Tag: PennAve

Obama needs Angela Merkel like never before

Brian Hughes · February 9, 2015 10:00 am

Different strains of pot are displayed for sale at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Marijuana, once a risky political issue, enters the mainstream

Rebecca Berg · February 9, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. military color guard looks on before a casing ceremony where the United States Forces-Iraq flag will be retired, signifying the departure of United States troops from Iraq, at the former Sather Air Base on December 15, 2011 in Baghdad. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty images)

Lawmakers squabble over ground troops to fight Islamic State

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 6:46 pm

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the Detroit Economic Club on Feb. 4, 2015. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty images)

Jeb Bush leads GOP field in NH poll

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 5:28 pm

A Ukrainian soldier gestures as he guards territory near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Energy and Environment

Secretary of State John Kerry: ‘No military solution’ in Ukraine

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 4:10 pm

A Ukrainian military vehicle drives towards Debaltseve on the outskirts of Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Sen. Ted Cruz implores White House to arm Ukrainian fighters

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 3:35 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee member Tim Kaine attends a hearing about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 16, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

National Security

Sen. Tim Kaine expects authorization for military force soon

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 3:22 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during the Freedom Summit, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sen. Ted Cruz ‘seriously’ considering White House run

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 3:14 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks in Arlington, Va., in December. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Homeland Security secretary pushes for clean funding bill

Zack Colman · February 8, 2015 3:08 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., left, arrives to speak with reporters after a weekly Republican policy meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell’s trick play in the Senate

David M. Drucker · February 8, 2015 10:00 am

In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. (AP)

National Security

‘Increasingly destructive’ Iran is sabotaging Obama’s plans

Charles Hoskinson · February 8, 2015 10:00 am

In this image made from undated video provided by Jordanian military via Jordan TV, explosions go off as the military carried out airstrikes at an undisclosed location in Syria. The military carried out airstrikes on Islamic State weapons depots and training sites on Thursday and Friday. King Abdullah II has thrust Jordan to the center of the war against the Islamic State group with his pledge of relentless retaliation for the killing of one of his pilots. (AP Photo/Jordanian military via Jordan TV)

Coalition airstrikes slam Islamic State positions on Saturday

Zack Colman · February 7, 2015 9:10 pm