by Steve Musal | Jun 7, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — If the first step to solving any problem is to recognize there is one, the embattled Transportation Security Administration has taken a step forward, agency officials told the Senate Tuesday. TSA chief Peter Neffenger assured the Homeland Security...
by Steve Musal | Jun 7, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Who should call the White House home next? Reporters Steve Musal and Haydee Clotter asked people standing in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — and it seemed hard for them to get excited about either of the presumptive nominees. Five states,...
by Steve Musal | Jun 1, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — On a road somewhere in Iraq, a Marine Corps convoy grinds to a halt — not because of a roadside bomb or an ambush, but because in the middle of the road walks a white donkey, and it refuses to budge. In one of the vehicles, a Marine gunner laughs,...
by Steve Musal | May 30, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Military veterans and the technology sector are a perfect match, industry leaders told Congress this week. They urged lawmakers to play matchmaker. A string of recent successes in training veterans in technology career fields, most notably at Joint Base...
by Steve Musal | May 27, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A Folsom, California, teen took third at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night after a hard fight. Snehaa Ganesh Kumar, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Folsom Middle School, missed “usucapion” (a legal term for seizing...