A Tempest Over Biofuel Use
The Environmental Protection Agency tried to strike a compromise setting mandates for the use of ethanol and other renewable fuels next year. But the balancing act has instead angered both supporters ...
4 Dec 201510min
Year-End Government Spending Battle Ripens
The days are ticking down on the legislative calendar and the big unresolved business in Congress is a giant spending bill that’s supposed to keep government agencies running in 2016. Republicans and ...
4 Dec 20157min
Feds Look to Tighten Their Grip on Recreational Drones
As many as 700,000 drones could be sold to American consumers this holiday season. But those unmanned aircraft will be taking to the skies on Christmas morning just as federal officials eye a new regi...
2 Dec 20155min
Mental Health Overhaul Could Boost Money for Psychiatric Hospitals
Congress is looking at whether psychiatric hospitals can bill the Medicaid program to care for adults — a move that signals a potential shift in lawmakers' views about institutionalizing people with s...
30 Nov 20156min
No Child Left Behind Law May Get a Facelift
School administrators and other education groups could get an early Christmas gift if Congress overhauls the controversial 2002 education law known as No Child Left Behind. Derided over its standardiz...
30 Nov 20155min
Why Paul Ryan's Honeymoon As House Speaker Won't Last
New House Speaker Paul Ryan’s grace period with his fractious House Republican caucus could run out next year, when demands for ideological purity collide with the reality of legislative give-and-take...
20 Nov 20159min
Despite Paris Attacks, New US War Declaration Against ISIS a Long Shot
Congress appears unlikely to pursue a new authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State. Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided over what it should say, and many lawmakers...
16 Nov 20159min
Farmers Face New Rules As FDA Tries to Get Ahead of Food-borne Bugs
The Food and Drug Administration is trying to be more proactive combating food-borne illness. But there are questions about whether it has the money to accomplish the job, or whether the agency will h...
16 Nov 20159min
