President Barack Obama announced plans Thursday that could lead to the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, and justified his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists abroad as effective, lawful and critical to national security. » read more
Posted on Thu, May 23, 2013
Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm reception from senators who considered his nomination to become transportation secretary. » read more
Posted on Wed, May 22, 2013
The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them. » read more
Posted on Wed, May 22, 2013
A funny thing happened on the way to a predicted disaster: The Pentagon is learning to live with the automatic budget cuts its leaders had warned would threaten national security if they took effect. » read more
Posted on Wed, May 22, 2013
Internal Revenue Service officials are not fully cooperating with efforts to learn who is responsible for targeting conservative groups, lawmakers learned Wednesday during the third and most tense, dramatic hearing on the scandal. » read more
Posted on Wed, May 22, 2013
The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance. » read more
Posted on Tue, May 21, 2013
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