Claire McCaskill

Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple

2013-05-22 10:15:00

You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the�U.S. Senate’s�Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations�this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of...

Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy

2013-05-22 00:00:00

� WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...

Apple CEO Tim Cook to senators: 'We don't depend on tax gimmicks' [video chat]

2013-05-21 14:00:00

WASHINGTON -- Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax avoidance strategies in an appearance Tuesday before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.� Wearing a business suit, white shirt and powder blue tie, Cook read an...

Pentagon reports sharp rise in military sexual assaults

2013-05-07 21:30:00

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon estimated that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted in unreported incidents last year — 35% more than in 2010 — a severe trend that senior officials warned could threaten recruiting and...

Boston bombing: Lawmakers say Tsarnaevs might have had help

2013-04-28 15:05:00

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders briefed on the FBI’s investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing said Sunday it was still possible that the two Tsarnaev brothers received help and support from others in building the bombs and carrying out the...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Smash' on NBC

2013-04-27 13:49:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Fix This Yard The season premiere...

Powerful poison Ricin found in letter sent to U.S. senator

2013-04-16 16:26:00

WASHINGTON -- An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday. The envelope, intended for the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was discovered...

Mississippi man arrested, accused in ricin letters case

2013-04-17 17:36:00

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a senator that tested positive for the poisonous ricin and set the nation's capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings....

Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support

2013-03-27 11:38:00

WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...

At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle

2013-03-26 03:20:00

It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...

Sen. Roy Blunt placing a hold on Obama's EPA nominee

2013-03-18 15:48:00

WASHINGTON -- Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt said on Monday that he is placing a hold on Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay a full Senate vote on the nominee. Blunt said the hold...

Hagel approved by Senate committee in party-line vote

2013-02-12 15:12:00

WASHINGTON -- After a sometimes contentious debate, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted on party lines and narrowly approved the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of Defense, moving the bitter fight over President Obama’s...

Missori Senate candidate Todd Akin?s claim that some biological mechanism prevented women who are victims of ?legtimate rape? from becoming pregnant helped propel Democrat Claire McCaskill to re-election.

2012-11-06 00:00:00

In August, the political future of Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) seemed to have been terminated prematurely after he made a comment so medieval that it could have come from the lips of Thomas Aquinas.

2012-09-25 00:00:00