Tag: PennAve

National Security

After nuclear framework, will Obama be able to confront Iran?

Brian Hughes · April 7, 2015 9:00 am

Obama won’t follow through with assurances, many Israelis fear

Susan Crabtree · April 7, 2015 9:00 am

A small provision in Medicare's policy will lead to 15 million Americans facing more than 50 percent increases in their monthly premiums next year.Â (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Medicare payments to rise

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 6, 2015 9:31 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol March 10, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Leader McConnell spoke on various issues in front of the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

National Security

Mitch McConnell: Congress to ‘respond legislatively’ to Iran nuclear bill

Kelly Cohen · April 6, 2015 8:59 pm

Likely 2016 Republican presidential candidates must consider how a stance toward marijuana that lines up -- or doesn't -- with voters in swing states may impact the nomination. (AP Photo)Â

Swing state voters: Legalize marijuana

Kelly Cohen · April 6, 2015 8:59 pm

American Action Network is affiliated with Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that spends money on House races and is allied with Boehner. (AP)

Group allied with GOP leadership rewards budget votes

David M. Drucker · April 6, 2015 8:10 pm

Former Democratic vice president and climate change evangelist Al Gore is off to Iowa next month to train a grassroots army of global warming advocates in the first-caucus state. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Gore to evangelize state of Iowa on climate change ahead of caucus

John Siciliano · April 6, 2015 7:19 pm

President Obama and Raul Castro briefly shook hands at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela in 2013. (AP Photo)Â

Will Obama meet Castro? White House mum

Susan Crabtree · April 6, 2015 6:25 pm

Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown is ordering local water agencies to slash use by 25 percent, as winter snowpack from which the state draws its water is at just at 6 percent of typical levels. (AP Photo)

White House not backing down in California water fight with Republicans

Brian Hughes · April 6, 2015 6:08 pm

WH: Timing of Iran sanctions relief TBD

Susan Crabtree · April 6, 2015 6:02 pm

The Pentagon announced Monday that U.S. refueling support for Saudi air operations in Yemen will go forward, but would be allowed only outside of Yemeni airspace. (Getty Images)

National Security

U.S. increases role in Yemen with refueling help

Tara Copp · April 6, 2015 5:52 pm

White House: Republicans trying to ‘undermine’ Obama

Brian Hughes · April 6, 2015 5:20 pm