Tag: Nation

Ethics Committee considering probe of Mullin

Henry Jackson · February 6, 2014 4:10 pm

President Barack Obama closes his eyes as a prayer is offered at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama: Religious freedom a US diplomatic priority

Nedra Pickler · February 6, 2014 3:57 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 photo, the control tower at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, in Linthicum, Md., is seen. A lightning strike on the tower, which also injured an air traffic controller, is prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to examine hundreds of air traffic control towers nationwide, the agency told The Associated Press. Officials will be looking for problems with the systems that protect the towers from lightning strikes. (AP Photo/The Capital, Paul W. Gillespie)

APNewsBreak: FAA to examine airport towers

Jessica Gresko · February 6, 2014 11:41 am

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf, right, talks with House Budget Committee member Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, prior to Elmendorf testifying before the committee's hearing on the CBO budget and economic outlook. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FACT CHECK: Anti-Obamacare chorus is off key

Calvin Woodward · February 6, 2014 8:12 am

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon in Washington. Hagel is ordering military leaders to put a renewed emphasis on moral behavior across the force following a series of ethical lapses that have included cheating scandals among the Navy and Air Force's nuclear missions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hagel orders urgent push for ethics crackdown

LOLITA C. BALDORROBERT BURNS · February 6, 2014 8:08 am

The U.S. Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. (Thinkstock Image)

US warns of explosives in toothpaste tubes

Joan Lowy · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Celebrities want to tie trade pact to dolphin hunt

Washington Examiner · February 6, 2014 2:52 am

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon in Washington. Hagel is ordering military leaders to put a renewed emphasis on moral behavior across the force following a series of ethical lapses that have included cheating scandals among the Navy and Air Force's nuclear missions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdown

LOLITA C. BALDORROBERT BURNS · February 6, 2014 2:11 am

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand

Lauran Neergaard · February 6, 2014 1:06 am

Members of Congress push for aid for ranchers

Henry Jackson · February 6, 2014 12:34 am

President Barack Obama speaks about his ConnetED goal of connecting 99% of students to next generation broadband and wireless technology within five years, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, Senate Dems seek momentum in election year

Josh Lederman · February 5, 2014 11:26 pm

Obama nominates diverse set of judicial candidates

Nedra Pickler · February 5, 2014 11:01 pm