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National Security

Navy jet crash off Virginia coast; pilot ejected

Lolita Baldor · January 15, 2014 9:04 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks in Washington. Lagarde warned policymakers on Wednesday to avoid mistakes that could derail a fragile global recovery. Lagarde said that Congress should promptly increase the U.S. government's borrowing limit and the Federal Reserve should avoid withdrawing its financial support too rapidly. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

IMF head urges caution to avoid harming recovery

Martin Crutsinger · January 15, 2014 8:55 pm

5 things to know, 1 to watch for about budget deal

Connie Cass · January 15, 2014 8:42 pm

This photo taken Dec. 17, 2013 shows anti-abortion protester Eleanor McCullen, of Boston, standing at the painted edge of a buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. The regulation of protests outside abortion clinics returns to the Supreme Court for the first time since 2000 to find the justices seemingly more protective of speech and less committed to abortion rights. That combination could prove difficult to overcome for the state of Massachusetts as it seeks to defend a law, in arguments at the high court on Jan. 15, that prohibits abortion protests any closer than 35 feet from the entrance to clinics. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Justices doubtful on Mass abortion buffer zone law

Mark Sherman · January 15, 2014 7:42 pm

Air Force Secretary: 37 nuclear missile launch officers involved in drug, cheating scandal

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 7:40 pm

Court deciding on reach of federal gun ban

Jesse Holland · January 15, 2014 7:26 pm

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Transportation Department in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Americans spend a total of 600,000 years stuck in traffic every year. The nation has about 100,000 bridges old enough for Medicare. And a recent global ranking put the United States' infrastructure in 25th place, just behind Barbados. But Foxx says he sees signs the nation may finally be ready to tackle its "infrastructure deficit." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Transportation sec’y upbeat about infrastructure

Joan Lowy · January 15, 2014 7:15 pm

FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. With a majority of Medicare beneficiaries dealing with two or more chronic conditions, a group of lawmakers from both political parties Wednesday proposed a new approach. One of the main sponsors is Wyden, expected to take over leadership of the Finance Committee, which oversees Medicare. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Chronic care overhaul proposed for Medicare

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · January 15, 2014 5:32 pm

Apple settles with feds in case involving kids’ app purchases; to refund $32.5M to consumers

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:07 pm

Kerry to attend conference on Syria in Switzerland

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 4:47 pm

Bio: Northern Virginia Rep. Moran to retire

The Associated Press · January 15, 2014 4:29 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of ProAmerica Bank, arrives to speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) in Washington. President Barack Obama intends to nominate Contreras-Sweet, a former California cabinet secretary, to be head of the Small Business Administration, according to a White House official. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama to nominate Calif. businesswoman to lead SBA

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 15, 2014 4:05 pm