Tag: PennAve

U.S. economy stalls in first quarter

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2015 1:00 pm

The State Department must give a date within three weeks that marks when it will release tens of thousands of work-related emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton on her personal account during her time as secretary of state. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images File)

May 19: Deadline for State Department to say when it will release Clinton emails

Kelly Cohen · April 29, 2015 1:00 pm

A Mexican Army soldier using a flashlight to shows reporters a tunnel connecting warehouses on either side of California's border with Mexico in Tijuana. More than 75 such underground passages have been found along the border since 2008, concentrated largely in California and Arizona. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

U.S. Border Patrol finds two underground tunnels beneath California-Mexico border

Kelly Cohen · April 29, 2015 12:12 pm

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that will decide whether state laws banning same-sex marriages are or are not constitutional. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Poll: Americans split over support of same-sex marriage

Kelly Cohen · April 29, 2015 11:08 am

President Obama once again urged America to do some soul-searching and commit to helping impoverished black communities gripped with unemployment, drug addiction and educational inequality. (AP)

The limits of Obama’s Baltimore soul-searching

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

Earlier this week, Pepsico announced Diet Pepsi will no longer contain the sweetener aspartame. (AP Photo)Â

Food companies bow to demand for natural ingredients

Robert King · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

The group assigned more than 2,500 hospitals a single grade based on 28 different measures having to do with sterilization practices, surgical care and health outcomes.

Hospitals don’t make safety grade

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, left, and his son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., applaud on stage at a campaign event at a hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Changing of guard in Nevada with 2016 implications

David M. Drucker · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

McConnell said he would "do everything I can to try to stop" the EPA proposal, which he says would kill coal-mining jobs in his state and raise energy costs. His anticipated appearance Wednesday shows how much he is prioritizing that mission. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Mitch McConnell squares off against EPA chief

Zack Colman · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

Water from the Niagara River passes through a hydroelectric dam the Robert Moses Generating Facility on June 4, 2013 at Lewiston, N.Y. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Hydropower industry pushes fixes to outdated rules

John Siciliano · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

Mitch McConnell endorsed the Iran bill in a floor speech, but noted, "I still expect to see a vigorous debate this week." (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Senate won’t force Obama to submit Iran deal as a treaty

Charles Hoskinson · April 29, 2015 1:44 am

FILE - In this April 14, 2015 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Even if Congress rejects his final Iranian nuclear deal, President Barack Obama could use his executive pen to offer Tehran a hefty portion of sanctions relief. Legislation is being ushered through Congress by Corker, to give Congress a say on a potential agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Corker holding up budget agreement

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 12:06 am