Jan 09 Watch News Wrap: Senate deadlocks on extending unemployment benefits By PBS News Hour News Wrap: Senate deadlocks on extending unemployment benefits… Continue watching
Jan 09 NJ Gov. Chris Christie apologizes for bridge-closure scandal, fires top aide .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } In a news conference Thursday,… Continue reading
Jan 09 New Jersey bridge scandal snarls Christie's 2016 ambitions By Terence Burlij New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly (L) stand at the scene of a September 12 boardwalk fire in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Photo by Phil Stilton/Getty Images The revelations Wednesday that the September… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch LaHood, Rendell make bipartisan push to revitalize America's infrastructure LaHood, Rendell make bipartisan push to revitalize America's infrastructure… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 50 years on, what strides have we made in the war on poverty? 50 years on, what strides have we made in the war on poverty?… Continue watching
Jan 08 Chris Christie's staff tied to bridge scandal; Christie reponds Traffic moves over the Hudson River and across the George Washington Bridge between New York City, right, and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Update 5:08 p.m. EST New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie released a statement… Continue reading
Jan 08 Ex-House members seeking comebacks in 2014 "You can't run as an outsider, and you're tied to the record that you previously had," Jon Vogel, a Democratic strategist and former executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said. "There are certain limitations and your success is… Continue reading
Jan 08 Unemployment extension faces uncertain path forward By Terence Burlij President Obama shakes hands with a group of people affected by the expiration of unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless after speaking in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. Photo by: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Senate advances bill to restore benefits for long-term unemployed Senate advances bill to restore benefits for long-term unemployed… Continue watching
Jan 07 New York Police officers charged in disability fraud More than one hundred former city workers, including New York City police officers, firefighters and prison guards, have been charged of faking psychiatric problems in order to receive federal disability benefits. Continue reading