Sean Higgins

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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO pushes the Employee Rights Act, which would reduce union power. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Fiorina vows to rein in unions

Sean Higgins · January 20, 2016 9:44 pm

The fast food industry grossed more than $191 billion in 2013, according to Statista. (AP Photo)Â

Labor Dept. expands ‘joint employer’ definition, boosting unions

Sean Higgins · January 20, 2016 9:16 pm

Obama’s big bank ‘slush fund’

Sean Higgins · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

Martin O'Malley offered some further thoughts on the subject of "boots on the ground," a term commonly used among Obama administration officials as well. (AP Photo)

O’Malley scolds GOP for using term ‘boots on the ground’

Sean Higgins · January 18, 2016 4:22 am

"When the African-American community becomes familiar with my congressional record and with our agenda and with our views on the economy and criminal justice, just as the general population has become more supportive, so will the African-American community, so will the Latino community. We have the momentum. We are on a path to victory," Bernie Sanders said. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Sanders: African-Americans will like me when they learn my record

Sean Higgins · January 18, 2016 3:19 am

Green, Libertarian parties are charging that the commission in charge of debates is violating antitrust law. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Romney, Obama join forces in lawsuit against debate commission

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2016 10:02 pm

Hillary Clinton and her surrogates, including daughter Chelsea, have charged in recent days that Bernie Sanders wants to dismantle Obamacare. (AP Photo)

Sanders accuses Clinton of ‘vicious and coordinated attacks’

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2016 9:44 pm

"I am not bringing a suit, but the Democrats are going to be filing a lawsuit," Trump warned during Thursday's night's debate on Fox News. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Trump’s claim that Dems would challenge Cruz’s eligibility on firm ground

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2016 5:01 am

"If I become president, I couldn't care less about my company. It is peanuts," Donald Trump said. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trump: I’ll turn over my business to my kids if elected

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2016 4:31 am

On Wednesday, the NLRB invited interested parties to submit legal briefs on the question, the first step required by the board before it can rewrite one of its rules. (AP Photo)

NLRB mulls letting graduate students unionize

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2016 7:35 pm

"People are right to be -- and understandably -- uneasy," said White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. (AP file photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House still blaming 2008 recession for economic woes

Sean Higgins · January 13, 2016 4:31 pm

"Secretary Kerry's aggressive and early engagement in this and [the] open channel he had -- and he has -- with his foreign minister countererpart [in Iran] was important ... I do think the open lines of communication, which are relatively new, are extraordinarily important," McDonough said. (AP file photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WH chief of staff credits Kerry’s ‘engagement’ with Iran for sailors’ return

Sean Higgins · January 13, 2016 2:56 pm