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.
Politics Feb 05 Three House Democrats to skip Netanyahu speech Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon said they won't attend Netanyahu's March 3 speech.
Nation Feb 03 Congress awards First Special Service Force with gold medal WASHINGTON — Congress has awarded the congressional gold medal to the First Special Service Force, an elite strike force of U.S. and Canadian soldiers that conducted covert operations to help liberate France and Italy during World War II.
Nation Feb 03 Bill aiming to reduce veteran suicide makes way to White House WASHINGTON — A bill aimed at reducing a suicide epidemic among military veterans is on its way to the president for his signature.
Politics Jan 03 New Congress includes more minorities, women than ever before The 114th Congress that convenes Tuesday will count more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly white and male in the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
Politics Dec 30 Potential candidates eye Grimm’s seat, including prosecutor in Garner case Potential candidates eyed a Staten Island congressional seat Tuesday as Republican Rep. Michael Grimm announced his resignation, following a guilty plea on tax evasion charges. Among the possible candidates is a Staten Island prosecutor who oversaw a case in which…
Politics Dec 01 Republican aide resigns over comments about Sasha and Malia Obama Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, said Malia Obama, 16, and Sasha, 13, should have shown more "class" at a turkey-pardoning ceremony last week at the White House.
Nation Nov 10 VA announces ‘MyVA’ plan, largest reorganization in department’s history On the eve of Veterans Day, the Veterans Affairs Department announced a reorganization Monday designed to make it easier for veterans to gain access to the sprawling department and its maze-like websites.
Nation Nov 07 Veterans Affairs taking ‘aggressive’ disciplinary action against more than 1,000 employees In an interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes," McDonald said the VA is taking "aggressive, expeditious disciplinary action, consistent with the law" against more than 1,000 of its 315,000 employees.