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Round 2 of Teacher Strikes Looks Beyond Pay and Funding

Teachers in Oakland, California, hit the picket lines just as West Virginia teachers went back to class in a kind of coast-to-coast tag-team display of the national teacher unrest that in many places has moved beyond pay to politics, tackling issues like charter schools and vouchers. Call it round two...

Latest: Manchin Wins Re-Election in West Virginia

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has turned back a challenge by Republican Patrick Morrisey to win his second full-term in a state carried by President Donald Trump. Manchin survived the most difficult re-election campaign of his career against the comparative newcomer Morrisey. Manchin is a former governor who...

UPDATE: Nunes' Day Begins with Train Wreck. Then He Ratchets Up FBI Attack.

 UPDATE: 1:21 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1 A White House official told the Roll Call website that President Donald Trump "probably" will clear the release of a controversial memo Friday. The memo accuses the FBI of abusing its powers during an investigation into Russian influence into the 2016 election. Often called...

UPDATE: Nunes' Day Begins with Train Wreck. Then He Ratchets Up FBI Attack.

 UPDATE: 1:21 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1 A White House official told the Roll Call website that President Donald Trump "probably" will clear the release of a controversial memo Friday. The memo accuses the FBI of abusing its powers during an investigation into Russian influence into the 2016 election. Often called...

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