Tag: Nation

National Security

Nuke commander says stricken unit ‘brokenhearted’

Robert Burns · January 17, 2014 11:51 pm

FILE -This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows a bipartisan group of Senator arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington for the Senate vote to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown. From left are, Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas. Talk about words more costly than gold. The giant federal budget bill that Congress passed late Thursday will cost taxpayers nearly $3 million per word, or if you want to really think big almost $700 million per page. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GO FIGURE: Fed budget comes to $3M per word

Seth Borenstein · January 17, 2014 11:46 pm

Fiscal fatigue grabs capital as Obama preps speech

Tom Raum · January 17, 2014 10:37 pm

Obama signs $1.1 trillion government spending bill

Darlene Superville · January 17, 2014 10:24 pm

HHS No. 2 doesn’t recall elevating security worry

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · January 17, 2014 10:22 pm

Energy and Environment

Kerry: No rush to decide on Keystone XL pipeline

Matthew Daly · January 17, 2014 9:54 pm

President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from -hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama tightens reins on surveillance programs

Julie Pace · January 17, 2014 9:54 pm

National Security

Intel chairs ask Obama to send bill on NSA changes

Washington Examiner · January 17, 2014 9:49 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2013 photo, investigators work the scene where a tour bus collided with a pickup truck on Highway 38 north of Yucaipa, Calif., killing eight people. Federal regulators ordered the tour bus operator, National City, Calif.-based Scapadas Magicas LLC, to immediately stop operating because its buses weren't properly maintained or inspected and its drivers weren't properly vetted for qualifications. Intercity bus and truck companies with a continuing history of safety problems will be easier to shut down under new regulations the Federal Motor Carrier Administration said Friday that it plans to issue. The regulations give the agency authority to put out of business operators who have been cited for repeated problems, even if their most recent inspection alone doesn't quite meet the threshold for closure, the agency said. (AP Photo/The Sun, Rick Sforza, File)

Shutting down unsafe bus companies to get easier

Joan Lowy · January 17, 2014 9:16 pm

Appeals court reverses judge on lobbyist ban

Washington Examiner · January 17, 2014 8:49 pm

Pro-Obama group raises $26 million in first year

Washington Examiner · January 17, 2014 8:44 pm

FILE - This Nov. 17, 2013 file photo shows construction continuing on the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. A budget deal approved by Congress restores funding for some national arts and cultural programs, but others will still see reductions. In a funding bill approved this week, lawmakers decided against providing construction money for the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial in Washington. The deal provides $1 million for salaries and expenses of the federal memorial commission, dismissing its $51 million budget request. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Congress says no to Eisenhower Memorial funding

Brett Zongker · January 17, 2014 8:21 pm