Jan 13 Senate Democrats look to make additions to Keystone XL pipeline bill By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats plan to use Senate consideration of the Keystone XL oil pipeline to get Republicans on the record about climate change and to resurrect parts of a bipartisan energy efficiency bill doomed by pipeline politics last year. Continue reading
Jan 12 White House: We should have sent someone with a ‘higher profile’ to Paris By Julie Pace, Associated Press The White House appeared to have been caught off guard by both the display of international unity at the Paris march and the criticism of its decision to be represented only by Ambassador Jane Huntley. Monday's admission of error seemed… Continue reading
Jan 12 Obama urges law to better protect consumers from company data breaches By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked, a move that follows high-profile breaches at retailers including Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus. Continue reading
Jan 12 Who blinks first between Obama, Republicans? By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Lisa Desjardins, Simone Pathe On Tuesday, President Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders for the first time since Republicans took control of the new Congress. So far, both sides are taking hard-line postures. Continue reading
Jan 11 Kerry pushes for rapid expansion of US trade with India By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for a rapid expansion of U.S.-India trade and commercial ties as he attended an international investment conference ahead of visit by President Barack Obama later this month. Continue reading
Jan 10 Decision on Keystone XL back on Obama’s desk By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Republicans in Congress and a state supreme court have thrown the political hot potato known as Keystone XL straight back onto President Barack Obama's lap. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 7:08 Would free tuition boost student success at community colleges? By PBS News Hour President Obama’s plan to make the first two years of community college free could help up to 9 million students and add educated employees to the workforce. But it would cost the federal government billions and would have to pass… Continue watching
Jan 09 Photo essay: Remnants of the trillion-dollar war in Afghanistan rust in the desert By Joshua Barajas At its peak, the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan swelled to 140,000 in 2010 when Obama ordered a "surge" to counter the growing insurgency. Now, the U.S. is tasked in dismantling its operations throughout Afghanistan to house the incoming… Continue reading
Jan 09 Gwen’s Take: Ping-pong politics By Gwen Ifill So here we are. No matter how trivial or horrific, it seems we have reached a stage in our national and international debates where no event is allowed to rise or fall on its own merit anymore. Continue reading
Jan 08 Can Obama and the Republican Congress get anything done together? By Ayan Sheikh Earlier this week this week, we looked at the history of divided government and how the current split in power between the Democratic White House and a Republican majority house and senate is the new normal. Continue reading