Nuclear Missile Security Compromised by Aging Helicopters
A top secret military exercise last summer showed the United States can’t adequately respond to a terrorist attack on nuclear missiles deployed in the northern plains states. Congress and the Pentagon...
10 Maalis 20168min
Trump Effect On Two Congressional Races
New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin and Nebraska Democrat Rep. Brad Ashford are two freshman House members worth watching in this year’s campaign. Zeldin is a Republican in a district which President ...
9 Maalis 20166min
Republican Rift Threatens Budget Plan
Congressional Republicans have just weeks left to meet an April 15 deadline for producing a tax and spending plan that is supposed to green light the writing of annual spending bills that fund the gov...
7 Maalis 20167min
Congress Seeks to Fight Painkiller Epidemic
Congress is weighing what to do about prescription painkiller and heroin abuse – a problem statistics show is killing more Americans than car accidents. But the administration and Republicans are far ...
4 Maalis 20165min
Puerto Rico Debt Sparks Bailout Debate in Congress
Puerto Rico's struggles to crawl out from under $72 billion in debt has set off a debate in Congress over how to extend a lifeline to the island commonwealth. One option is a special type of bankruptc...
3 Maalis 20166min
Why Texas Abortion Case at Supreme Court Won't Settle Future Battles
The Supreme Court this week heard arguments in the first substantive abortion rights case to reach justices in almost a decade. But whatever happens in the challenge to a Texas law regulating abortion...
2 Maalis 20167min
Congress Races to Finish Child Nutrition Rewrite in Election Year
Congress is trying to finish a child nutrition bill in an election year – no small task with a tight legislative calendar and sensitive decisions over questions such as the size of reimbursements for ...
2 Maalis 20168min
Trump's Rhetoric Unlikely to Move Congress to Tackle Political Money
The presidential candidates are spending a lot of time warning about the influence of millionaires and billionaires on American politics. But the rhetoric isn’t likely to change Congress’ low-energy a...
25 Helmi 20168min
