Tag: Nation

White House: Expiration of jobless benefits a blow

White House: Expiration of jobless benefits a blow

Washington Examiner · December 27, 2013 8:35 pm

FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, Mike Andersen of the US Geological Survey maneuvers a boat on the Red River in Fargo, N.D., so a USGA hydrologist can take stream flow measurements. Big money water projects used to be a favorite target of good-government types who railed against political pork. Now the same projects are a rare unifying factor in a dysfunctional Congress. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)

Energy and Environment

For divided Congress, water projects are a unifier

Henry Jackson · December 27, 2013 6:54 pm

US: Israel to delay Palestinian prisoner release

US: Israel to delay Palestinian prisoner release

Deb Riechmann · December 27, 2013 6:43 pm

This photo taken Dec. 20, 2013 shows double hand transplant recipient, Lindsay Aronson Ess grimacing as she works on her dexterity during a physical therapy session in Richmond, Va. Sure your liver or kidney could save someone's life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor may get more complicated than just checking off a box on your driver's license. The government is preparing to regulate the new field of hand and face transplants like it does standard organ transplants, giving more Americans who are disabled or disfigured by injury, illness or combat a chance at qualifying for this radical kind of reconstruction. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

UNOS to oversee hand, face transplants like organs

Lauran Neergaard · December 27, 2013 8:10 am

Poll: Americans hopeful for a better year in 2014

Jennifer Agiesta · December 27, 2013 3:39 am

How US states fared on jobless aid applications

How US states fared on jobless aid applications

The Associated Press · December 26, 2013 8:27 pm

Average US 30-year mortgage rises to 4.48 pct.

Average US 30-year mortgage rises to 4.48 pct.

The Associated Press · December 26, 2013 3:49 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File)

Weekly US jobless claims drop 42K to 338K

Paul Wiseman · December 26, 2013 2:04 pm

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits drops 42K to seasonally adjusted 338K

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits drops 42K to seasonally adjusted 338K

Washington Examiner · December 26, 2013 1:32 pm

FILE - This Feb. 7, 2013 file photo shows packages waiting to be sorted in a Post Office in Atlanta. Regulators on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, approved a price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to help the Postal Service recover from severe mail decreases brought on after the 2008 economic downturn.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

First-class stamps to cost 49 cents as of Jan. 26

Bradley Klapper · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

Capitol’s historic dome set for 2-year renovation

Capitol’s historic dome set for 2-year renovation

Charles Babington · December 25, 2013 3:31 pm

Man in Santa Claus suit shot in DC with pellet gun

Man in Santa Claus suit shot in DC with pellet gun

Washington Examiner · December 24, 2013 10:10 pm