Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration?
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — A funny thing happened on the way to a predicted disaster: The Pentagon is learning to live with the automatic budget cuts its leaders had warned would threaten national security if they took effect.
Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them.
Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm reception from senators who considered his nomination to become transportation secretary.
IRS officials aren’t cooperating in probes at top or bottom
| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
WASHINGTON — Internal Revenue Service officials are not fully cooperating with efforts to learn who is responsible for targeting conservative groups, lawmakers learned Wednesday during the third and most tense, dramatic hearing on the scandal.
With Obama in the dark, administration planned how to stage-manage news of IRS scandal
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s timeline for who knew what and when about the Internal Revenue Service scandal changed again Tuesday with revelations that the Treasury Department and White House officials had discussed how to stage-manage the release of the explosive information. The latest revelation came as acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller told Congress that he’s responsible for the secretly planted question answered by subordinate Lois Lerner that triggered the scandal that’s now gripping the nation’s capital.
As farm bill debate looms, Tarheel lawmakers gird for fight over tobacco
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
Schweitzer elected chairman of Stillwater board
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
HELENA, Mont. — Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board - but he also isn't ruling out a potential U.S. Senate run.
Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.
House group finds bipartisan agreement on immigration bill
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House group hammered out an immigration-reform deal late Thursday after years of closed-door meetings and last-minute brinksmanship from a top Democrat.
White House admits top Obama aides knew a month ago about IRS probe
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about who in the White House knew about the inquiry and when they knew about it.
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