Tag: PennAve

National Security

USA Freedom Act: 7 things you need to know

Barbara Boland · June 1, 2015 11:14 am

National Security

Patriot Act lapses, extending it difficult

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2015 11:14 am

After years of calling on both parties to work together, Obama might be about to watch as bipartisanship sinks his trade agenda. (iStock)

Obama’s new enemy on trade: Bipartisanship

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama's administration is pursuing a new labor rule that would largely ignore big business and instead target small and medium-sized companies. (AP Photo)

New union-friendly rule from Obama targets small business

Sean Higgins · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

One of the hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran is displayed blindfolded and with his hands bound to the crowd outside the embassy. The U.S. and Iran cut off diplomatic ties in 1979 after the Islamic Revolution and the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, where 52 Americans were held hostage for more than a year. (AP Photo/File)

On Iran, Walker turns to former hostage

Ryan Lovelace · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama sits with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Secretary of State John Kerry, center right, and Gulf Cooperation Council leaders and delegations at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Working past deadline … again

Charles Hoskinson · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

A conservative group is working on a way to allow states to join together to reject the Obama administration's proposed carbon emissions limits on power plants. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

A new tool to fight the EPA

Zack Colman · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

The core of the Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. case is about the distinction between infringement and invalidity. (iStock Photo)

Supreme Court calls ‘patent trolls’ by proper name

Jimmy Soni · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Scientists have already analyzed genes for tens of thousands of people in the United States. (iStock Photo)

How ambitious is Obama’s gene project?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Business on 2016 frontline

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

"I think it's important for the GOP to say, 'Ex-Im is not fair. This is about political connections, not merit. This prevents people from using their God-given talents to rise up the ladder of success,'" Jeb Hensarling said

Clock winds down on Export-Import Bank

Joseph Lawler · June 1, 2015 4:01 am

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A one-year travel ban is expiring for five senior Taliban leaders held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay until they were released last year in exchange for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

National Security

Qatar extends travel ban for ‘Taliban 5’

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 12:27 am