and Republican David Vitter of Louisiana had requested and a lack of...
by Sara Olstad | Jan 29, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – On the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, high-ranking congressional Democrats called Wednesday for Republicans to stop blocking reforms that would protect women in the workplace. “There is no reason on God’s green...
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 29, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — More transparency is needed in the college accreditation system in order to boost student success and higher education affordability, Sen. Tom Harkin said to a group of accreditors Wednesday morning as part of his effort to improve affordability in his...
by Jane Herman | Jan 29, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – With just a few inches of snow on roads, Atlanta drivers were stuck in their cars and children were forced to spend the night in their schools. The state of emergency in six Southern states due to winter storms resulted in at least 12 deaths, but...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Near Baghdad, former U.S. military installations Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf have become home to Iranian refugees, who have been increasingly subject to attack by both Iran and Iraqi forces in recent months. Members of Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK),...
by Ellen Garrison | Jan 29, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Yellow scarves emblazoned with the logo, “National Charter School Week,” circled everyone’s neck at the “Put Kids First” rally at Friendship Chamberlin Elementary’s gymnasium on Wednesday. Speakers included House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) — National Intelligence Director James Clapper said Wednesday that leaks by Edward Snowden have left the United States “less safe and its people less secure.” Joining top government officials to discuss national security threats to the...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 29, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee fired questions at Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday on the government’s surveillance programs, the investigation of political bias in Internal Revenue Service audits and the Department of Justice’s failure...
