White House targets youth in final ACA enrollment push

by Sophia Bollag | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama appeared in a video on the comedy website Funny or Die to plug his health care law last week, some pundits were quick to criticize. “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade said on his Fox News show that the president’s strategy...

Weeding Washington out: Banking with marijuana distributors

by Preetisha Sen | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Jeff Kahn walked into yet another meeting with a bank that had agreed to meet with him. He sat down with the bank manager and explain everything about his business: a health clinic that treats patients with marijuana. Under laws in the District of...

Obama should take a stronger stance against Russia, Heritage panelists say

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,...

White House official asserts opposition to marijuana legalization in wake of Obama’s comments

by Sylvan Lane | Feb 4, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON – A top official in the national drug czar’s office insisted Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s comments about the safety of marijuana usage do not reflect the White House policy on the legalization of the drug. Michael Botticelli, the deputy director of...

Despite progress, VA still has 400,000 backlogged claims

by Lauren Caruba | Feb 3, 2014 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs cut its backlog of hundreds of thousands of disability claims by nearly one-third last year but is still struggling to modernize an outdated processing system, a report released Monday by the Iraq and Afghanistan...