by Alex Duner | Mar 1, 2016 | National Security, Politics
FBI Director James Comey prepares to give testimony at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the ongoing battle over creating a so-called iPhone backdoor. (Alex Duner/Medill News Service) WASHINGTON — The battle between Apple and the FBI over a court order to create...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 1, 2016 | Politics, Topics
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton greets a screaming audience at a Monday night rally at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, [left] who has endorsed Clinton, introduced her before she took the stage. (Natalie Escobar/Medill News Service)...
by Jack Corrigan | Feb 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
VIRGINIA BEACH — The hostility of the GOP primary race has sent a small but dedicated group of Republican voters looking for a candidate with a “gentle spirit” and ability to compromise. And it’s those people that Ben Carson, who has become something of a political...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 29, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers said Monday they see the November election as a referendum on President Barack Obama’s signature health care law as their party seeks to offer voters alternative plans. Speaking before the annual Federation of American Hospitals...
by Alex Lederman | Feb 29, 2016 | Business, Politics
Matthew Petersen might have made the best financial decision of his life when he was fifteen. For $1, he bought the Star ’85 Chicago Bulls basketball card team set—a bundle that included a Michael Jordan rookie card. In 2016, that piece of cardboard is selling on eBay...
by Medill News Service | Feb 24, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Politics
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former President Bill Clinton tried to make a case Wednesday for why his wife is the best candidate for millennials struggling to get a foothold in the modern economy. Bill Clinton spoke to more than 150 people at a recreation center here in suburban...
by Shane McKeon | Feb 24, 2016 | Politics
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former President Bill Clinton tried to make a case Wednesday for why his wife is the best candidate for millennials struggling to get a foothold in the modern economy. Bill Clinton spoke to more than 150 people at a recreation center here in...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 24, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON- In the midst of a legal battle between Apple and the FBI over bypassing encryption in a terrorist’s iPhone, two lawmakers are readying a bill to create a digital security commission that would help decide how the government investigates terrorism on...
by Medill News Service | Feb 24, 2016 | National Security, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON—Republican lawmakers criticized President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for the Department of Homeland Security over what they called “gimmicky” accounting. They called the $40.6 billion proposal “unrealistic” and “politically motivated,” because more than...
by Celena Chong | Feb 23, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest blasted Congress for failing to do its job Tuesday after Republican lawmakers snubbed President Barack Obama’s long-awaited plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Obama’s proposal, sent up to...
by Alex Duner | Feb 23, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Refusing to speculate on who President Barack Obama should nominate as a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Samuel Alito said Tuesday that the nation’s highest court will continue to hum along with eight justices. “What’s...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 23, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — More than 13.1 million Latinos may cast votes in the primary and general elections this year, a record high that could be the difference in swing states such as Colorado, Nevada and Texas, according to a projection by the National Association for...
