Tag: Nation

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin. Franklin, the Air Force commander whose decision to overturn a sexual assault conviction led to major changes in military policy has decided to retire. Air Force officials said Franklin was retiring after more than 32 years. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, File)

Commander who reversed conviction to retire

Donna Cassata · January 8, 2014 6:26 pm

FDA approves diabetes drug with new approach

FDA approves diabetes drug with new approach

Matthew Perrone · January 8, 2014 6:01 pm

Star-Spangled banner, song to be joined in DC

Jessica Gresko · January 8, 2014 4:01 pm

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National Security

Study cites ‘dangerous weak link’ in nuke security

Robert Burns · January 8, 2014 3:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Benefits debate is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 2:46 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, Jimmetta Smith, of Lithonia, Ga., right, the wife of a U.S. Marine veteran, holds her resume while talking with Rhonda Knight, a senior recruiter for Delta airlines, at a job fair for veterans and family members at the VFW Post 2681, in Marietta, Ga. Payroll processor ADP issues its report on job growth among private companies in December on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Survey: US companies add 238K jobs, most in year

Christopher Rugaber · January 8, 2014 2:29 pm

FILE - In this April 28. 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama stands in the East Room of the White House in Washington with, from left: Vice President Joe Biden and outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House defends Biden against Gates criticism

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2014 1:14 pm

Unemployment aid: What’s at stake for US economy

Unemployment aid: What’s at stake for US economy

Josh Boak · January 8, 2014 5:01 am

Business lobby seeks major push on immigration

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama will announce five "Promise Zones" this week as part of his effort to focus on income inequality in the lead-up to his State of the Union address. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to announce investment in 5 ‘Promise Zones’

Associated Press · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

This May 12, 2004 photo shows German socialite Viola Drath during the annual Woodrow Wilson home garden party and hat contest in Washington. Opening statements are expected in the trial of a German man charged with murdering Drath, his 91-year-old wife, a journalist and socialite. Albrecht Muth is charged with first-degree murder in the August 2011 beating and strangulation death of Viola Drath. Police say the killing took place inside the couple's home in Washington's posh Georgetown neighborhood. (AP Photo/Washington Times, James R. Brantley)

DC trial opens in case of slain journalist

Eric Tucker · January 8, 2014 2:57 am

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., second from left, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, after legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed unexpectedly cleared an initial Senate hurdle. From left are, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Schumer, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. The vote was 60-37 to limit debate on the legislation, with a half-dozen Republicans siding with the Democrats on the test vote. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., along with Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, led the effort to reauthorize the benefits for three months which expired on Dec. 28. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jobless bill clears hurdle in bipartisan surprise

David Espo · January 8, 2014 2:52 am