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Privacy board: NSA’s Internet monitoring is legal

Privacy board: NSA’s Internet monitoring is legal

Ken Dilanian · July 2, 2014 2:34 am

This June 28, 2014, artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson watches during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington. The Libyan militant now in U.S. custody in the Benghazi attacks was motivated to do so by his extremist ideology, the government said Tuesday, July 1. In the days before the attacks, Ahmed Abu Khattala voiced concern and opposition to the presence of an American facility in Benghazi, according to a federal court filing. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

National Security

Govt: Khattala supervised action at Benghazi

Pete Yost · July 2, 2014 2:05 am

A Russian fighter jet arrives at al-Muthanna air base in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Iraq is increasingly turning to other governments like Iran, Russia and Syria to help beat back a rampant insurgency because it cannot wait for additional American military aid, Baghdad's top envoy to the U.S. said Tuesday.(AP Photo)

National Security

Envoy says Iraq can’t wait for US military aid

LARA JAKESROBERT BURNS · July 1, 2014 11:12 pm

In a Photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Adm. Michelle Howard, right, lends a hand to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus as he and Wayne Cowles, Howard's husband, put four-star shoulder boards on Howard's service white uniform during her promotion ceremony at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Washington Tuesday July 1, 2014. Howard is the first woman to be promoted to the rank of admiral in the history of the Navy and will assume the duties and responsibilities as the 38th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from Adm. Mark Ferguson. (AP Photo/ Chief Mass Communication Specialist Peter D. Lawlor)

National Security

Navy has its first female four-star admiral

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 10:41 pm

House alters reporting of lawmakers’ free trips

House alters reporting of lawmakers’ free trips

Alan Fram · July 1, 2014 9:00 pm

FILE - This April 7, 2014 file photo shows Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is highlighting female empowerment, education and leadership on a tour of three African countries this week. She is scheduled to arrive in Lusaka, Zambia on Tuesday. Biden is scheduled to be accompanied in Zambia by Rajiv Shah, director of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Stops also are planned in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone before Biden returns to Washington next week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jill Biden on weeklong tour of 3 African countries

Darlene Superville · July 1, 2014 8:53 pm

NIH creates network to tackle mysterious diseases

NIH creates network to tackle mysterious diseases

Lauran Neergaard · July 1, 2014 7:53 pm

Obama vows to act alone, taunts Republicans

Jim Kuhnhenn · July 1, 2014 7:18 pm

Report: Health law sign-ups dogged by data flaws

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · July 1, 2014 7:07 pm

Charge dismissed in White House car incident

Charge dismissed in White House car incident

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 6:20 pm

Obama faces advocate demands on immigration

Obama faces advocate demands on immigration

JIM KUHNHENNERICA WERNER · July 1, 2014 5:40 pm

Court to hear church’s appeal of sign restrictions

Court to hear church’s appeal of sign restrictions

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 4:14 pm