Feb 19 Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver indicted on 3 charges By Larry Neumeister and Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted Thursday on three charges after his arrest in a federal bribery case. Continue reading
Feb 19 Democrats to Boehner: Postpone Netanyahu speech By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Almost two dozen liberal Democrats on Thursday asked House Speaker John Boehner to postpone Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress next month. Continue reading
Feb 19 White House economic report pushes for higher wages to combat stagnation By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economists say that even as the U.S. has managed to kick start a lasting and growing recovery, modest wage gains are far from making up for decades of paycheck stagnation for middle-class workers. Continue reading
Feb 19 Who said it? Bush vs. Obama on Islam By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: The president defends his words on terror A problem for the White House Can you tell which quotes are from President Obama and which are from former President George W. Bush? Word play: Leading… Continue reading
Feb 18 Obama to designate new national monuments in Colorado, Hawaii and Illinois By Matthew Daly, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 18 Oregon's Kate Brown becomes first openly bisexual governor in nation By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Kate Brown was sworn in Wednesday as Oregon's governor following an influence-peddling scandal that prompted the resignation of fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber, who had been the state's longest-serving chief executive before his swift fall from grace. Continue reading
Feb 18 Obama names Joseph Clancy to lead Secret Service By Nedra Pickler, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press President Barack Obama has chosen the former special agent he asked to temporarily run the troubled Secret Service to take over as director. Continue reading
Feb 18 Does having a college degree matter in a president? By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Scott Walker doesn't have a college degree. Should anyone care? Nine presidents -- two on Mount Rushmore -- didn't have college degrees But just one president in the last 114 years didn't have one… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 8:16 Millions in limbo as judge halts Obama's immigration action By PBS News Hour President Obama’s executive actions on immigration have been delayed after a federal judge in Texas ruled it didn't follow proper legal procedure. Alan Gomez of USA Today and Stephen Legomsky of Washington University Law School join Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Feb 17 Ash Carter pledges 'candid advice' after taking oath of office By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Ash Carter, sworn in Tuesday as President Barack Obama's fourth secretary of defense amid multiple global threats, pledged to offer his most candid strategic advice and carefully consider decisions about sending troops into harm's way. Continue reading