by Ed Demaria | Jan 31, 2012 | Business, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Netflix supports an update to the Video Privacy Protection Act that would allow consumers’ ongoing consent for posting information, allowing video service providers to use social media better, Netflix’s attorney told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. The...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 30, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON—College tuition rates have increased faster than family incomes in recent years. With a new set of reforms in the works, the federal government is hoping to do something about college costs and make the American dream accessible for more Americans....
by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 30, 2012 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON— It seems counter-intuitive that a 76-year-old gynecologist with plans to wipe out federal environmental agencies has the highest proportion of youth support among GOP presidential candidates. However, Ron Paul defies the odds. Paul, a 14-term congressman...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 25, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Usually it’s Mom and Dad talking up all things green and good for you. Wednesday at a Virginia elementary school, however, parents listened as Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explained why their children’s school meals would go...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 25, 2012 | Business, Politics
By Safiya Merchant WASHINGTON–Hours after President Barack Obama urged Congress to create more employment opportunities for veterans, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki stressed the importance of taking care of the nation’s veterans...
by James Arkin | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Crowded sports bars are rarely quiet and it’s even more rare for patrons to be shushed over drinks. But for one D.C. bar, the State of the Union address has come to rival the Super Bowl, at least for political junkies. For the seventh straight year,...
by Patrick Svitek | Jan 25, 2012 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich is once again a political gift and a curse as he surges for the second time in less than two months, according to several panelists discussing the tumultuous primary season Wednesday at American University. The two-hour talk centered on...
by Rebecca Nelson | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
Listen now: The Obama phenomenon, four years later by Rebecca Nelson WASHINGTON – The energy of mobilized young voters that helped propel Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 will certainly be a challenge to recreate this year – it’s hard to campaign on change as...
by Mattias Gugel | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Following a night of civility Tuesday at the State of the Union address, lawmakers returned to their partisan ways the following morning. Many labeled the address as an unofficial start to the campaign season, and both Democrats and Republicans...
by Ed Demaria | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., arrive as “dates” to the State of the Union. (Ed Demaria/Medill News Service)Media outlets prepare to catch politicians as they pass through Statuary Hall for the State of the Union. (Ed...
by Patrick Svitek | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged a divided Congress on Tuesday night to rescue an American dream tainted by economic inequality — a dire situation he called “the defining issue of our time.” In his State of the Union address, Obama implored lawmakers to...
by David Uberti | Jan 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican leaders Tuesday night denounced President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address as a campaign stunt, saying Obama put his push for 2012 re-election ahead of the country’s more pressing issues. Gov. Mitch Daniels, R-Ind., gave the official...
