House leaders weigh in on Affordable Care Act ruling

by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Jun 25, 2015 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Less than an hour after the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies nationwide, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said she was “jubilant” over the result while House Speaker John Boehner said that President Barack...

#Twitter @CapitolHill

by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Aug 26, 2010 | Politics, Topics

Get the Flash Player to see this content. In Washington, Twitter was once just another fringe social media site — more the domain of Hollywood glitteratti than elected officials. But it’s becoming increasingly routine for members of Congress to break news,...

One year, 400 photos
— an intern’s life at The New York Times

by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Aug 25, 2010 | Politics

Get the Flash Player to see this content. Luke Sharrett is just 21, but he’s already had hundreds of photographs published in The New York Times. A year ago, Sharrett began what was supposed to be a three-month stint as the Times’ White House...

Those without tenacity and thick skin, need not apply

by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Aug 23, 2010 | Topics

I don’t give up easily. My parents have called me “The Bulldog” since I was old enough to talk, and began articulating the various objectives I was so determined to achieve. This particular quality, while sometimes trying for the immediate members of...

Obama in Martha’s Vineyard: Blackberry and advisers at hand

by Dean DeChiaro, Ezra Kaplan & Jenny Leonard | Aug 19, 2010 | Politics

Get the Flash Player to see this content. First Family escapes Washington heat for week on Martha’s Vineyard. (Alissa Irei/MNS) With his approval ratings at an all time low, midterm elections looming and the economic recovery in doubt, the president could...