President Obama said Tuesday that he has told the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the Department of Transportation on a second round of regulations to improve the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
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CBO: Minimum Wage Hike Could Boost Paychecks – And Cut Jobs
Whatever you already believed about raising the federal minimum wage, you now have more ammo for your argument, thanks to a report released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office, titled “The Effects of a Minimum-Wage Increase on Employment and Family Income.”
Justice Dept. Asks For Help Finding Prisoners Who Deserve Clemency
The second-in-command at the Justice Department met Tuesday with defense lawyers and interest groups to identify the cases of worthy prisoners who could qualify for clemency.
CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products
Saying it is “the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health,” the CEO of CVS Caremark announced Wednesday that the company’s 7,600 pharmacies will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products by Oct. 1.
U.S. Issues Keystone XL Pipeline Environmental Review
The State Department says that production of Canadian tar-sand crude, which has a bigger greenhouse gas footprint than other types of oil, is unlikely to be increased if the Keystone XL pipeline goes ahead — and therefore would do little to contribute to climate change.
Obama To Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contracts
News broke this morning that President Obama will announce during his State of the Union address tonight that he’s going to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage in new federal contracts.
Obama Expected To Say NSA Should Not Hold ‘Metadata’
President Obama is expected to announce Friday morning that he is “ordering a transition that will significantly change the handling of what is known as the telephone ‘metadata’ ” that the National Security Agency collects, officials are telling Reuters and NPR.
Videos Show Asiana Victim Was Run Over Despite Warnings
Newly revealed videos show that some emergency personnel did know there was a victim lying on the ground near the burning wreckage of an Asiana Airlines passenger jet last July in San Francisco and that they warned other first responders at the scene.
Gates Says He Wept Each Evening Over Troops’ Deaths
The news from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ interviews with NPR and other news outlets — notably, how he uses a new book to criticize many in the White House — has now been widely reported.
An ‘Embarrassed And Humiliated’ Gov. Christie Apologizes
Saying he is “embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some people on my team,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday apologized to the people of New Jersey for his aides’ role in a scheme to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee by closing lanes that lead to the George Washington Bridge.