Tag: Nation

FILE - This June 4, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama pausing as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington where he announced the nominations of, from left, Robert Wilkins, Cornelia Pillard, and Patricia Ann Millet, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Democrats begin a drive this week to muscle a half dozen of President Barrack Obama's Republican-opposed nominees through the Senate after clamping shackles on traditional minority party rights in last month's power play against the GOP. Republicans, however, still have some tools for grinding the Senate's work to an excruciatingly slow crawl. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP blocks more Obama nominees in Senate

Alan Fram · December 10, 2013 1:54 am

Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8

Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8

Seth Borenstein · December 10, 2013 12:23 am

FILE - In this undated file photo made available by Google, hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the computer servers into a cooling unit to be recirculated at a Google data center in Mayes County, Okla. The green lights are the server status LEDs reflecting from the front of the servers. Eight major technology companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, have joined forces to call for tighter controls on government surveillance, issuing an open letter Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 to President Barack Obama arguing for reforms in the way the U.S. snoops on people. (AP Photo/Google, Connie Zhou, File)

Big tech companies lash out at government snooping

MARCY GORDONMICHAEL LIEDTKE · December 9, 2013 11:59 pm

Dempsey presses Congress to act on defense bill

Donna Cassata · December 9, 2013 11:45 pm

US, British governments target online pedophiles

US, British governments target online pedophiles

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 11:16 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds up a checklist related to the preparation for the implementation of the Obamacare healthcare program, and specifically, the HealthCare.gov website, on Capitol Hill in Washington. For two months, the talk was all about computer code. About response times. About glitches and bugs. Issa, who misses no opportunity to investigate perceived shortcomings in the health care program, devoted a full hearing to the "limitations of Big Government" when it comes to health care. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Health care debate has trust, politics themes, too

Nancy Benac · December 9, 2013 10:16 pm

US household wealth reaches high of $77 trillion

US household wealth reaches high of $77 trillion

Christopher Rugaber · December 9, 2013 9:47 pm

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One to travel to South Africa for a memorial service in honor of Nelson Mandela on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

As student, Obama drew inspiration from Mandela

Julie Pace · December 9, 2013 9:15 pm

Biden calls Ukraine leader, urges halt to violence

Biden calls Ukraine leader, urges halt to violence

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 7:45 pm

Justices hear dispute between airline, pilot

Justices hear dispute between airline, pilot

Mark Sherman · December 9, 2013 6:27 pm

Judges question need for Gitmo genital searches

Judges question need for Gitmo genital searches

Frederic J. Frommer · December 9, 2013 5:58 pm

Vice President Joe Biden, right, and wife Jill Biden, pay their respects to former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the South African embassy in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, after signing a condolence book inside. While gazing at a statue of Mandela, Biden said that the former president was, "the most remarkable man I met in my whole career." President Obama is en route to South Africa to attend a Tuesday memorial service for Nelson Mandela. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden signs Mandela condolence book at embassy

Nedra Pickler · December 9, 2013 4:16 pm