by Tara Longardner | Feb 9, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Residents of the nation’s capital voted overwhelmingly in November to legalize marijuana, but the fate of the initiative is now in the hands of a Republican-controlled Congress. Without congressional authorization, the legalization issue would be...
by Bailey Williams | Feb 9, 2015 | Business, Politics
By Bailey Williams WASHINGTON—Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leading voice in raising awareness about income inequality, said Monday he is seriously considering running for president in 2016. If he gets in the race, Sanders said he would “run to win.” The Vermont...
by Tal Axelrod | Feb 4, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Approximately 50 people were kicked out of a hearing Wednesday at the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa after audience members murmured support for a campaign that aims to pressure Israel to acknowledge Palestinian rights after a...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 4, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Superstition and spiritualism have intrigued as many as a dozen first ladies dating back to the early 19th century, often as tools to protect their families while in the White House. Psychics, horoscopes and ghosts were part of a number of first ladies’...
by William Hicks | Feb 3, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders on Tuesday awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force, also known as the Devil’s Brigade, for bravery that helped to end World War II. “Today we honor a group of men that ensured this...
by Bailey Williams | Feb 3, 2015 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., touted President Barack Obama’s budget plan Tuesday morning, stressing the importance of research, education, infrastructure and tax reform in helping American working families. Pelosi said the budget should...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 3, 2015 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Ways and Means Committee hearing following the release of President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew defended the would-be tax increases GOP leaders are already trying to kill. “It has been almost three...
by Ashley Gilmore | Feb 2, 2015 | Education, Politics
By Ashley Gilmore WASHINGTON— The centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s $70.7 billion education budget for 2016 – free community college education – would “make college as free and universal as high school was 100 years ago,” Education Secretary Arne Dunn said...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama released his $3.99 trillion budget Monday, pushing for a fiscal agenda he’s dubbed “middle-class economics.” The budget would increase taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations in order to provide middle-class tax relief and fund...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Bipartisan legislation aimed at combatting suicides among military veterans is headed for a vote in the Senate this week after winning unanimous approval in the U.S. House last month. The bill, called the Clay Hunt Act for a Marine veteran who took...
by Paige Leskin | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama advocated Monday for his proposed $4 trillion federal budget for 2016, urging Congress to put “politics aside” as he detailed his plans for increased defense spending and affordable programs benefitting the middle class. The budget...
by William Hicks | Feb 2, 2015 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite overcast, rainy skies, Potomac Phil, the lesser known “close relative” of Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow Monday morning at a Dupont Circle ceremony, signaling six more weeks of winter. Being from Washington, the groundhog also made a...
