Jun 02 SCOTUS: Chemical weapons treaty cannot be invoked in assault case By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices threw out the conviction of Carol Anne Bond of Lansdale, Pa., who was prosecuted under a 1999 law based on the chemical weapons treaty. Bond served a six-year prison term after being convicted of using toxic chemicals that… Continue reading
Jun 02 How California's new primary system hopes to level the playing field By Scott Shafer, KQED Four years ago, Californians joined Louisiana and Washington in passing an election reform measure designed to encourage centrist candidates for office. Called a "top two" or "jungle" primary system, the candidates -- regardless of party affiliation -- run against each… Continue reading
Jun 02 EPA's new rules put Democrats on their heels By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: New carbon regulations put Democrats on the defensive in the short term Ernst has momentum in Iowa Poll shows McDaniel in the lead in Mississippi New rules: Let's put aside the long-term moral arguments on… Continue reading
May 31 Obama to announce regulation effort to curtail carbon By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press The new pollution rule the Obama administration announces Monday will be a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy and arguably the most significant U.S. environmental regulation in decades. But it's not one the White House wanted. Continue reading
May 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on turning around the VA, defining Obama foreign policy By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including the resignation of VA Secretary Shinseki and President Obama’s foreign policy speech at West Point. Continue watching
May 30 Watch Shinseki resigns, criticizing 'systemic' failures of VA health care system By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 30 Watch News Wrap: White House press secretary Carney steps down By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Obama announced that Jay Carney will resign as White House press secretary after three and a half years. Carney is being replaced by his deputy, Josh Earnest. Meanwhile, officials in northern India fired two… Continue watching
May 30 Longtime Mississippi senator fights to save his political career By Jeffrey Hess, Mississippi Public Broadcasting Editor’s Note: Sen. Thad Cochran from Mississippi is the second longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and has become a target by tea party activists around the country. They had hoped he would be an easy incumbent to topple in… Continue reading
May 30 Obama says goodbye to White House press secretary By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama disclosed he's losing his chief spokesman on the same day that the president came to the White House briefing room to personally announce the resignation of his Veterans Affairs secretary. It was a Friday not… Continue reading
May 30 Obama accepts Shinseki's resignation as VA secretary By Julie Pace, Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned in the privacy of the White House on Friday, driven from office by a mushrooming scandal over the agency's health care system that serves millions of the… Continue reading