by Mallory Hughes | Aug 12, 2015 | Environment
The Congressional Cemetery hosted some unusual visitors Aug. 6 when managers brought in more than 30 Browsing Green Goats. Hailing from Prosperity Acres in Sunderland, Maryland, the herd is helping groundskeepers maintain a 1.6-acre forested area just south of the...
by Mallory Hughes | Aug 3, 2015 | Environment, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The US has long used its economic prowess and military force to exert influence around the world. Now, a growing chorus of lawmakers, analysts, and industry insiders are pointing to another potential tool in the country’s foreign-policy toolbox: energy...
by Mallory Hughes | Jul 27, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, campaigning for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, called Thursday for urgent Wall Street reforms, including reinstating restrictions on commercial banks from partaking in investment banking practices....
by Mallory Hughes | Jul 22, 2015 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The man who landed a gyrocopter on the U.S. Capitol grounds this spring as a protest against the influence of money in politics appeared in federal court on Wednesday, rejecting yet another plea deal because it would have involved jail time. The...
by Mallory Hughes | Jul 16, 2015 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that his city’s recent decision to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next five years will lift 600,000 LA-area earners out of poverty. “In my city, where one out of four people live in...
