Politics Apr 23 Congress questions Capitol security after gyrocopter incident Members of Congress want security officials to explain how they determined that a small gyrocopter piloted by a Florida postal carrier didn't pose a threat to the nation's capital when it flew through miles of the nation's most restricted airspace.
Politics Mar 28 GOP lawmaker says Clinton wiped email server ‘clean’ Hillary Rodham Clinton wiped her email server "clean," permanently deleting all emails from it, the Republican chairman of a House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks said Friday.
Nation Mar 24 VA says it will relax 40-mile rule for private medical care WASHINGTON — Responding to pressure from Congress and veterans groups, the Department of Veterans Affairs is relaxing a rule that makes it hard for some veterans in rural areas to prove they live at least 40 miles from a VA…
Politics Mar 20 House committee asks Hillary Clinton to turn over email servers for independent review The chairman of a House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi on Friday formally requested that Hillary Rodham Clinton turn over her email server for an independent review.
Nation Mar 20 U.S. tightens rules for disclosing chemicals used in fracking WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.
Politics Mar 17 State Department says it has no record that Hillary Clinton released all unclassified documents The State Department said Tuesday it had no record of Hillary Rodham Clinton signing a statement attesting that she had turned over all unclassified documents related to official business when she left her post as secretary of state in 2013.
Nation Mar 17 VA watchdog defends actions in contracting report WASHINGTON — Call it the battle of the watchdogs. The inspector general’s office at the Department of Veterans Affairs is defending its actions after the office came under unusual criticism from its counterpart at the Treasury Department.
Politics Mar 14 Clinton server access key to Benghazi probe, GOP lawmaker says A member of the House committee investigating the deadly attacks against Americans in Benghazi, Libya, says Hillary Rodham Clinton's email server could help lawmakers answer vital questions. Among them: Why was security at the U.S. diplomatic compound inadequate?…
Politics Mar 10 Rand Paul, two Senate Democrats try to legalize medical marijuana nationwide Two Democratic senators and a possible Republican presidential candidate are joining forces to push a bill to remove federal prohibitions on medical marijuana in 23 states where it's already legal.
Nation Feb 18 Obama to designate new national monuments in Colorado, Hawaii and Illinois President Barack Obama is designating three new national monuments for protection as historic or ecologically significant sites, including the Pullman neighborhood in Chicago where African-American railroad workers won a historic labor agreement.