Tag: Nation

Energy and Environment

Final fed climate report will present dire picture

Seth Borenstein · May 5, 2014 6:08 pm

President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, left, during a press availability before their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US, Djibouti reach 10-year security agreement

Julie Pace · May 5, 2014 5:33 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, Bolivarian National Guard officers advance on a motorcycle as security forces disperse an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela. A Human Rights Watch report released Monday, May 5, 2014 says dozens of protesters have been subject to serious physical and psychological abuse by government security forces during protests that have left at least 41 dead since February. Venezuela's government blames protesters for most of the violence and abuses and says 15 officials are under investigation for alleged human rights violations. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Rights group: systematic violations in Venezuela

LUIS ALONSO LUGO · May 5, 2014 4:15 pm

Court revives victim lawsuit in mistaken shooting

Court revives victim lawsuit in mistaken shooting

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 1:51 pm

Court rejects challenge to city’s immigration law

Court rejects challenge to city’s immigration law

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 1:45 pm

High court rejects appeal on gun rights in public

High court rejects appeal on gun rights in public

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 1:42 pm

Steven Paska, 26, right, of Arlington, Va., asks his girlfriend of two years Jessica Deegan, 27, to marry him as cherry blossom trees in peak bloom line the tidal basin with the Jefferson Memorial in the background in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Deegan said yes to the surprise marriage proposal. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

If it’s OK for women to propose, why don’t they?

Connie Cass · May 5, 2014 8:25 am

Lyle Alderson, left, a former teacher, with his wife Jan Alderson, a high school science teacher, both of Overland Park, Kansas, and Kevin Gilbert, 42, of Ridgeland, Miss., right, a member-at-large on the National Education Association (NEA) executive committee and a former social studies teacher and coach, are interviewed in Washington on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Mrs. Alderson is a National Teacher Hall of Fame inductee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students

Jesse Holland · May 5, 2014 8:08 am

FILE - This April 29, 2014 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner says he'll establish select House committee to investigate Benghazi attack. (AP Photo, File)

Democrat: GOP’s Benghazi committee ‘waste of time’

Washington Examiner · May 4, 2014 2:51 pm

President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obamacare to gridlock, fair game for Obama’s jokes

Washington Examiner · May 4, 2014 11:21 am

First lady Michelle Obama, center, takes her seat with Joel McHale, star of the NBC series Community, at left, and President Barack Obama, at right, during the centennial dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House reporters honor black journalist

Jesse Holland · May 4, 2014 3:47 am

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks after receiving the 2013 Lantos Human Rights Prize during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Getting ready to run for president means working through a hefty checklist of activities long before most people are paying attention to the contest ahead. Prep work, positioning and auditioning don't wait for the primary season. And the pace is picking up. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

Va. senator says he’ll back Hillary Clinton

Ken Thomas · May 3, 2014 3:46 am