Tag: Nation

Obama praises VA chief but says there will be accountability for any problems at VA hospitals

Obama praises VA chief but says there will be accountability for any problems at VA hospitals

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 3:14 pm

2,000 museums offer military families free access

2,000 museums offer military families free access

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 2:19 pm

House GOP leaders block immigration votes

House GOP leaders block immigration votes

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 2:19 pm

FILE - In this May 9, 2014, file photo, a veteran from the Red Army holds a bouquet of flowers while attending the commemoration of Victory Day in Donetsk, Ukraine. The crisis in Ukraine is giving Russia an opening to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe just as Western powers try to repair a struggling trade deal and decide how to bolster a cash-strapped NATO. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

With Ukraine, Russia drives wedge between EU, US

Lara Jakes · May 21, 2014 12:12 pm

In this May 15, 2014, photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki speaks with the news media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shinseki would be granted more authority to fire or demote senior executives under a bill headed to the House floor. The measure comes as pressure builds on Capitol Hill to overhaul the beleaguered agency in response to allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

IG: VA investigations expanded to 26 facilities

Matthew Daly · May 21, 2014 4:42 am

USDA delays whole grains rule for school pastas

USDA delays whole grains rule for school pastas

MARY CLARE JALONICK · May 21, 2014 12:51 am

First lady: Daughter will be driving this summer

First lady: Daughter will be driving this summer

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 12:25 am

AP sources: Justice Dept. to reveal drone memo

National Security

AP sources: Justice Dept. to reveal drone memo

Nedra Pickler · May 21, 2014 12:02 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with upper parliament chamber speaker Valentina Matviyenko prior to the Security Council meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, May 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops deployed in regions near Ukraine to return to their home bases, the Kremlin said Monday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Pentagon: No sign of Russian troop pullback

Robert Burns · May 20, 2014 11:12 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, looks towards quarterback Jim McMahon, wearing headband, as he honors the 1985 Super Bowl XX Champion Chicago Bears football team during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. A group of retired NFL players says in a lawsuit that the league illegally supplied them with risky painkillers that numbed their injuries and led to medical complications. Attorney Steven Silverman says his firm filed the lawsuit Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in federal court in San Francisco. The eight named plaintiffs include Hall of Fame defensive end Richard Dent and quarterback Jim McMahon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Ex-players sue NFL over use of painkillers

Ben Nuckols · May 20, 2014 10:41 pm

FILE - This Oct. 21, 2013 file photo shows White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough listening to President Barack Obama speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The White House is escalating an election-year dispute with Congress over military spending as lawmakers bucked the Pentagon and spared favorite ships and aircraft despite diminishing budgets. One day after a veto threat, McDonough met privately with House Democrats on Tuesday and criticized the $601 billion defense authorization bill for parochial changes as the Defense Department deals with smaller budgets. Projected defense spending has been reduced after a decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and amid congressional deficit hawks demand for less federal dollars. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

National Security

White House upset with House defense bill

Donna Cassata · May 20, 2014 10:01 pm

Military eyeing immigrant youths here illegally

Military eyeing immigrant youths here illegally

Erica Werner · May 20, 2014 9:48 pm