Tag: Nation

White House: US halting nonlethal Syria aid

White House: US halting nonlethal Syria aid

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 7:15 pm

Court: Kan. death sentence shouldn’t be thrown out

Court: Kan. death sentence shouldn’t be thrown out

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 7:00 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, a traveler on Delta Airlines waits for her flight in Detroit. As federal regulators consider removing a decades-old prohibition on making phone calls on planes, a majority of air travelers oppose such a change, a new Associated Press poll finds on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

AP-GfK poll: strong opposition to in-flight calls

Scott Mayerowitz · December 11, 2013 6:45 pm

AP-GfK poll: Public admiration of Obama drops

CHARLES BABINGTONJENNIFER AGIESTA · December 11, 2013 5:46 pm

Vice President Joe Biden addresses a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at the National Cathedral in Washington. Biden and the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, led a national service for Mandela, held in conjunction with the South African Embassy, and features a host of dignitaries, elected officials, and civil rights leaders. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Biden: Mandela taught reconciliation is possible

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 5:24 pm

Senate panel approves Obama’s pick for DHS No. 2

Senate panel approves Obama’s pick for DHS No. 2

Alicia Caldwell · December 11, 2013 4:32 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Negotiators reached the modest budget agreement to restore about $65 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon, with votes expected in both houses by week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New estimate says budget deal raises deficit $41B

Andrew Taylor · December 11, 2013 2:51 pm

Judge dismisses Rangel’s bid to overturn censure

Judge dismisses Rangel’s bid to overturn censure

Frederic J. Frommer · December 11, 2013 2:44 pm

How Volcker Rule would limit banks’ risky bets

How Volcker Rule would limit banks’ risky bets

Marcy Gordon · December 11, 2013 2:25 pm

NTSB: Asiana captain who crashed in San Francisco was worried about landing plane visually

NTSB: Asiana captain who crashed in San Francisco was worried about landing plane visually

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2013 1:31 pm

About 75 percent of young women believe the U.S. needs to do more to bring about equality in the workplace, a new study finds, despite a narrowing pay gap and steady employment gains for women at higher levels of business and government. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Pay gains for young women; inequality still seen

Hope Yen · December 11, 2013 12:38 pm

In this Dec. 10, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speak at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in the Johannesburg, South Africa township of Soweto. South Africa's deaf federation said on Wednesday that the interpreter on stage for Mandela memorial was a 'fake', (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Behind eulogies, US deeply conflicted on Mandela

Matthew Lee · December 11, 2013 11:45 am