Tag: PennAve

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., along with eight Democrats, wrote a letter to Senate Rules Committee chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., calling for an unspecified minimum wage for all contracted Senate employees. (Washington Examiner)

Democrats call for ‘living wage’ for Senate workers

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2015 9:11 pm

Obama admin defends Middle East record after Bush criticism

Susan Crabtree · April 27, 2015 7:21 pm

White House silent on reported hack of Obama emails

Susan Crabtree · April 27, 2015 6:16 pm

U.S. pledges $10 million in earthquake relief to Nepal

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2015 5:52 pm

Americans have access to more fluoride through toothpaste and mouth rinses than when the recommendations were introduced in 1962, theÂ Health and Human Services DepartmentÂ said. (Getty Images)

Government wants less fluoride in water

Robert King · April 27, 2015 5:19 pm

Potential Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers remarks at the South Carolina Democratic Party state convention April 25, 2015 in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders warns governors about Republican budget

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2015 5:17 pm

A man sits with a child on his lap as victims of Saturday's earthquake, wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. The death toll from Nepal's earthquake is expected to rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

National Security

Green Berets, C-17s respond to Nepal earthquake

Tara Copp · April 27, 2015 5:08 pm

Use of contraception increased so much among teens that it not only drove down the pregnancy rate, but also compensated for the increased sexual activity. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court punts on Obamacare birth control mandate

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 27, 2015 5:06 pm

Loretta Lynch sworn in as attorney general

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2015 4:42 pm

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has his priority list ready to go as he runs for president. (AP Photo)

National Security

Rand Paul backs use of drones in war zones

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2015 3:30 pm

U.S. State Department Under Secretary For Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top negotiator tries to ward off skepticism of Iran talks

Charles Hoskinson · April 27, 2015 3:23 pm

National Security

Japanese forces to go global under new U.S. agreement

Tara Copp · April 27, 2015 3:00 pm