Jun 02 Russians Open to Assad Leaving Power in Syria, Analyst Says This week's horrific violence in Syria may have nudged Russia a little bit closer to opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime's continued claim to power there, according to analysts who have recently visited Russia. Last week's massacre in Houla,… Continue reading
May 11 Members of Congress Press DHS, DOJ Over Inquiry Into Immigrant’s Death After our colleagues at "Need to Know" aired this report last month on the violent death of a man on the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago, 16 members of Congress said Thursday that the footage… Continue reading
Apr 06 Virginia Lawmakers Strike Tentative Deal on Budget Virginia's State Capitol in Richmond; Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user absentmindedprof. This report is part of our ongoing Divided by D.C. project, exploring 2 Governors, 2 Visions, 1 Election Year. Almost three weeks into a General… Continue reading
Mar 21 Virginians’ Approval of McDonnell Dips; Maryland’s O’Malley Compared to Cuomo This is part of our ongoing Divided by D.C. project, exploring 2 Governors, 2 Visions, 1 Election Year. Republican Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell saw his approval rating slip in a new Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday. Fifty-three percent of… Continue reading
Mar 13 White House, Senate Democrats Unite in Push to Approve Judicial Nominees White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler said Tuesday it is "ridiculous" for Republicans in the Senate to continue to block confirmation of 17 of President Obama's nominees to fill federal district court vacancies. She said the vacancies are resulting in unnecessary… Continue reading
Mar 08 Reid Sells Transportation Bill as House Version Stalls Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he can understand the pain of drivers sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic while expending untold amounts of increasingly expensive gasoline. The Senate is debating a $109 billion… Continue reading
Mar 03 BP to Pay $7.8 Billion in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement By Mike Fritz BP says it has reached a $7.8 billion settlement with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs who were affected by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The announcement came late Friday as a much anticipated trial in a New… Continue reading
Feb 04 Greece’s Moment of Truth European Union and Greek national flags fly near the Parthenon temple in Athens. File photo by Angelos Tzortzinis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. ATHENS | The Greek government declared Saturday that it had reached partial agreement with its euro area creditors… Continue reading
Feb 03 Questions Linger About Komen’s Commitment to Planned Parenthood Even after the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity reversed course Friday and said it would not halt grants to Planned Parenthood over a Republican-led congressional investigation, a number of observers wondered if Planned Parenthood might eventually be turned… Continue reading
Jan 31 Cantor Suggests Senate’s Insider-Trading Bill Not Strong Enough U.S. Capitol; file photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday he would prefer his own version of insider-trading legislation over the measure the Senate has decided to debate this week. Outside the Capitol, on… Continue reading