Tag: Nation

Advocates press Obama for fewer deportations

Alicia Caldwell · November 27, 2013 8:47 pm

FILE - In this Friday, March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, is shown. The Obama administration, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, launched a bid to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning. The effort is an attempt to reduce the role of loosely regulated big-money political outfits like GOP political guru Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the pro-Obama Priorities USA. The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department said they want to prohibit such groups from using "candidate-related political activity" like running ads, registering voters or distributing campaign literature as activities that qualify them to be tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS pushes to rein in tax-exempt political groups

Andrew Taylor · November 27, 2013 8:15 pm

$FILE - In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. The National Park Service says it is withdrawing "inappropriate" comments about a proposed rule regulating hydraulic fracturing operations on public lands. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)$ News

Park Service withdraws comments on fracking rule

Matthew Daly · November 27, 2013 7:05 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry steps off of his aircraft as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, as he returns from London. While in London, Kerry had meetings with Libyan's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and British Foreign Secretary William Hague. Prior to London, Kerry was in in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Iran nuclear talks. European Union sanctions against Iran could be eased as soon as December, officials said Monday, after a potentially history-shaping deal that gives Tehran six months to increase access to its nuclear sites in exchange for keeping the core components of its uranium program. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Kerry heading to Europe, Mideast

Washington Examiner · November 27, 2013 6:43 pm

In this Nov. 26, 2013, photo, computer screens display a map showing the outline of China's new air defense zone in the East China on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Defense, in Beijing. While the Obama administration is making diplomatic progress on some of the MideastÃ?s thorniest security issues, problems are piling up in Asia, a region that President Barack Obama had wanted to play a bigger part in American foreign policy. Despite efforts to forge deeper ties with China to make East Asia more stable, BeijingÃ?s declaration of a maritime air defense zone has escalated its territorial dispute with U.S. ally Japan. The U.S. responded by flying B-52 bombers through the zone on a training mission Tuesday without informing Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Problems pile up in Asia for US policymakers

Associated Press, Matthew Pennington · November 27, 2013 6:32 pm

Biden seeks center in Obama’s sphere of influence

Josh Lederman · November 27, 2013 6:20 pm

Man charged with fraud over banana peel fall, suit

Man charged with fraud over banana peel fall, suit

Washington Examiner · November 27, 2013 6:09 pm

US backs Iran claim that some work OK at Arak site

US backs Iran claim that some work OK at Arak site

Bradley Klapper · November 27, 2013 5:57 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, file photo, an existing home is listed as sold, in Gilbert, Ariz. Freddie Mac, on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, reports on mortgage rates for the week. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

US average on 30-year mortgage rises to 4.29 pct.

Christopher Rugaber · November 27, 2013 5:11 pm

The cash price for unleaded fuel along with an editorial comment on unleaded-plus fuel was posted on a sign at a Minneapolis care care center Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Minneapolis, as gas prices continue to fall just in time for Thanksgiving and holiday spending. The average price of gasoline has tumbled 49 cents from their peak this year to $3.29 a gallon, putting shoppers on track to have the lowest prices at the pump since 2010, according to AAA. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Lower gas prices lifting hopes for holiday sales

Josh Boak · November 27, 2013 4:15 pm

Biden to raise objections over China air zone

Biden to raise objections over China air zone

Washington Examiner · November 27, 2013 4:04 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Duane Stubbs, right, of Morrow, Ga., shakes hands with retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Leland Smith, CEO of SolidHires, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681, in Marietta, Ga. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

US jobless claims drop to 316,000, as layoffs slow

Josh Boak · November 27, 2013 2:00 pm