Kevin Freking

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Energy and Environment

Money allocated for fighting fires to run out

Kevin Freking · August 5, 2014 8:13 pm

Irrigation water runs along a dried-up ditch between rice farms in Richvale, California.

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers struggle to reach drought relief deal

Kevin Freking · August 2, 2014 1:23 pm

Incumbents extend financial edge in House races

Kevin Freking · July 16, 2014 6:54 pm

Gay candidate faces criticism from opposing camps

Kevin Freking · July 16, 2014 7:12 am

FILE - This June 18, 2014 file photo shows acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaking in Washington. A top federal investigator said Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs is risking patients' health by not fully addressing whistleblower complaints about the quality of care. The VA's acting director responded by launching an agency review. Gibson said he was "deeply disappointed" in his own agency's failure to take the complaints seriously.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

VA challenged on handling of whistleblower charges

Kevin Freking · June 24, 2014 1:08 am

Sotomayor: Affirmative action options don’t work

Kevin Freking · June 22, 2014 7:30 pm

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is followed by reporters as he crosses Independence Ave. just after being elected the new majority leader by the Republican Conference, replacing Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., who was defeated in his primary earlier this month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Conservative Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., is taking McCarthy's place as GOP whip. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Blue-state congressman holds House’s No 2 GOP post

Kevin Freking · June 22, 2014 4:32 pm

Report: Half of vets with PTSD got treatment

Kevin Freking · June 20, 2014 4:46 pm

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses as he speaks at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. President Barack Obama says he plans to have a "serious conversation" with Shinseki about whether he can stay in his job. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Warnings on ‘gaming’ patient waits go back years

Kevin Freking · May 31, 2014 4:21 pm

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is seated before speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. The president said Friday that Shinseki is resigning amid widespread troubles with veterans' health care. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Shinseki had support of many vet groups until end

Kevin Freking · May 31, 2014 12:55 am

Union rep says LAX expansion overshadows security

Kevin Freking · May 29, 2014 11:25 pm

FILE -- In this July 23, 2013 file photo is Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security hearing; "Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children". Denham, whose district is in California's agricultural heartland of the San Joaquin Valley, is not worried that Congress' failure to pass immigration legislation will hurt his reelection.

California Republicans stress immigration support

Kevin Freking · May 17, 2014 3:18 pm