Tag: PennAve

Energy and Environment

Senate chips away the rust during Keystone XL debate

Zack Colman · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney answers a question after his lecture to the student body and guests at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss., Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Romney upends 2016 GOP field

David M. Drucker · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont, center, speaks to the press as fellow lawmakers stand with him in Havana Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. U.S. lawmakers standing with Leahy are, from left, Senator Richard Joseph Durbin from Illinois, Senator Deborah Ann Stabenow of Michigan, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Congressman Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, and Congressman Peter Welch of Vermont. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

National Security

Castro’s new Gitmo demands stir fierce debate

Susan Crabtree · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

Mitt Romney closes door on 2016 run

David M. Drucker, Rebecca Berg · January 30, 2015 9:54 am

President Obama smiles as he makes opening remarks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo)

Obama mocks Mitt Romney’s poverty pitch

Brian Hughes · January 30, 2015 1:32 am

A 'no trespassing' sign warns people to stay away from the proposed nuclear waste dump site of Yucca Mountain (L) February 7, 2002 at Nellis Air Force Base, located approximately 90 miles north of Las Vegas, NV. Â (Photo by David McNew/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Federal regulators say Yucca safe for nuclear waste

Zack Colman · January 29, 2015 11:49 pm

In this Saturday, May 31, 2014 image made from video, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, stands with a Taliban member in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad)

National Security

Taliban leader swapped for Bergdahl suspected of returning to fight

Charles Hoskinson · January 29, 2015 10:49 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants to know why the Internal Revenue Service is threatening to delay customer service and refunds during tax filing season despite "wasteful and unnecessary spending" on union activity and bonuses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hatch to IRS: Cut bonuses and waste, not customer services

Susan Ferrechio · January 29, 2015 10:43 pm

Valid identification numbers were missing from 800,000 Colorado claims in 2011. (iStock Photo)

Who is still uninsured?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 29, 2015 10:35 pm

"I'm very interested in some type of audit at the Fed," said Richard Shelby, the new chair of the Banking Committee, in an interview with Bloomberg Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Senate Banking chief wants a Fed audit

Joseph Lawler · January 29, 2015 10:34 pm

Chinese soldiers march after the inspection of the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at PLA Headquarters in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, Pool)

National Security

U.S., China to hold defense talks

Tara Copp · January 29, 2015 10:07 pm

McCain wants charges against ‘low-life scum’ protesters

Charles Hoskinson · January 29, 2015 9:44 pm