Claire McCaskill

By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps...

By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps...

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...

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...

  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...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer's recall. The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013,...

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...

* Air Force leaders say they were appalled by case * Head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault * Military sex assault reports rose nearly 200 to 3,374 in 2012 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers voiced...

(Repeats for wider subscribers) * Air Force leaders say they were appalled by case * Head of anti-sex assault office arrested for sexual assault * Military sex assault reports rose nearly 200 to 3,374 in 2012 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, May 7...

Enrollment in a controversial program that provides free cell phone service to low-income families has increased faster in Maryland than any other state in the nation, jumping nearly 90-fold since 2008 — renewing scrutiny on Capitol Hill over its...

* Estimated number of sexual crimes jumped 38 percent to 26,000 * Defense chief expresses outrage over weekend groping incident * Obama urges military to 'step up our game' over the issue (Adds Pentagon release of sexual assault report, Hagel and Obama...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- Missouri has a new ally in Washington in the fight against Consumer Fraud--Senator Claire McCaskill.  She stopped in Springfield Wednesday. Senator McCaskill is now head of two Senate panels aimed at protecting consumers. At a...