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Ryan holds meeting with black members of Congress

Ryan holds meeting with black members of Congress

Henry Jackson · April 30, 2014 11:03 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Flynn, the three-star Army general who has headed the Defense Intelligence Agency for less than two years is being nudged aside amid conflict within the agency and between the general and leaders elsewhere in the intelligence community, a senior defense official said Wednesday, April 30. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

National Security

Top 2 Pentagon intelligence officials quitting

Robert Burns · April 30, 2014 11:00 pm

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine LaGarde makes a statement about sanctions leveled against Russia, during a news conference following an IMF Executive Board meeting at IMF Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. LaGarde announced that the IMF board has approved a two-year, $17 billion loan package for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

IMF board approves $17 billion for Ukraine

Deb Riechmann · April 30, 2014 10:36 pm

Two cars are covered in sediment as floodwaters recede along Strong Street in Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. ensacola, Florida, got more rain on Wednesday than drought-struck Los Angeles has had in more than two years. (AP Photo/G.M. Andrews)

GO FIGURE: Pensacola rain more than LA in 2 years

Seth Borenstein · April 30, 2014 10:11 pm

Military benefits survive defense cuts

Donna Cassata · April 30, 2014 9:26 pm

IMF board approves 2-year, $17 billion loan package for Ukraine

IMF board approves 2-year, $17 billion loan package for Ukraine

Washington Examiner · April 30, 2014 9:07 pm

VA: No evidence of allegations in Phoenix

VA: No evidence of allegations in Phoenix

Washington Examiner · April 30, 2014 8:37 pm

FILE - This Monday, April 28, 2014 aerial photo shows destroyed buildings and debris along U.S. Highway 64 in Vilonia, Ark. Vilonia was hit hard Sunday for the second time in three years. Four people were killed in a 2011 storm. Until this late April 2014 outbreak, the U.S. as a whole had by far the quietest start of the year for tornadoes. Longer trends show more tornado clusters recently. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Energy and Environment

Tornado seasons lately have been boom or bust

Seth Borenstein · April 30, 2014 8:12 pm

Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopters deploy soldiers during a military exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The Afghan National Security Forces depend exclusively on billions of dollars in funding from the United States and its allies, money that is now at risk after President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security agreement to keep a small U.S. force of trainers in the country after the NATO-led coalition ends its mission and withdraws at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

US gen: Corruption is top threat in Afghanistan

Deb Riechmann · April 30, 2014 8:04 pm

Senate GOP pushes Russia sanctions bill

Senate GOP pushes Russia sanctions bill

Donna Cassata · April 30, 2014 8:03 pm

Senate leader: NFL Redskins should change name

Senate leader: NFL Redskins should change name

Washington Examiner · April 30, 2014 7:16 pm

Senate roll vote on minimum wage

Senate roll vote on minimum wage

The Associated Press · April 30, 2014 6:56 pm