by Rebecca Nelson | Feb 29, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — During World War II, the FBI took Lorraine Bannai’s parents and grandparents from their homes in California and imprisoned them in Manzanar, an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Bannai, a law professor at Seattle University, wants to make sure that...
by David Uberti | Feb 29, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON— Middle East experts expressed doubt Wednesday that either Israel or United States is on the brink of conflict with Iran, despite hawkish headlines and aggressive rhetoric from all three countries. Their skepticism, they said, stems from the political...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 28, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Tuesday that the United States will lose its standing as a world power if almost $500 billion in spending cuts are piled on top of nearly the same amount of savings already proposed by President Barack Obama over the...
by Ariel Rothfield | Feb 28, 2012 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Hilary Clinton defended the State Department’s tight 2013 budget Tuesday, saying the agency had to make “difficult trade-offs and painful cuts.” “The request represents an increase of less than the rate of inflation and just over 1...
by Mattias Gugel | Feb 28, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the House Budget Committee Tuesday agreed on one thing during a two-hour hearing: Health care for the elderly and government-funded retirement benefits are on an unsustainable path. But they couldn’t seem to agree on how to...
by Ed Demaria | Feb 28, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on a sticky international law question with corporate personhood implications that found the United States and some of its major allies on different sides. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., petitioners argued...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 27, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A new poll shows President Barack Obama has expanded his lead over the Republican frontrunners to double digits, hinting that the GOP presidential candidates have been bruised by a grueling nomination battle. In the George Washington University-Politico...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — House Democrats reignited the contraception policy debate with a high-profile hearing Thursday that landed Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke in the center of a national dialogue on reproductive health care. Fluke was excluded from a similar...
by Mattias Gugel | Feb 22, 2012 | Business, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. may be at the beginning of a “manufacturing job renaissance,” but industry growth will only remain a “trickle” if new policies to incubate innovation are not put in place, according to fellows at The Brookings Institution. Panelists on Wednesday...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 22, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A new national poll shows Rick Santorum with a nine-point lead over Mitt Romney among Republican voters heading into Wednesday night’s Republican primary debate in Arizona. Romney and Santorum remain in a near dead heat with President Barack Obama,...
by Chris Kirk | Feb 22, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — At a long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the new national black history museum will be a “celebration of life.” Joining with African-American icons and other dignitaries, including former first lady...
by Edwin Rios | Feb 22, 2012 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – Cyber security legislation needs smarter regulation with room for technological innovation in the private sector, a former Homeland Security secretary said Wednesday. The bill should raise the bar on private security capability and serve both...
