Apr 17 Live Chat: Gwen Ifill answers your questions By News Desk Do you have questions for Gwen Ifill? Join her for a live chat, hosted by PBS’ Washington Week, at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 17 Obama says U.S. military 'superior' to Putin's Russian forces By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: Obama again warns of consequences for Russia on Ukraine 2016 women under the microscope Is Obama not "Deporter-In-Chief"? Cold War games: President Obama flexed some American military muscle in an interview with CBS News,… Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch Why outside groups are pouring record amounts of money into this year's midterm elections By PBS News Hour Organizations not officially linked to 2014 midterm election candidates have been spending record levels on campaigns. So far, more money has been spent overall than in the entire 2000 presidential election. To make sense of these numbers, Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
Apr 16 Proposed minimum wage hikes still won't benefit workers in exempt jobs By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Some low-paid workers won't benefit even if a long-shot Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum wage becomes law. More than a dozen categories of jobs are exempt from the minimum, currently $7.25 an hour. Those exclusions, rooted… Continue reading
Apr 16 U.S. plans to send non-lethal aid package to bolster Ukrainian military By Julie Pace, Associated Press The United States is working on a package of non-lethal aid for Ukraine that could include medical supplies and clothing, but would stop short of providing body armor and other military-style equipment, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The incremental assistance would… Continue reading
Apr 16 Obama, Biden to announce $600 million in job grants By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Striving to show action on jobs, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are hitting the road to trumpet $600 million in new competitive grants to spur creation of targeted training and apprenticeship programs that could help people land… Continue reading
Apr 16 Outside spending on record-breaking pace By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Outside groups spent $56 million already, double this point in 2010 A quarter of that spent in the Big Six Senate races A look at the ad wars in key Senate races 23 donors have… Continue reading
Apr 15 Federal debt collectors halt program to seize unpaid Social Security By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press People with old Social Security debts are getting a reprieve -- for now. The Social Security Administration had been participating in a program in which thousands of people were having their tax refunds seized to recoup overpayments that happened more… Continue reading
Apr 15 Anything in Washington becomes political, even the Boston bombing By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Boston bombing and the year of surveillance scrutiny US-Russia tensions flare over Ukraine Get those taxes in! Health law's good week Landrieu runs as the insider Boston bombing - one year later: It's been a… Continue reading
Apr 14 The race factor in this year's elections By Domenico Montanaro, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford Today in the Morning Line: The race factor - Why Obama, Holder, Clinton are speaking out Study finds whites vote Republican when told of demographic changes Rand Paul going Sister Souljah Hillary Clinton being vetted like it's 2015 The race… Continue reading