Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Politics & Diplomacy Oct 1, 2013
Republican protests, Democrats' silence spell doom for Clinton film
Following protests by Republican rivals, an Oscar-winning filmmaker has dropped plans to make a documentary about Hillary Rodham Clinton, and a planned TV miniseries about her has also been scrapped. Charles Ferguson, who was making the film for CNN, faced criticism from the GOP ...
Politics & Diplomacy | ANALYSIS Sep 5, 2013
Clinton's Syria stance may be key in 2016 race
by Dan Balz
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a senator from New York the last time the U.S. Congress was asked to authorize military action in the Middle East. Friends believe her 2002 vote giving President George W. Bush the power to invade Iraq may have cost her ...
Politics & Diplomacy Aug 4, 2013
Female Democratic contenders emerge in '16 nominee battle
by Chris Cillizza
When Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped out of the 2008 presidential race, she famously said that she had put “18 million cracks” in the “highest, hardest glass ceiling” and that her candidacy ensured that “the path will be a little easier next time” for a ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jul 28, 2013
Weiner wife emerges as husband's chief defender despite repeat of sex scandal
by Karen Tumulty and Jason Horowitz
It was his news conference, but it was hard to take your eyes off her. With Huma Abedin’s emergence as her husband’s chief defender and protector in a second sex scandal, she made a public transformation from being the victim of Anthony Weiner’s transgressions ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jul 1, 2013
Clinton super PAC attracts donors — as well as worries
by Philip Rucker and Matea Gold
The campaign has a flashy website and official logo T-shirts and signs. Prominent Democrats have endorsed it and written $25,000 checks. Its paid operatives and volunteers have set up shop in a suburban strip mall office that last housed the regional campaign headquarters for ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jul 1, 2013
The Hillary hype: Buzz about possible campaign is double-edged sword
by Chris Cillizza
There is a super PAC to support her and another one that is trying, at least in part, to stop her. Every word she utters is parsed by cable television commentators, bloggers and anyone with a political pulse for indications of which way she ...
World Jun 15, 2013
Clinton re-enters limelight, plans charitable work — for now
In her first major public appearance since stepping down as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton embraced key pillars of President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda Thursday and said she will strive to act as an envoy between businesses, nonprofit entities and the federal government. ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jun 12, 2013
U.S. diplomatic security probed in sex, drugs rings
A U.S. watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats, an official said Monday. State Department diplomatic security agents are responsible for protecting 275 U.S. embassies as well as the ...
Entertainment Jun 8, 2013
Upcoming Clinton biopic stirs speculation
by Paul Harris
The U.S. presidential election may be three years away, but speculation is already rife about the runners and riders in what is sure to be an epic battle for the White House. Some of the fiercest debate has emerged not from the corridors of ...
Politics & Diplomacy May 29, 2013
Four core 2008 Clinton staffers would pass on a 2016 bid
by Jason Horowitz
Howard Wolfson, the 2008 communications director for Hillary Rodham Clinton, has said he will not return for a 2016 presidential campaign. Neither, for that matter, will Neera Tanden, the campaign’s policy director. Ditto for Mark Penn, the chief strategist, and Patti Solis Doyle, the ...