A new report finds women face more challenges reaching top positions and salaries
Gun Control Activists Seek to Reboot After Newtown Shooting Momentum Fades
Learning lessons from the failed federal push
Pentagon Seeks Low Cost in High Heavens
Push is on to develop new spaceship to put satellites into orbit
House Passes Budget Bill to Increase Spending, Reverse Some Automatic Cuts
Bill prevents another government shutdown
Lie of the Year: Obama Quote on Keeping Your Healthcare
“If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” wins dubious honor from political fact-checking site
In the ArenaPOY
Bashar Assad, The Lethal Tyrant
The doctor turned despot kept his grip on power. Still he sits uneasily on his contaminated throne. As Syria disintegrates, another generation of turbulence awaits
Edith Windsor, The Unlikely Activist
In her ninth decade, she started a judicial odyssey, fighting a battle she never expected to wage—let alone win. Now she’s the matriarch of the gay-rights movement
Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet
He pulled off the year’s most spectacular heist. Exiled from his country, the 30-year-old computer whiz has become the doomsayer of the information age
More Obamacare Deadlines Extended
Administration looks to avoid having fewer people with insurance in 2014 than before the law’s troubled implementation
White House Press Corps Rebels Over Photo Access
Press Secretary Jay Carney scrambles to answer questions over administration access for photographers
Democratic Pollster: Slamming Obamacare in 2014 Is a “Trap” for GOP
Democratic pollster says GOP’s Obamacare message is a mistake
Senator Will Fast To Support Immigration Reform
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) accepts invitation from reform advocacy group Fast4Families
Democratic Divide on Social Security Spills Into Streets
On a brisk, sunny Wednesday afternoon a handful of protesters stood outside of 1025 Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, while a boisterous woman led the group’s chants. “What is America going to be?” they asked. “Corporate …