Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff’s regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. Sandhya Somashekhar is filling in while Sarah’s away, and you can reach her with...
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The relocation of Yellowstone National Park bison to tribal lands in Montana can resume, under a Wednesday ruling from the state’s Supreme Court that could revive a stalled conservation initiative for the animals. Read full article >> ...
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Facing a tight withdrawal deadline and tough terrain, the U.S. military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds worth of vehicles and other military equipment as it rushes to wind down its role in the Afghanistan...
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A cyber security professional named Brandon Dixon recently discovered an e-mail scam, apparently sent by the same group responsible for the "NetTraveler" attacks sourced to Chinese hackers, with an ingeniously newsy hook. Read full article >> ...
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Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act i s changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. Sandhya Somashekhar is filling in while Sarah's away, and you can reach her with questions,...
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People no longer trust their government, their media or much of anything else to do the right thing. That lack of confidence, which has accelerated in the last decade or so, is a major (and often overlooked) factor in the current political morass in...
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Peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan have not even begun yet they're slated to kick off Thursday in Doha, between the United States, the Afghan government and the Taliban and they've already hit three setbacks. First, the Taliban claimed responsibility...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has a message for New York businesses: Forget the Empire State, it's all about the Lone Star State. As he's embarked on a trip through the northeast this week to convince employers to move to Texas, Perry is front and center...
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The House approved legislation Tuesday that would ban abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy, the most sweeping abortion restriction to pass any chamber of Congress in a decade. The vote was 228 to 196. Read full article >> ...
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A bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with 228 members voting for it and 196 members voting against it. The bill will now go to the Senate, where it is not expected to pass. Read...
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The Obama administration completed two days of talks with Cuban officials Wednesday on resuming long-dormant direct mail delivery to the island. Since Fidel Castro came to power more than five decades ago, the U.S Postal Service has been unable to deliver...
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A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two former special agents for the Commerce Department Office of the Inspector General to eight months in prison for submitting false expense claims and clocking hours they didn’t work. Read full article >> ...
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NEW YORK — Anthony Weiner paused from his campaign spiel about “being a middle-class kid from New York” when he saw something he didn’t like. ¶ “Stand by,” Weiner said as he broke off an interview on a bustling corner in his old congressional...
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When Edward Snowden dropped his bombshell about widespread government snooping, he revealed more than National Security Agency secrets. His actions also exposed big holes in whistleblower protections available to intelligence community employees and...
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It was rematch time for the White House softball team, which, as you might recall, got smoked last summer by a team fielded by a coalition of pro-marijuana groups. The two teams squared off again Wednesday night at the field on the Ellipse, just off...
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God bless the IRS. That was the unlikely slogan coming from thousands of cheering tea party supporters who came to the Capitol to highlight the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups. Read full article >> ...
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The Internal Revenue Service is in talks with its employees union regarding $70 million in bonuses despite a directive from the White House budget office telling agencies not to issue such awards, according to a Republican senator. Read full article...
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LOST IN the hysteria being whipped up about Common Core standards is that the movement to infuse new rigor in schools started at the state level. Governors and state education officials, alarmed that U.S. students were being outpaced globally, banded...
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IN TOURING Europe this week, President Obama has portrayed Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a ruler with whom he can build a “constructive, cooperative relationship that moves us out of a Cold War mind-set.” It’s a blinkered view that willfully ignores...
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A 58-YEAR-OLD man held at the D.C. jailwas found dead Tuesday and, though authorities have yet to officially determine whether the death was by suicide or homicide, the incident has raised questions about the decisions of court and corrections officials....
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Attendees of the "No More Names" event in Concord, N.H., gathered on Tuesday to hear names of gun violence victims read aloud. What they didn't expect to hear was Tamerlan Tsarnaev's name announced alongside those of their families and friends. The Boston...
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Congress has approved a plan to avoid furloughs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees in fiscal 2013, according to a Wednesday statement by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. CBP also will continue to pay for “administratively...
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There was a new face at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's Wednesday board meeting. Turns out that face is Virginia's newest representative to the board that oversees Reagan National and Dulles International airports, the Dulles Toll Road...
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In June, a below normal temperature day is one to be savored despite clouds. If you're yearning for sun, fear not, it's back in full swing tomorrow. ...
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EARLIER ON THE FIX: Harry Reid's support for D.C. statehood is nothing new Which immigration amendments will pass next? The remarkable consistency of President Obama's job approval numbers Read full article >> ...
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Barry is a tropical storm name that just won't give up and retire. The current Barry, earning the name this afternoon, is the sixth storm to have that name since 1983. ...
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After Monday's record-breaking temperatures, it remains unseasonably warm in Alaska. And the heat may stick around - at least in the northern part of the state. ...
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In this end-of-school season where one graduation ceremony blurs into the next, 11-year-old Caleb Davy made one sweeter than all the rest. At John Eaton Elementary School in Washington D.C., the fifth grade class held its commencement ceremony on Wednesday...
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Four years ago, President Obama was sworn in as a financial crisis was still engulfing the markets and the economy. Now he can point to a Wall Street overhaul that he helped push through Congress, intended to prevent such a meltdown from happening again....
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A newly leaked Republican poll shows Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) faces a steep uphill battle in his quest for reelection, and even many Republicans are unhappy with him. The Public Opinion Strategies poll, which was obtained by the Philadelphia...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) used his remarks Wednesday during the formal dedication of a statue honoring Frederick Douglass to voice support for making the District of Columbia a full-fledged state. Read full article >> ...
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The Senate is on the verge of considering another 10 amendments to the bipartisan immigration bill, four from Democrats, five from Republicans and one bipartisan proposal. Every time that the Senate plans to vote on amendments, we'll provide a summary...
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Here's the truth about President Obama's job approval numbers: They don't move around all that much. New numbers from Pew Research Center tell that story. Forty nine percent of respondents approved of the job President Obama while 43 percent disapproved....
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The fight over post office closures is hitting close to home for members of Congress and Hill staffers — the U.S. Postal Service is finally shutting down three Capitol Hill facilities. Lawmakers and other Hill denizens may now have to (gasp!) walk...
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On April 8, one of Sudan's most infamous militia leaders, a man who fights under the name of Ali Kushayb, descended on the the town of Abu Jeradil, in Darfur. He was traveling with a convoy of khaki-uniformed men, some of them armed with anti-aircraft...
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Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), in his own words, is no Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D). "I'll be the first to admit, I'm no Cory Booker," Holt says in an introductory campaign video released Wednesday. "I don't have a million Twitter followers, I've never run...
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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has tapped highly regarded environmentalist Kevin Knobloch, most recently president of the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists, to be his chief of staff. Knobloch had also been the organization’s legislative director...
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Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) has a problem with the Senate's sweeping immigration reform proposal: it "disadvantages women." In a conversation with The Washington Post's Brook Silva-Braga on The Fold, the freshman senator decried the bill for moving...
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The Federal Reserve’s policy committee met Tuesday and Wednesday, and the world is waiting for the results. At 2 p.m., the Federal Open Market Committee will release both a statement announcing its policy stance and the committee’s economic projections,...
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That CBO report showing that the Senate bill will boost the economy? It’s not good enough for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). Even if it does help the economy, he says, “the benefit will go to the business owners.” He worries … Continue reading...
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Intercoms on Metro trains failed to work under certain circumstances, an issue the transit agency said Wednesday it has been looking into for months. The intercom system did not work when cars from the 6000 series were at the front of trains that also...
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Summer concert season is just getting started, but it's already time to get a jump on fall. Drake is bound for Verizon Center on Oct. 31, and Franz Ferdinand will perform at Strathmore on Oct. 17. Tickets for both shows go on sale Friday. Read full article...
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Almost four in 10 D.C. households are car-free, and even more are car-light. That’s not because D.C. is full of car-hating zealots; it’s because life is simply more convenient that way, when the conditions are right. Read full article >> ...
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A new study confirms allegations made by state prosecutors that some of the nation’s biggest banks are violating the terms of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement, the landmark agreement to clean up shoddy foreclosure practices. Read full article...
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The Federal Reserve's policy committee met Tuesday and Wednesday, and the world is waiting for the results. At 2 p.m., the Federal Open Market Committee will release both a statement announcing its policy stance and the committee's economic projections,...
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it is keeping its massive stimulus program intact for now amid expectations of middling economic growth through next year. But officials sounded a slightly more optimistic note about the future of the recovery, hinting...
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Congress has approved a plan to avoid furloughs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees during fiscal 2013, according to a Wednesday statement from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Read full article >> ...
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President Obama will outline his plan to address climate change in "the weeks ahead," an effort that will focus on at least three broad areas in which the administration's rule-making powers can have significant impact, the White House's top adviser...
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That CBO report showing that the Senate bill will boost the economy? It's not good enough for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). Even if it does help the economy, he says, "the benefit will go to the business owners." He worries that "the 21 million Americans...
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