National Politics
Spy data disclosures show executive branch holds all the cards
Disclosures about National Security Agency cyber-spying on millions of Americans vividly illustrates how the federal government’s check-and-balance system is out of balance.
National Politics
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Compromise among senators eyed on border security
After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillance
The FBI uses drones for surveillance of stationary subjects, and the privacy implications of such operations are "worthy of debate," FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion
The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama making plans to tackle global warming
President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more - and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Former TWA 800 investigators claim crash details were covered up
It wasn’t a missile, government officials said at the time. Just a tragic accident. A mechanical failure.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Educators, artists, lawmakers urge more emphasis on the arts
America needs to invest more in the humanities and social sciences in order to preserve its cultural identity and economic competitiveness, according to a new report on the role those subjects play in shaping the national character
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Eisenhower memorial moving ahead, despite family’s objections
The design for a memorial to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, more than 10 years in the planning, has so divided supporters and critics that the commission created to build it gave up trying to find a compromise and defiantly voted Wednesday to proceed, despite the bitter opposition of the...
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs same-sex marriage
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Wednesday she’s changed her views and now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate Republican to do so.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
US calls out China, Russia over human trafficking
The U.S. accused China and Russia of failing to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, ranking them on a par with North Korea and Syria.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Oversight board concerned about NSA surveillance
The chairman of the federal oversight board that President Barack Obama said will meet with him to discuss the National Security Agency's secret surveillance program said Wednesday that the group has numerous concerns about the operation and plans to publish a report after a full inquiry.
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