by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 14, 2015 | Business, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced measures to support access to faster and cheaper public Internet service during a speech in Iowa on Wednesday. But his proposals already face staunch opposition from the Federal Communications Commission and some giant...
by Adam Mintzer | Jan 14, 2015 | Politics
by Adam Mintzer | Jan 13, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate debated a bill authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline most of the day Tuesday, delaying a final vote to allow time for possible amendments. Yet, the prolonged discussion came in the face of a looming promise of a veto from the White House. On...
by Ashley Gilmore | Jan 13, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Federal Housing Administration mortgage rates will drop by the end of January in order to make home ownership more affordable, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro said Tuesday. Home ownership in the United States has declined since...
by Olivia Marcus | Jan 13, 2015 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican leaders are driving a new comprehensive tax plan, and Paul Ryan is at the wheel. After telling reporters Monday he will forgo a 2016 presidential bid to focus on policy work, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., previewed his agenda Tuesday at his...
by Tyler Pager | Jan 13, 2015 | Politics
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Tuesday blasted Republicans for using legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security as a political tool to undermine President Barack Obama’s executive actions easing immigration restrictions. The legislation,...
by William Hicks | Jan 13, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON—A task force, named by President Obama in the aftermath of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, met for the first time Tuesday to generate recommendations aimed at strengthening community policing and building public trust towards law enforcement....
by Jesse Kirsch | Jan 12, 2015 | Politics
by Ashley Gilmore | Jan 7, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTION-Joni Ernst, on the verge of becoming Iowa’s first female member of Congress, held her grandmother’s Bible tightly in her right hand, smiling wide, with her left hand raised, as she took the oath of office Tuesday in the U.S. Senate chamber. The new Sen....
by Vesko Cholakov | Mar 23, 2014 | Politics
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by Ellen Garrison | Mar 18, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – In 2012, young American voters propelled President Barack Obama to victory in at least five key states. Obama won voters aged 18 to 29 in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and Florida, but he lost in those same states among voters above the age of 45....
