by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Feb 9, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON—Citing the growing importance of “homegrown” terrorism, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that “in some ways, the threat facing us is at its most heightened state” since attacks on 9/11. While terrorist groups abroad are still...
by Rebecca Cohen | Feb 9, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lines of protesters, reporters and congressional staff snaked down the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday and Wednesday as they waited to hear testimony on two bills that would permanently ban federal funding of abortion. Not the...
by Elena Schneider | Feb 8, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama marked the one-year anniversary of her initiative to fight childhood obesity Tuesday, holding public conference calls with program supporters, both to thank and to encourage them. “Just one year later, it’s pretty amazing, for...
by Nina Lincoff | Feb 8, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON— The Brookings Institution hosted a panel of experts on battery technology for electric vehicles Tuesday, who focused on the future of lithium battery technology in transportation and the pipeline between scientific discovery and the marketplace. Battery...
by Lauren Schwartzberg | Feb 8, 2011 | Business, Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON— Influential environmental leaders and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency touted the benefits of “green jobs” on Tuesday. “Environmental protection and economic growth can and do go hand in hand,” EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said...
by Roshan Nebhrajani | Feb 8, 2011 | Politics
Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., will resign from Congress on Feb. 28. After serving more than eight terms, Harman accepted the position of president and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Monday. “Hey, who says women in their 60’s are in...
by Roshan Nebhrajani | Feb 8, 2011 | Politics
In response to recent violent protests, one of the leaders of the Albanian opposition party hosted a press briefing in Washington Tuesday. Erion Veliaj, a lead organizer of recent protests against Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, asked a mixed audience of...
by Peter Larson | Feb 2, 2011 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Unanswered questions about exactly what President Barack Obama said privately to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday had White House reporters frustrated in Wednesday’s press briefing — and it looks unlikely the hush will lift anytime soon....
by Elena Schneider | Feb 2, 2011 | Politics
“They [Republicans] want to achieve in courts what they couldn’t achieve in Congress.” — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “I believe [the act] has major problems beyond just the constitutionality.” — Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa WASHINGTON — Senate...
by Peter Larson | Feb 2, 2011 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics
If you’re having as much trouble as we are keeping up with Google’s realtime results for keywords such as Egypt and Mubarak, here are a few accounts to follow through the rest of the week that are being updated by journalists on the ground there. 1....
by Lauren Schwartzberg | Feb 2, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will set a national drinking water standard for the toxic substance perchlorate. The EPA said it was reversing a 2008 Bush administration ruling. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson made the...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Feb 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON –Educators met Wednesday to discuss how U.S. private colleges and universities can help meet President Barack Obama’s goal of once again becoming the world’s leader in the number of college graduates by 2020. “We need far more college graduates than...
