by Alex Lederman | Feb 17, 2016 | Politics
Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday of natural causes. He was 79. Now, Senate Republicans are pushing not to approve President Obama’s upcoming nominee for the Supreme Court.
by Geordan Tilley | Feb 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Political reform does not have to be as pie-in-the-sky as Americans often see it, New America’s Lee Drutman argued Tuesday. Drutman, a senior fellow at New America, a liberal-leaning think tank, promoted the findings in his recent report...
by Ethan Cohen | Feb 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON –In an election year Congress so gridlocked that Senate leaders are refusing to even entertain a Supreme Court nomination, House Republicans do have one policy priority that might get enough Democratic support to become law. But even though leaders on both...
by Medill News Service | Feb 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump threatened to sue Republican presidential primary rival Ted Cruz over his eligibility to run for president, if the Texas senator doesn’t “retract his lies.” In a news conference Monday in Hanahan, South Carolina, Trump accused Cruz of lying...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 11, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden is using his final 11 months in office to lay the groundwork for his next big ambition — to double the pace of cancer research. The White House recently established a task force with Biden to lead the effort, and President...
by Geordan Tilley | Feb 10, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders’ talk of campaign finance reform was challenged Thursday night when NBC moderator Chuck Todd asked why he is not using the public campaign financing system that the U.S. already has in place. Sanders shot back with a claim that the...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 10, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — In an effort to deter the Obama administration from imposing a slew of last-minute “midnight regulations,” House Republicans decried the lack of transparency and accountability in federal agencies at a hearing on Wednesday. The Science, Space and...
by Shane McKeon | Feb 10, 2016 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — China’s slowing economy and ailing commodity markets are the biggest threats to an otherwise healthy U.S. economy, Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday. He also pushed back against a movement to “audit” the Fed. Bernanke,...
by Alex Duner and Ethan Cohen | Feb 10, 2016 | Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The ballroom at Marco Rubio’s campaign party was full, but as the networks counted more and more votes, the room got quieter and quieter. Rubio was hoping for a second place showing in New Hampshire, leaving the Granite State as the clear...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 10, 2016 | Health & Science, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Better police training and specialized criminal justice procedures could cut down on the disproportionately high numbers of mentally ill people who wind up in the nation’s courts and jails, several criminal justice experts told a Senate committee...
by Celena Chong | Feb 10, 2016 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — An agricultural coalition is urging Congress to promote free trade with Cuba by lifting the 55-year-old trade embargo by the end of this year. President Barack Obama has already lifted the ban on travel to Cuba, made licenses to export commodities...
by Alex Duner | Feb 9, 2016 | Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Walking the snowy streets of Manchester, New Hampshire, Ryan McKnight is part of the quadrennial ritual of knocking on doors to convince primary voters to support a candidate, in this case Republican Ted Cruz. But McKnight represents a new breed of...
