WASHINGTON—Americans are digesting a global climate accord that is dividing Washington along predictable partisan political lines. “This agreement will mean less of the carbon pollution that threatens our planet, and more of the jobs and economic growth driven by low-carbon investment,” said a jubilant President Barack Obama shortly after the deal was announced Saturday. “What […]
WASHINGTON—Uncertainty grips the U.S. Congress, where no consensus replacement has emerged to succeed Republican House Speaker John Boehner after his surprise resignation announcement. Amid the chaos, half of Congress is effectively leaderless weeks before America risks defaulting on its national debt and enduring another partial government shutdown. From Sam Rayburn to Tip O’Neill to Newt […]
CAPITOL HILL—U.S. lawmakers emerged from a closed-door meeting with top intelligence officials giving widely diverging views on America’s ability to detect any cheating by Iran on the terms of last month’s landmark international nuclear accord. “No, I am not confident of that,” said Republican Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “I don’t […]
WASHINGTON—America’s top disease prevention official says he remains confident the United States will not experience a significant outbreak of Ebola, but that containment in Africa is critical to reducing risks elsewhere in the world. At present, a Liberian man in Dallas, Texas, is the only confirmed active Ebola case known in the United States. But […]