Tag: Nation

In this image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams during an NBC Exclusive interview. Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA. (AP Photo/NBC News)

National Security

Kerry to Snowden: ‘Man up’ and come home

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2014 3:25 am

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, holds a hearing about allegations of gross mismanagement and misconduct at VA hospitals possibly leading to patient deaths, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets

MATTHEW DALYDONNA CASSATA · May 29, 2014 3:24 am

FILE - In this Thursday, May 21, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama plays with a football as he walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Concerned that too little is known about the effects of head injuries in young athletes, President Barack Obama is bringing representatives of professional sports leagues, coaches, parents, youth sports players, researchers and others to the White House Thursday, May 29, 2014, to help educate the public about youth sports concussions. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama to tackle youth sports concussion issue

Darlene Superville · May 29, 2014 1:48 am

President Barack Obama arrives to a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in West Point, N.Y. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A look at America’s post-Cold War foreign policy

Matthew Lee · May 28, 2014 11:47 pm

Immigration delay ups the ante on Obama, GOP

JOSH LEDERMANERICA WERNER · May 28, 2014 10:32 pm

Shelby County, Ala., must pay attorney fees

Shelby County, Ala., must pay attorney fees

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 10:05 pm

FILE - This Oct. 10, 2013 file photo shows a truck entering the Foster Farms processing plant in Livingston, Calif. An outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella linked to a California chicken company is ongoing after more than a year, with 50 new illnesses in the last two months and 574 sickened since March 2013. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are about eight new salmonella illnesses linked to the outbreak a week, most of them in California. So far, there has been no recall of Foster Farms chicken. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California chicken still linked to salmonella

MARY CLARE JALONICK · May 28, 2014 9:52 pm

House adopts new sanctions against Venezuela

House adopts new sanctions against Venezuela

Bradley Klapper · May 28, 2014 8:57 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, June 20, 2013 file photo, soldiers participate in a combined special operations demonstration with commandos from Jordan, Iraq and the U.S. as part of Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers, at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Amman, Jordan. The White House soon may sign off on a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces, according to Obama administration officials. The move would significantly boost U.S. support for rebels seeking military help to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. President Barack Obama is considering sending a limited number of American troops to Jordan to be part of a regional training mission that would instruct carefully screened members of the Free Syrian Army on tactics, including counterterrorism operations, the officials said.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

National Security

US eyes training moderate Syrian rebels

MATTHEW LEELOLITA C. BALDOR · May 28, 2014 6:19 pm

President Barack Obama talks with Elana Simon, 18, of New York City, about her cancer research project that is part of the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibit on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Simon, at age 12, was diagnosed with fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a little-known form of cancer that affects the liver. After surviving the disease, she now helps scientists research the genetics behind it. Obama was celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Self-effacing Obama hails science fair achievers

Jim Kuhnhenn · May 28, 2014 5:54 pm

Watchdog: Veterans at Phoenix VA hospital waited an average of 115 days for first appointment

Watchdog: Veterans at Phoenix VA hospital waited an average of 115 days for first appointment

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 5:43 pm

Officials: Army hospital chief relieved of command

Officials: Army hospital chief relieved of command

Pauline Jelinek · May 28, 2014 2:52 pm