Tag: PennAve

U.S. President Obama said that he will soon decide whether to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism now that the State Department has finished a review on the question as part of the move to reopen diplomatic relations with the island nation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s Cuba moment

Brian Hughes · April 11, 2015 9:00 am

The administration doesn't have the "legal authority" to add pregnancy to the list, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell wrote. (AP)

No extra Obamacare enrollment for pregnant women

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 10, 2015 11:19 pm

In his first week as a presidential candidate, the Texas senator raked in more than $4 million for his campaign account. (AP Photo)

Ted Cruz’s serious — and seriously underestimated — fundraising machine

Rebecca Berg · April 10, 2015 11:05 pm

President Barack Obama tours Indatus in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, April 2, 2015, before speaking about his concerns about $300 billion cost of eliminating a tax that the White House says would affect relatively few people. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamas earned $477,383 in 2014, paid 19.6 percent in taxes

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2015 8:45 pm

LGBT Obama staffers speak out

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 10, 2015 7:19 pm

Florida and Texas residents reported significantly higher uninsured rates than New York and California, according to a new study. (AP Photo)

Texas and Florida face higher uninsured rate that New York and California: Study

Robert King · April 10, 2015 6:57 pm

Wind turbines are seen at the Eastern Kings Wind Farm on March 24, 2008 at East Point, Prince Edward Island, Canada. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Canada’s utilities seek closer ties with Washington on climate plan

John Siciliano · April 10, 2015 6:22 pm

"[T]here is a new sense of urgency; and I think we do want to take that sense of urgency and make it concrete." (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House: No Iran deal without phased sanctions relief

Brian Hughes · April 10, 2015 6:20 pm

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom holds news conference on Friday, April 10, 2015 at the Federal Courthouse in Kansas City, Kan. John T. Booker was charged Friday with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group. Grissom says Booker was arrested Friday near Manhattan, Kan., about 100 miles west of Kansas City. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, John Sleezer)

National Security

Islamic State-inspired Kansas man arrested in bomb plot on Army base

Kelly Cohen · April 10, 2015 5:48 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Democrats ask McConnell for votes on popular Democratic amendments

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2015 5:43 pm

Jews who attend religious services weekly are also more likely to disapprove of Obama than approve of him.Â (AP Photo)Â

Obama losing his advantage among Jewish voters

Kelly Cohen · April 10, 2015 5:27 pm

President Obama has warned Congress not to get in the way of blocking the deal as negotiators work toward a June 30 deadline for a final agreement. (AP Photo)Â

Poll: Republicans divided on whether Congress should block Iran deal

Kelly Cohen · April 10, 2015 3:28 pm