Zack Colman

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President Obama's assertion that he will use his "pen and phone" to push policy sounded like a threat to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Rand Paul: Obama’s ‘pen and phone’ push ‘sounds vaguely like a threat’

Zack Colman · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reacted to President Obama's comment about how the scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service had "not even a smidgen of corruption." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Sen. Ted Cruz: Obama should say sorry for Obamacare

Zack Colman · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that some Republican lawmakers' wording hurts the party's chances with women and minorities. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Sen. Rand Paul: GOP phrasing ‘somewhat’ to blame for shortcomings with women, minorities

Zack Colman · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

A Russian police officer searches a driver as his vehicle is also screened at an entrance to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games park, Thursday, Jan. 23, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Rep. Michael McCaul: Sochi security risk ‘greatest’ ever seen

Zack Colman · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

The mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by tugs in high winds and high seas some 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, in December 2012. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)

Energy and Environment

After a year on ice, Shell looks to Arctic drilling

Zack Colman · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Large sections of pipe are shown on a neighboring property to Julia Trigg Crawford family farm in Sumner, Texas. (AP/Tony Gutierrez)

Energy and Environment

Republican senators press Obama to approve Keystone XL

Zack Colman · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a battery plant in Holland, Mich., in July 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Obama stresses US position as climate leader

Zack Colman · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. Warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to transport large amounts of crude oil, U.S. and Canadian accident investigators urged their governments to take a series of safety measures. The oil train derailed and exploded near Casselton, N.D., creating intense fires. The accident occurred about a mile outside the town, and no one was hurt. Rail lines run through and alongside the town. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

National Transportation Safety Board warns of ‘major loss of life’ from rail shipments of crude oil

Zack Colman · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Federal law requires the EPA to review standards for ozone pollution, which occurs when hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide from power plants, fuel exhausts and other sources combine with sunlight, every five years.

Energy and Environment

Environmental groups file court motion seeking EPA action on ozone standard

Zack Colman · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

An Image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island in Alaska in January 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

Energy and Environment

Court decision clouds Shell Arctic drilling plan

Zack Colman · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Crude oil export ban could stymie US output, says International Energy Agency

Zack Colman · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Nancy Sutley is leaving the White House Council on Environmental Quality after five years as its chairwoman. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

Green, business groups jockey over looming emissions review policy

Zack Colman · January 18, 2014 5:00 am