by Jacqueline Klimas | Jul 12, 2011 | Science + Technology
Allan Coukell watches as members from the FDA and pharmaceutical companies speak about the FDA’s ability to control prescription drugs abroad. (Jacqueline Klimas/MNS)WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration called on Congress Tuesday to make the laws that...
by Matt Yurus & Noor Wazwaz | Jul 11, 2011 | National Security
WASHINGTON — While most American attention to Hezbollah has focused on the Middle East, the militant Islamic group with ties to Iran has been gaining a strong foothold in Latin America, experts said at a House hearing. “I believe the Hezbollah and Iranian...
by Kaitlin Meehan | Jul 7, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama held the first-ever Twitter town hall Wednesday at the White House. Obama answered the most-popular questions from the public tweeted using the hashtag #AskObama. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey moderated the event and neither...
by Gabrielle Levy | Jul 6, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — Pushing back against Obama administration efforts to help states sidestep some provisions of No Child Left Behind, Republicans said this week that a new report questions whether the Education Department has the authority to offer states waivers from...
by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 5, 2011 | Politics
Getting an inside look at government just got easier. A new wave of Tumblr blogs run by government agencies brings officials closer to the people. (Video by David Charns/Medill News Service) WASHINGTON — The popular blogging platform, Tumblr, has a new set of...
