Tag: Nation

FBI chief: Boston Marathon witness report complete

FBI chief: Boston Marathon witness report complete

Washington Examiner · January 10, 2014 2:35 am

Robert Pastor: ex-US official, Americas expert

Robert Pastor: ex-US official, Americas expert

Washington Examiner · January 10, 2014 1:23 am

Bill key to Obama trade push faces Dem opposition

Bill key to Obama trade push faces Dem opposition

Matthew Pennington · January 10, 2014 1:23 am

US to start training Libyan soldiers at midyear

National Security

US to start training Libyan soldiers at midyear

Lolita Baldor · January 10, 2014 1:12 am

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield, right, accompanied by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Bureau for Democracy Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Nancy Lindborg, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on situation in South Sudan. Thomas-Greenfield said ethnic atrocities are being committed on both sides and the government and rebel leaders need to solve their disputes through dialogue, and not fighting. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US scrambles to avert civil war in South Sudan

Bradley Klapper · January 10, 2014 12:56 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Boehner says he believes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie remains a serious contender for the Republican 2016 presidential nomination, despite the traffic jam scandal engulfing the New Jersey governor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Boehner: US should help Iraq in anti-terror fight

Donna Cassata · January 9, 2014 11:58 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meets with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jobless bill stalls in Senate

David Espo · January 9, 2014 11:55 pm

VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets

VA reports spike in suicides among youngest vets

Kevin Freking · January 9, 2014 11:40 pm

An Iraqi firefighter hoses down a burned car after a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a police station, killing and wounding scores of people in the northern city, home to a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen, each of the ethnic groups has competing claims to the oil-rich area. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Biden calls Iraqi Kurdish leader amid oil conflict

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2014 11:33 pm

Lawmakers: Snowden’s leaks may endanger US troops

National Security

Lawmakers: Snowden’s leaks may endanger US troops

Kimberly Dozier · January 9, 2014 11:33 pm

1 charge could be dropped in Naval Academy case

1 charge could be dropped in Naval Academy case

Jessica Gresko · January 9, 2014 11:27 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. The 911 dispatch recordings from the fiery derailment show initial confusion about the cargo on board. The recordings show that a member of the train crew first told emergency dispatchers in Fargo that it was hauling ethanol. The substance actually was highly flammable crude oil from western North Dakota. Eighteen cars on the 106-car oil train derailed and several exploded and burned. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)

Energy and Environment

Senators call for action on oil train derailments

Matthew Daly · January 9, 2014 11:27 pm