Tag: Nation

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks to reporters at the daily press briefing, Friday, April 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington. The US, in a rare diplomatic rebuke, will not grant a visa to Tehran's pick for envoy to the United Nations, the Obama administration said Friday. "We've communicated with the Iranians at a number of levels and made clear our position on this _ and that includes our position that the selection was not viable," Carney said. "Our position is that we will not be issuing him a visa."(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

In a rare rebuke, US blocks Iran’s envoy to UN

Julie Pace · April 11, 2014 9:58 pm

Current Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to become Health and Human Services Secretary, smiles in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 11, 2014, where President Barack Obama made the announcement. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama taps budget guru, technocrat for health job

Josh Lederman · April 11, 2014 9:51 pm

Belafonte keeping King documents in settlement

Belafonte keeping King documents in settlement

Jesse Holland · April 11, 2014 9:09 pm

No. 2 US diplomat to retire

No. 2 US diplomat to retire

Matthew Lee · April 11, 2014 8:35 pm

Longtime Wis. GOP Rep. Tom Petri to retire

Longtime Wis. GOP Rep. Tom Petri to retire

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 8:28 pm

FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by the Gross family shows Alan and Judy Gross. Gross, who has been imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years after illegally setting up Internet access on the island has suspended his hunger strike after more than a week. Gross said he was fasting to protest his treatment by the U.S. and Cuban governments. In a statement released through his lawyer he said he suspended his fast Friday. (AP Photo/Gross Family, File)

American imprisoned in Cuba ends hunger strike

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 7:38 pm

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama disembark from Air Force One as they arrive Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 10, 2014, from a trip in Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Carter, Dole wives aid White House troop effort

Darlene Superville · April 11, 2014 6:19 pm

US, China to hold talks on North Korea next week

National Security

US, China to hold talks on North Korea next week

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 3:28 pm

Obama announces Sebelius resignation, names budget director as successor at HHS

Obama announces Sebelius resignation, names budget director as successor at HHS

Washington Examiner · April 11, 2014 2:59 pm

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, asks a questions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, during the committee's hearing about the Boston Marathon Bombings leading up to the year anniversary of the attack. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Report: No missed opportunities in Boston attack

Eileen Sullivan · April 11, 2014 8:10 am

President Barack Obama gives a keynote address during the Civil Rights Summit on Thursday, April 10, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. Brazziell)

Obama to focus civil rights message on voting

Jim Kuhnhenn · April 11, 2014 7:34 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius listens as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2014, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the HHS Department's fiscal Year 2015 budget. A White House official says Sebelius is resigning from the Obama administration. The move comes just a week after the close of the rocky enrollment period for President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sebelius resigns after health care rollout fiasco

Julie Pace · April 11, 2014 2:34 am