Tag: Nation

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. A federal judge says the NSA's bulk collection of phone records violates the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches. The judge put his decision on hold pending a nearly certain government appeal. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Judge: NSA program is likely unconstitutional

Frederic J. Frommer · December 16, 2013 11:10 pm

FILE - This Tuesday, April 30, 2013, file photo, shows Dawn Ultra antibacterial soap in a kitchen in Chicago. The Food and Drug Administration says Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, there is no evidence that antibacterial chemicals used in liquid soaps and washes help prevent the spread of germs, and there is some evidence they may pose health risks. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

FDA: Anti-bacterial soaps may not curb bacteria

Matthew Perrone · December 16, 2013 11:07 pm

Feds ease rules on same-sex health care tax breaks

Feds ease rules on same-sex health care tax breaks

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 11:07 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, file photo, technicians repair machinery at Madelaine Chocolates factory in the Queens borough of New York. The Federal Reserve reports on output from U.S. factories, mines and utilities in November on Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

US factory output rises solid 0.6 pct. in November

Martin Crutsinger · December 16, 2013 9:45 pm

Family: Make Iran talks contingent on Levinson aid

Matt Apuzzo · December 16, 2013 9:38 pm

Bernanke: Bold actions critical in Fed’s 100 years

Martin Crutsinger · December 16, 2013 9:15 pm

Has the Fed been fueling bubbles? You be the judge

Josh Boak · December 16, 2013 9:13 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file image taken from video and released by WJLA TV, U.S. Postal police walk with Ryan Loskarn, center, in Washington. Loskarn, the fired chief of staff for Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, is returning to court in Washington Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, after his arrest on charges of possession and attempted distribution of child pornography.. (AP Photo/WJLA TV, File)

Tenn. Sen.’s fired chief of staff ordered freed

Jessica Gresko · December 16, 2013 9:06 pm

Pentagon to test force for use of drug ‘spice’

Pentagon to test force for use of drug ‘spice’

Pauline Jelinek · December 16, 2013 7:54 pm

Judge: NSA bulk collection of phone records violates Constitution ban on unreasonable searches

Judge: NSA bulk collection of phone records violates Constitution ban on unreasonable searches

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 7:26 pm

Foreign holdings of US Treasury debt up in October

Foreign holdings of US Treasury debt up in October

Martin Crutsinger · December 16, 2013 6:16 pm

Congress targets fed workers’ pensions for savings

Alan Fram · December 16, 2013 6:08 pm