Sean Higgins

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. listens to witnesses testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio ‘folded like a cheap shotgun’ on immigration, McCaskill says

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 3:44 pm

Senate Appropriations Committee, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, talks to the subcommittee's ranking member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2015, during the subcommittee's hearing on diplomacy, development and national security. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

National Security

Graham says Senate could override veto on Iran deal

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 3:16 pm

In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Minority Leader Richard Durbin, of Ill., the second-ranking Senate Democrat is accusing Republicans of putting Lynch's nomination "in the back of the bus." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP and Dems near deal on Lynch

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 2:10 pm

New National Labor Relations Board guidance on permissible workplace speech by company owners and managers is causing confusion among bosses, represented here on the left by U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donahue, and workers for whom AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka would like to speak.Â

Aggressive new federal labor rules on employee speech leave companies baffled

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 9:00 am

Clinton supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership while she served as President Obama's secretary of state. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Hillary: ‘We should be willing to walk away’ on trade deals

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2015 10:48 pm

Wyden's legislation would change the Obama administration's lack of transparency by making public notes of the trade negotiations in the future. (AP Photo)Â

Wyden says Obama’s ‘excessive secrecy’ feeds cynicism

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2015 6:51 pm

IN this April 14, 2015, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with local residents at the Jones St. Java House in LeClaire, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Dems give Hillary a pass as she shirks decision on Fast Track

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2015 5:15 pm

"I am optimistic that [Hillary Clinton] will come down on the right side of the issue," DeLauro said. Getty File Photo)

Liberal Democrats won’t push Hillary on Fast Track

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2015 12:17 am

President Obama wants Fast Track passed before he submits the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-Pacific-Rim-nation trade deal, to Congress for approval. (AP Photo)Â

Fast Track’s return draws business praise, liberal attacks

Sean Higgins · April 16, 2015 8:19 pm

Orrin Hatch talks with reporters on his way to the Senate Chamber on April 3, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Bill announced to give Obama trade authority

Sean Higgins · April 16, 2015 7:46 pm

People march as they protest for increased minimum wages near a McDonald's restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in the Little Havana area in Miami. Activists, fast-food workers and others are calling for increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour and allowing workers to form unions without corporate opposition, as part of nationwide demonstrations. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Unions promise whopper of a fast-food protest

Sean Higgins · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

In apparent deference to unions, Clinton said teachers should "lead the way" in further developing the program's standards. (AP)

Clinton says Iowans see value of Common Core

Sean Higgins · April 14, 2015 9:26 pm