Archive of: National Politics

Issue

Title

February Issue 3 2013

Sens. ask Obama to seek disaster aid for fishermen

A group of senators from New England, New York, Mississippi and Alaska is asking President Obama to request disaster aid for fisheries in their states.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

February Issue 3 2013

Budget cut impact: Smaller Navy, fired teachers

What does smaller government look like? The budget standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans means Americans may soon find out, and the picture the Obama administration sketches is downright scary.

ALAN FRAM, Associated Press

February Issue 3 2013

Murkowski not inclined to support Hagel

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday she is not convinced that Chuck Hagel is the right choice for U.S. secretary of defense.

BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

February Issue 2 2013

Senate Democrats craft bill to avert budget cuts

Top Senate Democrats have prepared a plan to slice the Pentagon's budget by $3 billion a year in an attempt to avoid far steeper cuts that defense hawks warn would cripple the military.

ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press

February Issue 2 2013

SBA head Mills to leave Obama administration

Karen Mills is leaving her post as head of the Small Business Administration, opening yet another Cabinet-rank job for President Barack Obama to fill at the start of his second term. Obama says Mills played a leading role supporting start-up businesses and entrepreneurs.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

February Issue 2 2013

Postal Service lost $1.3 billion over quarter

The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.3 billion in the final three months of last year despite a blizzard of campaign advertising for the fall political elections and a big holiday mail and shipping season.

PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press

February Issue 2 2013

Iran: Sanctions make nuclear talks with US futile

American proposals for direct talks with Iran are pointless while Washington is "holding a gun" to the country through sanctions, Iran's supreme leader said Thursday, quashing a possible breakthrough in contacts with the West over the nuclear standoff.

NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press

Obama taps outdoor retail exec Jewell for Interior Dept. February Issue 2 2013

Obama taps outdoor retail exec Jewell for Interior Dept.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Feb. 6 nominated outdoor business executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department.

MATTHEW DALY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

February Issue 1 2013

Obama to campaign for gun proposals in Minnesota 


The fate of his gun proposals on Capitol Hill uncertain, President Barack Obama is seeking to rally support from the public and law enforcement community for his calls to ban assault weapons and install universal background checks for gun buyers.

JULIE PACE, Associated Press

February Issue 1 2013

Energy Secretary Chu to step down

Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down.

MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press

Popular Articles

  1. Study: port design, construction flawed
  2. Sport group sinks Gov’s Board of Fisheries nomination
  3. Spanish major Repsol finds success on Slope
  4. LNG trucks tested for Interior delivery
  5. CIRI’s assets nearing $1 billion with new projects on tap
  6. Defendants in Port of Anchorage suit ask for dismissal
  7. Japanese group offers fast-track on LNG
  8. NOAA may propose cruise ship rules to protect harbor seals
  9. ConocoPhillips finishes winter exploration well in NPR-A, demobilizes rig
  10. BLM plan to divert Alaska’s share of revenues angers state