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 2, 2013
New U.S. health care law exchanges see much interest, some glitches
Millions of Americans flooded government websites Tuesday to get a long-awaited look at insurance options available under the Affordable Care Act, but the high traffic contributed to widespread computer problems on what President Barack Obama hailed as a historic day. HealthCare.gov, the federal Internet ...
Politics & Diplomacy Sep 29, 2013
Looking to 2016, Rubio and Paul rush to join Cruz
by David Nakamura
Sen. Ted Cruz might have alienated the Republican establishment with his all-night polemic against the Affordable Care Act. But that doesn’t mean the caustic Texan didn’t win any friends in Washington. As Cruz’s 21-hour speech dragged on, GOP Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and ...
Politics & Diplomacy Sep 21, 2013
GOP ties budget to bid to cripple health care law
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a temporary funding bill to keep the government running Friday but tied it to an attempt to cripple President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul — a risky ploy that threatens a partial shutdown of the government ...
Politics & Diplomacy Jun 12, 2013
Lawmaker traces origin of IRS row to Cincinnati
An Internal Revenue Service manager in Cincinnati singled out the first tea party case that prompted widespread targeting of conservative groups, and an agent from the same office developed the initial search criteria for the initiative, according to the House oversight committee’s top Democrat. ...
Politics & Diplomacy | Focus Jun 5, 2013
Tea party rallies to thwart bipartisan education plan
by Peter Wallsten and Lyndsey Layton
Tea party groups over the past few weeks have suddenly and successfully pressured Republican governors to reassess their support for a rare bipartisan initiative backed by President Barack Obama to overhaul the nation’s public schools. Activists have donned matching T-shirts and packed buses bound ...
Global-related Apr 20, 2013
Populism without the people
by Jan-werner Mueller
Nicolas Maduro's narrow win in Venezuela's presidential election raises an important question: Can populism thrive without a popular, charismatic leader?
Opinion Mar 23, 2013
Bizarre ideology of fringe Republican convention
by Paul Harris
Gene Wisdom, a 55-year-old conservative from Nashville, Tennessee, was no fan of Barack Obama. Clutching a book called “The Communist,” he was waiting eagerly to meet the book’s author, Paul Kengor, so that he could sign it. The book, which detailed the life of ...
Politics & Diplomacy Feb 18, 2013
Internal GOP clash pits tea party against Rove
by Nia-malika Henderson
The internal conflicts that have roiled the Republican Party since its dismal showing in November appear to be deepening as conservative activists and tea party officials have begun to loudly resist an establishment effort to blame them for the GOP’s 2012 troubles. The nation’s ...