Tag: PennAve

CIA Director John Brennan pauses as he speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

White House: Obama maintains ‘full confidence’ in CIA chief

Susan Crabtree · December 11, 2014 7:04 pm

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Tom Coburn puts the breaks on Senate action

Sean Lengell · December 11, 2014 6:31 pm

$1.1t spending package advances to avert shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2014 6:24 pm

Obama would sign spending bill

Brian Hughes · December 11, 2014 6:20 pm

Fifty-two percent of Americans support protecting gun rights, a record high. (iStock)

Gun ownership support growing

Kelly Cohen · December 11, 2014 6:19 pm

A protest sign greets Black Friday shoppers at a Boynton Beach, Fla. Walmart store Friday, Nov. 28 2014. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Walmart violated workers’ union rights, judge says

Sean Higgins · December 11, 2014 5:59 pm

Towers carrying electrical lines August 30, 2007 in South San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Senate panel advances nominee for electric grid regulator

Zack Colman · December 11, 2014 5:24 pm

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt, an Obama appointee, announced that the two government-sponsored enterprises' finances were secure enough to permit them to put some profits into two trust funds set aside for affordable housing. (AP Photo)

Housing regulator opens taps for affordable-housing fund

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 4:48 pm

But Jindal said the foreign donations will be the least of Clintonâs worries in a presidential election. (AP)

Why is Hillary Clinton still giving paid speeches?

Rebecca Berg · December 11, 2014 3:15 pm

Jack Lew fires back at Elizabeth Warren: ‘You need multiple perspectives’

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 2:38 pm

First-time claims for unemployment benefits ticked down to 294,000 for the week ending Dec. 6, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. (iStock Photo)

Jobless claims tick down to 294,000

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2014 1:47 pm

Republicans won big in 2014, but can they sustain those gains in 2016?

Rebecca Berg · December 11, 2014 10:00 am