WASHINGTON — Jamie McDaniel envisioned a simple late-night stroll along the National Mall early Friday morning, but she ended up in the center of a mystery. She and her friend were admiring the magnitude of the marble statue of Abraham Lincoln when she noticed green paint splattered along the base. “Is that supposed to be […]
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House narrowly rejects effort to halt NSA program
WASHINGTON— The House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency’s secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans’ phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights against the government’s efforts to thwart terrorism. The vote was 217-205 on an issue that created unusual political coalitions in Washington, with libertarian-leaning conservatives […]
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King says student loan compromise reached
A deal that freezes interest rates for all student loans issued after July 1, 2013, was reached Thursday by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. The measure, backed by King and seven other senators, will go to a vote before the full Senate sometime next week, said Scott Ogden, King’s […]
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Senate barrels toward filibuster face-off
WASHINGTON — With the Senate hurtling toward a climatic showdown over its controversial filibuster rules, the deep personal animosity between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spilled awkwardly into public view Thursday. “My friend the majority leader is going to be remembered as the worst leader in the Senate […]