Tag: Nation

Obama: US and Germany are ‘not perfectly aligned yet’ on privacy, NSA spying agreement

Obama: US and Germany are ‘not perfectly aligned yet’ on privacy, NSA spying agreement

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 4:47 pm

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are putting on a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: Ukraine moving to restore order in the east

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 4:46 pm

Obama says US preparing for more Russia sanctions

Obama says US preparing for more Russia sanctions

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 4:34 pm

Boehner says he’ll establish select House committee to investigate Benghazi attack

Boehner says he’ll establish select House committee to investigate Benghazi attack

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 4:08 pm

5 things to know about campus sexual assault probe

Kimberly Hefling · May 2, 2014 7:40 am

National Security

General’s opinion on Benghazi draws a rebuke

DEB RIECHMANNDONNA CASSATA · May 2, 2014 3:03 am

Obama taps 4 public servants to be ambassadors

Obama taps 4 public servants to be ambassadors

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 11:18 pm

Lawmaker says no tax break for sports fines

Lawmaker says no tax break for sports fines

Kevin Freking · May 1, 2014 11:12 pm

FILE - This Oct. 1937 file photo shows Federal Agent Walter Walsh during a demonstration of him as he takes aim in a mirror, in Quantico, Va. Walsh, the world's oldest living Olympian, has died. He was 106. USA Shooting says Walsh died Tuesday _ six days before his 107th birthday _ at his home in Arlington, Virginia. Walsh finished 12th in the men's 50-meter free pistol event at the 1948 London Olympics. He had already demonstrated his marksmanship working for the FBI and the Marine Corps. During the Depression, Walsh was instrumental in the capture and killing of several gangsters, including discovering the body of Baby Face Nelson and catching Arthur (Doc) Barker. Walsh spent more than 20 years as a shooting instructor before his retirement in 1970. (AP Photo, File)

Walter Walsh, FBI agent and Olympian, dead at 106

Jessica Gresko · May 1, 2014 10:43 pm

3 on leave over allegations on Phoenix vet care

3 on leave over allegations on Phoenix vet care

Pauline Jelinek · May 1, 2014 10:20 pm

FILE - This March 18, 2014 file photo shows US Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski during a news conference in Washington. The Homeland Security Department has arrested more than 600 suspected gang members in a monthlong national crackdown on street gangs. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made the arrests in 179 cities over the last month. ICE says nearly three-quarters of the suspected gang members belong to the Surenos, or Sur 13, street gang. The name loosely translates to southerners. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Homeland Security arrests over 600 gang suspects

Alicia Caldwell · May 1, 2014 8:29 pm

President Obama presents the 2014 National Teacher of the Year Sean McComb, a high school English teacher from Maryland who helps push students toward college, with his award, Thursday, May 1, 2014, during a ceremony to honor the 2014 National Teacher of the Year and finalists in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Baltimore English teacher honored at White House

Jim Kuhnhenn · May 1, 2014 8:01 pm