Tag: Nation

Nick Rommel, 12, of Lexington, Mass., competes in the finals of the National Geographic Bee, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at the National Geographic Society in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Virginia 8th-grader wins National Geographic Bee

Ben Nuckols · May 22, 2014 1:41 am

FILE - This May 9, 2014 file photo shows House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Democrats will participate in the special, Republican-led select committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, despite serious concerns within the party that the inquiry is an election-year ploy to energize core GOP voters. In a brief statement, Pelosi said she will appoint the full complement of five Democrats on the 12-member panel, tapping lawmakers who have been deeply involved in previous congressional investigations of the Sept. 11, 2012 assault on the U.S. diplomatic outpost. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

House Dems to participate in Benghazi probe

Donna Cassata · May 21, 2014 11:52 pm

Obama discusses Syria with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Obama discusses Syria with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 11:22 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2014 file photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections is Russell Bucklew who is scheduled to die for killing a romantic rival as part of a crime spree in southeast Missouri in 1996. Bucklew, who suffers from a congenital condition that causes weakened and malformed blood vessels, told the Associated Press Friday, May 16, 2014 that he is scared that the lethal drug could cause him to suffer or be left alive but brain-dead. His would be the first execution since Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack 43 minutes after a vein collapsed following injection. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, File)

Supreme Court halts Missouri execution

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 11:21 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, after he met with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors. The president said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has put his "heart and soul" into caring for America's veterans. But at the same time, Obama says there will be accountability for any problems. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama vows fix to veterans’ health care troubles

JULIE PACEMATTHEW DALY · May 21, 2014 11:17 pm

Washington Monument elevator problem examined

Washington Monument elevator problem examined

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 11:16 pm

Supreme Court halts execution of man who challenged Missouri’s refusal to name drug source

Supreme Court halts execution of man who challenged Missouri’s refusal to name drug source

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 11:14 pm

US government wary of sanctions on Venezuela

US government wary of sanctions on Venezuela

lugojoshua-goodman, luis-alonso · May 21, 2014 10:37 pm

President Barack Obama and White House counselor John Podesta, left, walk across the ellipse in Washington as they head towards the Dept. of Interior, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Obama and Podesta also walked back to the White House after a signing a proclamation regarding the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama breaks from busy day to walk, greet tourists

Stacy Anderson · May 21, 2014 10:31 pm

House approves bill to speed firings at VA

House approves bill to speed firings at VA

Matthew Daly · May 21, 2014 10:24 pm

Immigration advocates focus on House GOP leader

Immigration advocates focus on House GOP leader

Erica Werner · May 21, 2014 10:10 pm

National Security

Senate backs judge pick who wrote drone memos

Alan Fram · May 21, 2014 9:10 pm