Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn said Monday he is , ending days of speculation that began after his arrest last week for investigation of driving under the influence.
Ashburn said he felt compelled to address rumors that he had visited a nightclub near the Capitol before his DUI arrest.
Ashburn, who consistently voted against rights [...]
US President Barack Obama on Monday launched a new political assault on price-hiking insurance companies, seeking to build support for his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.
“Every year, insurance companies deny more people coverage because they have a pre-existing condition,” Obama said, in excerpts of his remarks released by the White House.
Facing a tough political environment, President Barack Obama on Saturday turned up the heat for the health care overhaul that has been his top priority for a year yet has not been passed by Congress.
Republicans, recognizing the public’s mood, are repeating their call to start from scratch on a proposal that would potentially reshape how [...]
A Dutch court has extended for 14 days the detention of a man suspected of flying passenger jets with a forged license.
A lawyer for Turkish airline Corendon says the man had flown for the company for two years. Dutch police say the man was relieved at being caught, and claimed to have worked for airlines [...]
The U.N.’s top human rights official is condemning domestic violence and the killing of women in the name of honor.
Pillay says about 5,000 women each year are victims of so-called ‘honor killings,’ in which relatives kill women for relationships they believe bring shame to the family.
Navi Pillay says one in three women across the world [...]
A measure blending highway funding eagerly sought by the states with tax breaks for companies that hire unemployed workers appeared headed for House passage Thursday as Democrats work to send President Barack Obama the first of several promised election-year jobs bills.
But first, the House was expected to amend the measure to conform with so-called pay-as-you-go [...]
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal by President Barack Obama to give people on Social Security a $250 bonus check.
The vote came as the Senate debated a $100 billion-plus measure to extend unemployment assistance, revive a bevy of popular but expired tax breaks, help states with soaring Medicaid costs and prevent doctors from having [...]
The Senate has rejected President Barack Obama’s proposal to give a $250 bonus payment to people on Social Security.
Seniors received an identical $250 bonus last year as part of the economic stimulus bill.
The proposal failed by a 50-47 vote in which Republicans and Democratic budget hawks opposed the idea for adding $14 billion to the [...]
The Pentagon’s upcoming study on gays in the military is biased, some GOP lawmakers already contend, because it assumes Congress will repeal the 1993 law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Leading the assessment are the Defense Department’s general counsel, Jeh Johnson, and the U.S. Army Forces Europe commander, Gen.
Its been almost a year since the PMA Group shut its doors amid a federal probe, but things are still not back to normal for many former clients of the now-defunct lobbying firm. A recent analysis shows most of the corporations that had engaged the defense lobbying shop spent significantly less on K Street last [...]
