Tag: Nation

AP Exclusive: Accusations dog Russian copter deal

Richard Lardner · December 9, 2013 8:10 am

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)

Senate Dems push Obama nominees, GOP bides time

Associated Press, Alan Fram · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry, with the 2013 Kennedy Center honorees, from left, seated Shirley MacLain, and Martina Arroyo, along with Teresa Heinz Kerry. Standing are Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, and Herbie Hancock, pose for a photo at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Billy Joel, 4 others receive Kennedy Center Honors

Brett Zongker · December 9, 2013 3:59 am

Ronnie Moody of Nabholz Construction Services plows ice from the parking lot of the St. Bernards Outpatient Dialysis Center on Washington Avenue in Downtown Jonesboro, Ark., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Moody said he and others had been working off and on since about 3 a.m. Saturday clearing key areas around the hospital. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, Rob Holt)

Sleet, ice, deep-freeze hit large swath of US

Associated Press · December 8, 2013 8:56 am

Obamas to attend Tuesday service for Mandela

Obamas to attend Tuesday service for Mandela

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2013 12:29 am

White House: Obama, first lady to attend Tuesday memorial in South Africa for Mandela

White House: Obama, first lady to attend Tuesday memorial in South Africa for Mandela

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2013 12:23 am

President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives at the Saban Forum to speak about the Middle East at the Willard Hotel in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. The 2013 Forum is examining the political changes taking place across the Middle East, and the President spoke about topics including Iran. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Chances for final Iran deal 50-50 or worse

BRADLEY KLAPPERDARLENE SUPERVILLE · December 7, 2013 9:47 pm

AP Exclusive: Rough ride for US-Russia copter deal

Richard Lardner · December 7, 2013 9:10 pm

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2013 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaving a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barring uncharacteristically swift work by Congress, more than a million victims of the recession will lose long-term employment benefits over the holidays, the price of milk could shoot up in late winter and government payments might fall sharply for doctors who treat Medicare patients. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Analysis: Dog of year in Congress whimpers to end

David Espo · December 7, 2013 7:28 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, file photo, an Amazon.com employee stocks products along one of the many miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Phoenix. Holiday sales jobs are now likelier to be in warehouses and trucks than in retail stores. Amazon alone planned to hire 20,000 more holiday workers this year, according to the personnel firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

5 trends beneath the surface in Nov. jobs report

Josh Boak · December 7, 2013 6:28 pm

Obama taps former top aide to work on health law

Darlene Superville · December 7, 2013 6:05 pm

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, which is booming of late, on Nov. 13. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Economic bright spots not a sure boost for Obama

Associated Press, Jim Kuhnhenn · December 7, 2013 1:18 pm