by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the United States may have created a decades-long debate, but on Wednesday the justices pondered a less prominent question—the legality of speaking about abortion near...
by Lauren Caruba | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices Wednesday questioned the fairness of a Massachusetts law that creates restrictive zones around abortion clinics, pitting First Amendment rights against obstruction statutes. The court weighed the state’s history of disturbances near...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Jan 15, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON–Witnesses challenged China’s compliance with the World Trade Organization standards and international trade rules at a Senate hearing Wednesday. China joined the WTO 12 years ago, and soon became the world’s largest exporter. But the committee...
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Federal agencies have cut their travel expenses by $3 billion dollars over the past three years in the aftermath of a series of high-profile conference excesses, a government official said Tuesday, but senators questioned whether the cuts can be...
by Jessica Floum | Jan 14, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON –The 2013 NBA champion Miami Heat players made their second consecutive appearance at the White House Tuesday. Jersey-wearing kids, politicians and members of the military shouted “welcome back” to the players as they entered the East Room. President Barack...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Jan 8, 2014 | Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Just as temperatures are beginning to return to normal after a nationwide cold spell, voters are warming up just a little bit to President Barack Obama. A national poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University Polling Institute shows the president’s...
by Ellen Garrison | Jan 8, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking outside at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in sub-freezing temperatures, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced Wednesday a program to fund a new youth conservation initiative — the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps....
by Cat Zakrzewski | Jan 8, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — On the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, his eldest daughter commemorated what she called America’s “moral obligation” to raise its citizens from poverty during a ceremony Wednesday at the Capitol. Rep. Barbara Lee,...
by Kris Anne Bonifacio | Mar 19, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — After a week-long debate, the Senate is poised to approve a spending bill that will fund agencies until the end of the fiscal year, avoiding a government shutdown at the end of March. The bill should be the final chapter on the spending debacle for the...
by Catherine Reid | Mar 19, 2013 | Politics
President Obama, Prime Minister Kenny, House Speaker Boehner and Rep. King descend the South Capitol steps after the Friends of Ireland Luncheon. Catherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/MedillCatherine Reid/Medill WASHINGTON—House...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vern Jantzen has spent most of his life on his family’s farm in Plymouth, Neb. After going away to college and receiving his degree in agricultural economics, he returned home to take over his family’s 307-acre farm in the rolling hills of southeastern...
