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VA scandal fits an established Obama narrative: skilled politician, lousy manager
We don't normally expect our presidents to pay close attention to how long veterans are being asked to wait for care in the vast medical system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs. But we do expect presidents to appoint Cabinet officers and other aides who can run the federal government well — well enough, at least, to prevent full-blown scandals from erupting. That's what the VA's long-running scheduling problems have turned into after reports that veterans died while waiting for medical care — and bureaucrats apparently manipulated records to make their performance look good when it wasn't. No one can read the stories of individual veterans who...
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VA scandal fits an established Obama narrative: skilled politician, lousy manager
We don't normally expect our presidents to pay close attention to how long veterans are being asked to wait for care in the vast medical system run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
But we do expect presidents to appoint Cabinet officers and other...
36% of adults lack retirement savings, including many 65 or older
More than a third of American adults have no retirement savings, and 14% of those ages 65 and older also haven’t put money away yet, according to a new study.The low savings rate for people at or approaching retirement age is alarming, said Greg...
Obama to nominate Janet Yellen to lead Federal Reserve
WASHINGTON — President Obama will nominate Janet L. Yellen to be the next head of the Federal Reserve, the White House said Tuesday. If confirmed, the former UC Berkeley economist would become the first woman to lead the world's most powerful central bank...
El Super employees want fair wages, sick leave and respect
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Flora Castaneda marched in Inglewood. She marched with hundreds of fellow El Super grocery store employees, supporters and clergy, at a labor rally in the parking lot of the El Super at West Century and Crenshaw boulevards.
And...
Five years later, White House and critics fight over stimulus law
WASHINGTON – Five years after its passage, White House officials and their Republican critics are still fighting over the merits of President Obama’s economic stimulus law.
Later this week, Obama will mark the fifth anniversary of signing the American...
Ex-congressman and veteran makes his peace in North Korea visit
SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, former eight-term Bay Area Rep. Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey Jr. has dreamed of a Korean War battle moment he cannot shake: Peering into a trench he sees the terrified faces of his teenage opponents, clutching wicker...
Economic stimulus was too small from the start, thanks to GOP
This week marks five years since passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- President Obama’s economic stimulus plan -- and it has been either a great success or an abject failure, depending on who is doing the assessment.
Folks at the...
Bernanke leaves legacy of stimulus and stagnation
WASHINGTON — As Ben S. Bernanke walks away from the Federal Reserve's marble headquarters on the Mall after presiding over his last policy meeting Wednesday, he will leave behind a bittersweet legacy.
On one hand, his unprecedented efforts to drive...
Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a political maverick
WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter, who in 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the Senate offended Republicans and Democrats in almost equal measure with maverick votes and a frank cockiness that finally ended his career in politics, died Sunday at his home...
A new statewide survey of environment issues conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California found more residents favor climate change policy, want to cut greenhouse gas emissions and believe they are already experiencing the effects of global warming.
Plans for nearly 5,000 new homes ringing the Orange County Great Park won preliminary approval from a divided Irvine City Council last week. Council members voted 3 to 2 last Tuesday night to OK general-plan and zoning changes as well as $40 million in park in
The stock market rallied broadly Wednesday as investors pinned their hopes on the economic stimulus plan that President Obama is expected to unveil tomorrow night. The Dow Jones industrial average soared more than 275 points and yields on Treasury bonds rose
Democrat Obama doesn't actually have the costs yet, but he wants Congress to pass his plans right now.
Fears that the European debt crisis may be coming to a head drove down stock markets around the world. The market declines were driven largely by reports out of Germany that indicated leaders there are preparing for Greece to default ...
Solyndra: Two Democratic lawmakers want to question Solyndra investors about the solar company's collapse.
President Obama's latest deficit-reduction plan includes more than $1.5 trillion in tax increases over 10 years, with most of the increase coming at the expense of taxpayers making more than $200,000 (as individuals) or $250,000 (as couples). So, more of ...
GOP spin-meisters have identified "class warfare" as the go-to phrase when criticizing President Obama's proposals to raise taxes on wealthy Americans (er, "job creators"). After mostly ignoring such attacks, the president is now on the offensive. On Monday ni
Democrat Obama will visit a bridge that won't qualify for immediate work and isn't scheduled for repair or demolition.
David Axelrod sees a 'titanic struggle' on tap for next year.
As Washington prepares to reopen a spruced up District of Columbia War Memorial, a fight intensifies over whether the often overlooked memorial should be turned into a national World War I memorial.
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