Politics Jan 22 If history repeats, Obama’s State of the Union won’t compel Congress to act When President Barack Obama delivered his 2013 State of the Union, he asked Congress to tackle many issues, including immigration reform, a minimum wage hike and gun legislation. But one year later, little progress has been made on the…
Economy Jan 21 Tax code changes will hit high-income Americans hardest WASHINGTON — Higher-income Americans and some legally married same-sex couples are likely to feel the biggest hits from tax law changes when they file their federal returns in the next few months. Taxpayers also will have a harder time taking…
World Jan 20 U.S. supports UN decision to uninvite Iran from Syrian peace talks WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday welcomed U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon’s decision to rescind his invitation to Iran to attend an international conference on Syria this week, saying it hoped the move would refocus attention on the goals of…
World Jan 20 UPDATE: Iran hasn’t met criteria to join Syria peace talks, say U.S. officials The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. expects the UN to revoke their invitation to Iran to attend the Syria peace talks in Geneva. Breaking: U.S. expects U.N. to "rescind" invitation to Iran on Syria talks.
Nation Jan 17 Obama backs limits on NSA phone data collection Video still by PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON — Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government’s control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately…
Nation Jan 17 Supreme Court may reconsider warrantless cellphone searches Photo by Bill Heinsohn The Supreme Court decided 40 years ago that police don’t need a search warrant to look through anything a person is carrying when arrested. But that was long before smartphones gave people the…
Politics Jan 14 For jobless conservatives, extending emergency unemployment aid is more complex than partisan politics COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — When federal emergency unemployment benefits expired last month, the effects ran deep in a Colorado county marked by two exit ramps off Interstate 25 — one leading to the conservative religious group Focus on the Family,…
Nation Jan 14 Phone companies don’t want the job of spying on customers’ calls In an effort to address privacy, legal and civil liberties concerns, President Barack Obama is expected to propose shifting phone surveillance activities from the NSA to phone companies or an unspecified third party. Photo by Thomas Hawk/Flickr WASHINGTON —…