Politics Feb 01 Campaign committees collected almost $500 million in 2013 The major campaign committees collected almost a half-billion dollars in 2013 — a year when just two states chose governors, two had special Senate elections and six House districts had unplanned races — and spent most of it.
Politics Jan 30 Navy admiral tapped to be the next chief of the NSA WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is announcing that the head of the Navy's Cyber Command has been chosen to be the next chief of the troubled National Security Agency. Vice Adm. Mike Rogers, also a former intelligence director…
Politics Jan 29 Obama touts plan on contractor wages, retirement President Barack Obama is promoting his newly unveiled plans to boost wages for some workers and help Americans save for retirement - no action from Congress necessary.
Nation Jan 27 Farm bill deal would cut food stamps by 1 percent WASHINGTON -- A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural…
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…