Susan Ferrechio

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President Obama pauses as he answers questions during his news conference at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Congress ready to punt on war powers bill

Susan Ferrechio · November 18, 2014 5:00 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., talks to reporters after a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building March 5, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

National Security

Top House Oversight Dem wants Kerry to answer on email hacking incident

Susan Ferrechio · November 17, 2014 6:59 pm

Ebola patient dies in Nebraska

Susan Ferrechio · November 17, 2014 2:52 pm

President Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, on January 28, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

House lawmakers begin jockeying for committee gavels this week

Susan Ferrechio · November 17, 2014 10:00 am

Feds are probing whether NFL teams are illegally distributing prescription drugs to keep players on the field. (iStock)

DEA launches surprise probe of NFL drug practices

Susan Ferrechio · November 17, 2014 12:10 am

President Obama on Sunday denounced the beading of American Peter Kassig as "an act of pure evil by a terrorist group the world rightly associates with inhumanity." (Photo by Patrick Hamilton/G20 Australia via Getty images)

National Security

Obama denounces latest Islamic State beheading as ‘act of pure evil’

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 11:43 pm

Peter Kassig is shown with a truck loaded with supplies. The Islamic State group released a graphic video on Sunday, Nov. 16, in which a black-clad militant claimed to have beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, who was providing medical aid to Syrians fleeing the civil war when he was captured inside Syria on Oct. 1, 2013.

National Security

Parents of beheaded American ‘heartbroken’

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 11:18 pm

A passenger arriving at the airport has her temperature checked to screen for fevers that could indicate symptoms of Ebola, amongst other illnesses, in Entebbe, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

U.S. government expands airport screening to travelers from Mali

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:39 pm

Report: State Department emails were hacked

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:28 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who is the majority whip, said it was unclear whether this week's vote on the legislation will clear a procedural hurdle. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Top Senate Democrat: One vote needed to pass Keystone

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 10:06 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell testifies during a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Nov. 12, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

HHS reports 100,000 signed up for healthcare law Saturday

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 8:44 pm

Romney slams Obama on Islamic State, immigration

Susan Ferrechio · November 16, 2014 6:37 pm