Sean Higgins

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An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Labor Department accused of helping German union skirt U.S. law

Sean Higgins · January 19, 2015 7:31 pm

Lack of transparency endangering Obama’s trade agenda

Sean Higgins · January 19, 2015 10:00 am

The UFCW funds groups that are trying to unionize the retail giant's employees. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Clinton’s Walmart connection fueling Left’s doubts

Sean Higgins · January 18, 2015 10:00 am

A federal judge reduced the liability oil giant BP faces for the Deepwater Horizon spill, ruling that the amount of oil its well dumped into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was less than what the federal government had estimated.Â (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

BP to pay feds less for Gulf spill

Sean Higgins · January 16, 2015 6:37 pm

Judge strikes down Labor Department overtime regulation

Judge strikes down Labor Department overtime regulation

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2015 8:31 pm

Key Republican rejects new White House sick leave proposal

Key Republican rejects new White House sick leave proposal

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2015 7:45 pm

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National Security

FBI arrests man who plotted ‘violent jihad’

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2015 11:57 pm

White House to push for paid leave

White House to push for paid leave

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2015 11:47 pm

Progressive groups are planning to hold an event Saturday in New Hampshire to call on Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to jump into the presidential race. (AP Photo)

Liberal groups to hold ‘Draft Warren’ event in New Hampshire

Sean Higgins · January 13, 2015 4:51 pm

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Beer tax overhaul pits big brewers against crafty upstarts

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2015 2:00 pm

Workers remove a large clamp from a section of pipe during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline in Prague, Oklahoma, U.S., on Monday, March 11, 2013. The Gulf Coast Project, a 485-mile crude oil pipeline being constructed by TransCanada Corp., is part of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project and will run from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty images)

Labor unions urge Senate to pass Keystone XL bill

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 9:27 pm

White House to raise overtime exemption to $42,000

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 5:13 pm