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Sep 01 2014
News
Labor Day Turns Attention Back to Minimum-Wage Debate
The White House and union leaders are using Labor Day reinvigorate efforts to raise the minimum wage.
Legislation to increase the federal pay floor from $7.25 an hour stalled in Congress this spring, but Democrats hope the issue will resonate with voters in November, especially in states with closely contested Senate races.
“Raising the minimum wage would be one of the best ways
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 04 2012
News
Candidates Spar Over Taxes
Cutting to the heart of their differences, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney laid out contrasting visions for the federal government in their first debate in Denver, sparring over tax-cut proposals, regulations and deficit-reduction plans.
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 13 2019
News
Five big Supreme Court decisions to watch
The Supreme Court is set to go back into session on Monday to begin issuing some of its biggest decisions of the year.
From high-stakes rulings for the Trump administration to revisiting battles over the separation of church and state, here are five big decisions to watch for.
Census citizenship question
The Trump administration’s efforts to add a question about
The Hill
Mar 12 2020
Fact Check
Fact-checking the Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders face-off: Long records, ample attacks
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are the last two candidates standing in a months-long Democratic presidential primary race. And they have found plenty to argue about.
Part of that is because they have about 77 years of legislative history and votes to mine between the two of them. Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972, while Sanders won his first race for Congress in 1990. Old
PolitiFact
Jun 13 2013
News
FBI's Mueller: Surveillance Programs Lawful
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller defended the government's electronic surveillance programs, telling lawmakers Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies are "in full compliance with the law.''
Mr. Mueller, testifying for what is expected to be his last time before the House Judiciary Committee as the head of the FBI, noted that federal judges have approved both a
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 26 2013
News
Flight Delays Push Congress To End Controller Furloughs
Delays at the nations airports surged this week because the Federal Aviation Administration furloughed air traffic controllers to stay within a reduced budget. Now Congress has voted quickly to give the FAA more spending flexibility to reduce staff cutbacks.
NPR (Online News)
Jul 23 2019
News
Explainer: What can Mueller tell U.S. lawmakers that we do not already know?
When Robert Mueller testifies to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers are expected to try to pin down the former special counsel on a crucial question: did he intend for them to carry on where he left off in his investigation of President Donald Trump and the Russians?
As Democrats craft their agenda heading into the 2020 elections in which the Republican president is
Reuters
Feb 14 2013
Opinion
Who would be affected by President Obama's proposed minimum wage increase?
Of the many proposals in Tuesday nights State of the Union address, the one that seems to be receiving the most attention (especially in the Twitterverse) is President Obama's plan to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00 an hour by 2015.
Economic Policy Institute
Apr 22 2013
News
CIA, FBI, military interrogators ready to question Boston bombing suspect
Federal prosecutors on Sunday were preparing to file charges against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing even as he remained under heavy guard at a local hospital amid questions about whether authorities would be able to interrogate him.
Washington Post
Sep 04 2014
News
Robert McDonnell guilty of 11 corruption counts
A federal jury Thursday found former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, guilty of public corruption — sending a message that they believed the couple sold the office once occupied by Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson to a free spending Richmond businessman for golf outings, lavish vacations and $120,000 in sweetheart loans.
Washington Post