Tag: Nation

CBO: $25M of $3.7B border ask to be spent in 2014

CBO: $25M of $3.7B border ask to be spent in 2014

Andrew Taylor · July 21, 2014 9:52 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon make statements to reporters in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 21, 2014. Kerry has returned to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a cease fire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

National Security

US urges global push for Israeli, Hamas cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 9:51 pm

President Barack Obama speaks before signing an executive order to protect LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington. Obama's executive orders signed Monday prohibit discrimination against gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, without a new exemption that was requested by some religious organizations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Gay, transgender workers gain US bias protection

Nedra Pickler · July 21, 2014 9:42 pm

President Barack Obama bestows former Army Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts with the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington. Pitts is the ninth living recipient of the nation's highest decoration for battlefield valor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Afghan vet who fought wounded gets Medal of Honor

Josh Lederman · July 21, 2014 9:36 pm

FILE - This June 18, 2009 file photo shows cows grazing in Rock County, Neb. Compared to the other animal proteins, beef produces five times more heat-trapping gases connected to global warming per calorie, puts out six times as much nitrogen for water pollution, takes 11 times more water for irrigation and uses 28 times the land, according to the study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/Bill Wolf, File)

Energy and Environment

Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study says

Seth Borenstein · July 21, 2014 9:23 pm

Report: Retaliation by supervisors common at VA

Matthew Daly · July 21, 2014 9:17 pm

Army intelligence system pulled from key test

Army intelligence system pulled from key test

Ken Dilanian · July 21, 2014 8:27 pm

World breaks monthly heat record 2 times in a row

Energy and Environment

World breaks monthly heat record 2 times in a row

Seth Borenstein · July 21, 2014 6:39 pm

Judge: Students, staff can oppose Corcoran merger

Judge: Students, staff can oppose Corcoran merger

Brett Zongker · July 21, 2014 6:11 pm

Obama urges Putin to compel Russian-backed separatists to stop hampering probe at crash site

Obama urges Putin to compel Russian-backed separatists to stop hampering probe at crash site

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2014 3:23 pm

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, and former head of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh (BRR) Kuntoro Mangkusubroto wave at reporters during their visit to a tsunami evacuation facility in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Clinton is on a one-day visit to inspect the progress of the development of the the region almost a decade after it was devastated by Indian Ocean tsunami. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)

Bill Clinton won’t ‘jump the gun’ on wife’s plans

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2014 12:02 pm

Check doctors’ vitals, before they check yours

Check doctors’ vitals, before they check yours

LAURAN NEERGAARDJENNIFER AGIESTA · July 21, 2014 7:24 am