Tag: PennAve

Blood collection workers picket in front of the American Red Cross in Cleveland. (AP)

Teamsters pension fund uses new law to cut benefits

Sean Higgins · May 24, 2015 9:00 am

Boehner railed against an "arrogance that allows our vets to be lied to and ignored and, frankly, to die." (AP)

Boehner ratchets up pressure on the VA

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2015 9:00 am

Renewable companies want Congress to tweak limited partnerships to include wind farms. (AP)

Energy and Environment

Does bigger mean better for wind energy?

John Siciliano · May 24, 2015 9:00 am

In this May 9, 2011 photo, Sandra Almanza, 20, stands in the room she and her husband just finished painting for their unborn daughter in their home in Lyons, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

GOP bill blocks pregnant immigrants from entering the U.S.

Pete Kasperowicz · May 24, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., walks to a luncheon with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP senator: NSA threat to shutter spy program ‘disingenuous’

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2015 8:47 pm

In this picture released on Friday, May 22, 2015 by the website of Islamic State militants, shows the Islamic State militants flag, top center, raised on the to top of Palmyra castle, in the Syrian town of Palmyra, Syria. (The website of Islamic State militants via AP)

National Security

Expert: U.S. bombing ISIS near Palmyra ‘like closing the doors after the horses have bolted’

Barbara Boland · May 23, 2015 8:33 pm

"The threat is growing so quickly both in sophistication and in magnitude that it's hard to keep up with. But we're not catching up right here," said House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

GOP attacks Obama for ‘playing politics with defense’

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2015 7:13 pm

Rand Paul wounds spy bill, vows to permanently kill

Barbara Boland · May 23, 2015 5:23 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, Friday May 22, 2015, as part of Jewish American Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama touts Oscar Romero sainthood

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2015 4:27 pm

In a Thursday, April 9, 2015, file photo, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks to local residents during a fundraiser for state Rep. Scott Ourth, D-Ackworth, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

O’Malley to hit Iowa, New Hampshire after May 30 campaign launch

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2015 3:59 pm

President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Soldiers are still dying in Afghanistan, Obama honors the fallen

Barbara Boland · May 23, 2015 1:52 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to a Republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate blocks spy law extension

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2015 12:58 pm