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...
by Ellen Garrison | Jan 14, 2014 | Business
R. Ravitch talks deceptive official numbers at release of a report by State Budget Crisis Task Force @EllenGarrison pic.twitter.com/CgMMxDCuPT— Medill on the Hill (@medillonthehill) January 14, 2014 WASHINGTON – Financially-strapped states are masking their...
by Christophe Haubursin | Jan 14, 2014 | National Security
Close to 150 protesters from various human and constitutional rights organizations called for President Barack Obama to make good on his promise of closing Guantanamo Bay on the 12th anniversary of the prison’s opening. The reasons were varied, but the message...
by Lauren Caruba | Jan 14, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights were under attack from the right in 2013, especially at the state level, despite wide pro-choice support among Americans, according to an annual report released Tuesday by NARAL Pro-Choice America. States approved 53 laws identified by...
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 14, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – House Republicans harshly criticized the Department of Agriculture and the Obama administration Tuesday for retroactively imposing mandatory across-the-board federal budget cuts on funding for rural schools. “I expect answers from our witness today and...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Jan 8, 2014 | Business, Education
WASHINGTON — The United States’ disappointing education system is a major cause of unemployment and decline in American economy, Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue said in a speech Wednesday. “It’s a disgrace that our country has...
