Sean Higgins

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Police stand beside demonstrators during a protest march in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Saturday, June 6, 2015 against the G-7 summit in nearby Schloss Elmau hotel on June 7/8. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

National Security

Thousands protest trade deal in Germany: ‘G7 go to hell’

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 11:05 pm

Philanthropist George Soros speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Soros’ $5 million bankrolls suits to stop voter ID laws

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 8:10 pm

In this March 5, 2008, file photo, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert speaks to lawmakers on the Illinois House of Representatives floor at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Hastert never subject of complaints, local authorities say

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 8:05 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Christie slams Clinton on voter IDs: ‘She doesn’t know what she’s talking about’

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 7:46 pm

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to congress, (D-MN), talks during a press conference with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, not pictured, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Energy and Environment

Tar sand pipeline deal protests: ‘Get our leaders to #ActOnClimate’ tweets Ellison

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 6:15 pm

President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe Biden during funeral services for Biden's son, Beau Biden, Saturday, June 6, 2015, at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. (Yuri Gripas/Pool Photo via AP)

Obama extolls Beau Biden’s example in eulogy

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 5:29 pm

Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, as they testify during a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GOP argues Obama-backed trade bill will counter Obama on trade

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 3:55 pm

Walmart argued that the dress code was used to prohibit various items, including a three-inch-by-five-inch piece of paper with the inscription, "Comrade [name]. How may the Communist Party help you?" (Getty)Â

Obama administration slaps down Walmart dress code

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2015 9:06 pm

Workers react as the Los Angeles City Council votes 13-1 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, but a second vote is required for final approval because the tally was not unanimous, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

LA City Council rebuffs unions on exception to $15 wage, for now

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2015 7:56 pm

Just over one-quarter of greater New York fast-food joints would close if they had to pay their workers a $15-an-hour minimum wage, a survey of restaurant owners found. (AP Photo)

Quarter of NYC fast-food joints would close under $15 minimum: Survey

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2015 5:22 pm

An employee restocks a shelf in the grocery section of a Wal-Mart Supercenter May 11, 2005 in Troy, Ohio. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Civil rights group praises Walmart, Koch Industries on hiring policies

Sean Higgins · June 3, 2015 8:03 pm

Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt. during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. If all go Sanders' way, he will be sworn in as president in 2016. (AP Photo)

President Bernie Sanders: What would it be like?

Sean Higgins · June 3, 2015 4:01 am