National Politics
NSA chief: Spying stopped 50 terrorist ‘events’
The director of the National Security Agency testified Tuesday that the government’s massive surveillance program helped thwart more than 50 terrorist “events” worldwide since Sept. 11, 2001, including a planned bombing of the New York Stock Exchange that involved a Kansas City man.
National Politics
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment
President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment and make sure that some countries don't "lose a generation."
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
Supporters of a far-reaching immigration bill in the Senate see fresh momentum from a report by the Congressional Budget Office that says the measure would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
Senators are seeking cost-cutting opportunities in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders say America cannot afford not to build.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind
House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with a rewrite of GOP President George W. Bush's prized No Child Left Behind Act, pushing a bill that would strip Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors of power and give more authority to the states.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Capitol's Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled
The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Farm bill is fertile ground for complaints
California dairy processors are still trying to squeeze a better deal from a big farm bill up for House debate this week.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Corps of Engineers won’t review climate change impacts of Northwest coal exports
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers will not review the broader climate-change impacts of proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, an agency official told Congress on Tuesday.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
House to consider cuts to food stamps
A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program.
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NATIONAL POLITICS
Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast.
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