Displaying items 121-132 of 9443
» View hbindependent.com items only
< Previous
•
1-10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21-787
•
Next >
-
John Kerry's brother, Cameron, to be acting Commerce secretary
WASHINGTON -- Cameron Kerry will serve as acting Commerce secretary starting June 1, joining his brother, Secretary of State John Kerry, in President Obama's Cabinet. Cameron Kerry, who has been general counsel at the Commerce Department since 2009,...
Tags: Rebecca Blank, John F. Kennedy, Penny Pritzker, John Bryson, John Kerry
-
Drunk-driving limit should be lowered to .05, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries. The National...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Highway Transportation, Transportation Industry
-
Public interest in Benghazi sags, but not among Republicans
WASHINGTON — Public interest in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya last fall has dropped sharply from its high point in October and has taken on a strongly partisan cast, polling data released Monday shows. Just...
Tags: Politics, Fox News Channel (tv network), Benghazi, Parties and Movements
-
With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Tea Party Movement
-
Obama's second-term blues
WASHINGTON — Well, that didn't take long. Four months into a fresh four years, President Obama is already assuming the familiar crouch of a scandal-struck second-termer. British Prime Minister David Cameron was visiting the White House Monday...Tags: Susan Rice, Libya, Politics, White House, Internal Revenue Service
-
Sestak won't run for Pa. governor; might seek rematch with Sen. Toomey in 2016
Associated PressFormer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday that he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly setting up a rematch against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in 2016. Sestak said he...Tags: Tom Corbett, Executive Branch, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Elections
-
For Obama, 2014 is his number
WASHINGTON -- Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for...
Tags: Voting, Sociology, Immigration, Gun Control, Barack Obama
-
Atty. Gen. Holder defends seizure of AP's telephone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly defended the far-reaching probe in the disclosure of security information by the Associated Press and said American lives were jeopardized when the wire service revealed details of a foiled plot to...
Tags: Lawyers, The Associated Press, FBI, Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice
-
Mail Call - May 15
“People wonder what’s wrong with Washington. Well, it’s the people themselves, that re-elect people like this former governor from South Carolina, who cheated and lied to his wife, and also lied to the people, by thinking he was above...Tags: Lawyers, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Prosecution, Punishment, Justice System
-
Carney 'confident' White House did not know of IRS targeting
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s spokesman says he is “confident” that no one at the White House knew the IRS was targeting conservative groups until White House lawyers were told of an internal review several weeks ago. “I can...Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
-
Local seniors are Presidential Scholars semi-finalists
Daniel del Valle and Joseph Song, La Cañada High School seniors, are semi-finalists in a Presidential Scholars Program. Applicants for the program are invited through the Department of Education. About 3,900 students qualified and 550 are semi-finalists....
Tags: Google+
-
Obama's budget puts the onus on Ryan
WASHINGTON — When it comes to deficit reduction, President Barack Obama may have correctly taken the measure of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and U.S. corporate leaders; that's a reason why any deficit deal is more remote than ever. Two and a...Tags: Federal Reserve, Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Paul Ryan, Fiscal Cliff
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
May 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 14, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 9, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 9, 2013
|Story| La Cañada
May 14, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Original site for Washington, DC topic gallery.
