Tag: Nation

Senate confirms Yellen to chair Federal Reserve

Alan Fram · January 7, 2014 12:01 am

Obama: Yellen a ‘fierce champion’ for Americans

Obama: Yellen a ‘fierce champion’ for Americans

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 11:49 pm

FILE - In this July 17, 2013 file photo, Liz Cheney speaks during a campaign appearance in Casper, Wyo. Published reports citing anonymous GOP insiders say Liz Cheney, the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, plans to quit the Republican Wyoming Senate primary and abandon her effort to unseat incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi. Cheney moved her family from Virginia to Wyoming to run for the seat. Her effort to replace Enzi, a Senate veteran, angered and upset many Republicans and her campaign has faced a number of problems. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File)

Liz Cheney drops bid to unseat Wyoming Sen. Enzi

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 11:48 pm

FILE -In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress returns to work on Jan. 6, 2014, with election-year politics certain to shape an already limited agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Unemployment bill first up in Senate for 2014

David Espo · January 6, 2014 11:27 pm

Senate confirms Janet Yellen as first woman to head Federal Reserve in its 100-year history

Senate confirms Janet Yellen as first woman to head Federal Reserve in its 100-year history

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 11:13 pm

Back to the future? Time travel missing on Twitter

Back to the future? Time travel missing on Twitter

Seth Borenstein · January 6, 2014 10:34 pm

Twitter, Internet increasingly popular for blacks

Twitter, Internet increasingly popular for blacks

Stacy Anderson · January 6, 2014 10:16 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., right, accompanied by attorney Rick Esenberg, left, announces that he has filed a lawsuit to block the federal government from helping to pay for health care coverage for members of Congress and their staffs, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Johnson says that members of Congress and their staffs are getting special treatment under the health care law. The lawsuit would would force Congress and its staffers to purchase their insurance from the federal health care exchanges without exemptions carved out by the Office of Personnel Management. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senator sues over Congress’ health coverage

Henry Jackson · January 6, 2014 9:40 pm

Vice President Joe Biden administers the oath of office to Mel Watt as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency during a ceremonially swearing-in ceremony, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Watt's wife, Eulada Watt watches at center. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mel Watt sworn in as housing regulator

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 9:10 pm

Roberts refuses to grant Obamacare emergency stay

Roberts refuses to grant Obamacare emergency stay

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 9:02 pm

US: Use of ‘Myanmar’ doesn’t mean policy change

US: Use of ‘Myanmar’ doesn’t mean policy change

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 8:04 pm

Bao Bao, the four and a half month old giant panda, makes her public debut at an indoor habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.

National Zoo prepares panda cub for debut in DC

Brett Zongker · January 6, 2014 6:42 pm