by Sara Olstad | Mar 5, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate should take up a bill to raise the minimum wage to $10.10, two Democratic senators said Wednesday, despite a congressional report saying the proposed nearly $3 hike would cost 500,000 jobs. Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Mazie Hirono,...
by Preetisha Sen | Mar 5, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – One day after President Barack Obama unveiled his 2015 budget, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew highlighted its strengths before the Senate Finance Committee, but also faced a sharp critique from Republicans. “It supports the ongoing recovery and invests in...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 4, 2014 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking at a District of Columbia elementary school, President Barack Obama Tuesday proposed a $68.6 billion education budget that would devote significant new funds to universal preschool access and other programs aimed at educational equity for...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Mar 4, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Tuesday proposed an ambitious 2015 budget that seeks to address economic inequality in America, but Republicans are already criticizing the president’s spending priorities heading into midterm elections. The budget, totaling $3.901...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 4, 2014 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s next steps in responding to the Russian intervention in Crimea are crucial, a Heritage Foundation panel said Tuesday. Over the weekend, armed Russian forces made their presence felt in the Crimean Peninsula, a part of Ukraine,...
by Jessica Floum | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON– The tallest lighthouse in the world sits atop a mountain in Mazatlan– a resort town in Sinaloa, Mexico, built around culture, tourism and tuna fishing. This is where Virginia Olalde Lopez-Gavito grew up. Lopez-Gavito, 22, has since represented her country...
by Jane Herman | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON- The most recent “Youth Misery Index” is at a record high because of high joblessness and student loan debt among recent college graduates — and the Obama administration hasn’t helped, according to Young America’s Foundation,...
by Sophia Bollag | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
[View the story “Biden talks 2016, health care on TV talk shows” on Storify] Read our live-blog coverage of Biden’s appearance on “The View”:
by Sara Olstad | Feb 24, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called on other governors Monday to push Congress to form a coalition to “modernize” the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s formula for determining eligibility for federal disaster aid, saying the current methodology is...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 18, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The medical device excise tax, part of the Affordable Care Act, is hurting jobs, investment and research in the health-care industry, a new survey suggests. Since the beginning of 2013, medical companies have fired 14,000 workers and declined to hire an...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 18, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A life-size wax figure of former first lady Nancy Reagan was to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds DC on Tuesday morning. The figure is meant to capture Reagan as she looked in 1985 at the outset of President Ronald Reagan’s second term. It is dressed...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 12, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Nearly 30 people have been killed at schools in the United States since the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., according to new data released by two gun control groups. Two Democratic lawmakers and members of Moms...
