December 20, 2015 Obama vows drastic emissions cut, gets little back from China in new deal President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. has set a new goal to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by between 26 percent and 28 percent over the next 11 years as part of a climate change agreement with China.
December 20, 2015 VA secretary pushes major overhaul, firings at agency Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald on Monday announced a complete restructuring in the wake of the scandal over excessive wait times and poor care that critics blamed for patient deaths.
December 20, 2015 Obama: 'I’m going to do what I need to do' on immigration President Obama repeated Sunday that he intends to change U.S. immigration law through executive action, over Republican leaders’ repeated requests to wait and dire warnings about the consequences of sidestepping Congress.
December 20, 2015 Overtreating Medicare patients may costs as much as $8 billion, study says The treatments included prostate cancer screening for men beyond the age most experts recommend, and imaging tests in older women for osteoporosis at too frequent intervals.
December 20, 2015 Feds to hold 'focus groups' to see if LGBT renters face discrimination The department posted a 30-day notice in the Federal Register on Monday, explaining its intention to interview 60 LGBT potential renters and 15 heterosexual renters, and document their experiences in big cities.
December 20, 2015 Schools ask Congress, Agriculture Department to roll back some healthy lunch rules Some schools say the changes have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the requirements.
December 20, 2015 Obama, Cantor phone call on immigration highlights finger-pointing, deep divide President Obama and House Republicans appear nowhere close to reaching a near-term compromise on immigration reform, following a conversation Wednesday between the president and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
December 20, 2015 Administration says more than 6M signed up for health care on ObamaCare exchanges The Obama administration reported Thursday that more than 6 million Americans have signed up for coverage on the ObamaCare exchanges, a number that would appear to mark a spike in sign-ups in recent weeks.
December 20, 2015 Holder backs reduced sentences for some drug traffickers Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for many nonviolent drug traffickers, saying the change would rein in runaway federal prison costs and create a fairer criminal justice system.
December 20, 2015 Obama to order expansion of overtime pay for millions of workers President Obama, flexing his executive authority once again, plans to order the Labor Department to expand overtime pay requirements to include millions more workers -- in a move likely to rankle the business community.
