Tag: Nation

US trade deficit widens 8 percent in September to $41.8 billion, highest in 4 months

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 1:32 pm

US worker productivity grew 1.9 percent rate over the summer as output rose; labor costs fell

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 1:31 pm

Weekly US unemployment benefit applications dip to 339K, remain at pre-recession levels

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 1:31 pm

Air Force to scrutinize nuclear leader candidates

Robert Burns · November 14, 2013 8:21 am

US economy still subpar, Yellen says in testimony

Martin Crutsinger · November 14, 2013 5:04 am

FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, places her name plate at her seat at the International Monetary Conference in Shanghai, China. Janet Yellen is expected to face skepticism at a hearing Thursday, Nov. 13, 2013, on her nomination to lead the Federal Reserve from Republicans who say the Fed's policies may be swelling asset bubbles or raising the risk of high inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

As Yellen faces senators, here’s what to watch for

Martin Crutsinger · November 14, 2013 5:03 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 file photo, TSA officials check check passengers entering a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. A federal probe of a Transportation Security Administration program to screen suspicious behavior of passengers at airports suggests the effort, which has cost almost $1 billion since 2007, has not been proven effective, according to a report released Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Federal probe questions TSA behavior profiling

Will Lester · November 14, 2013 4:04 am

Bernanke praises Fed’s move to transparency

Martin Crutsinger · November 14, 2013 1:15 am

Undetectable guns a law enforcement challenge

Pete Yost · November 14, 2013 1:10 am

Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. VA., to a meeting with the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Kerry and top U.S. nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman hope to persuade members of the Senate Banking Committee in their meeting Wednesday to hold off on additional punitive measures on the Iranian economy. After, Biden and the Treasury Department's sanctions chief, David Cohen, will join them for a separate briefing with Senate Democratic leaders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry: New Iran sanctions could scuttle diplomacy

Bradley Klapper · November 14, 2013 12:50 am

Examples of epinephrine pens that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommend that schools stock to combat food allergies are photographed in the Washington Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. The deaths of two girls in Illinois and Virginia from severe food allergies have helped spur efforts to get schools to stockpile emergency medications that can save lives. That effort has now reached the highest level: President Barack Obama's desk. The president was expected to sign a bipartisan bill that offers a financial incentive to states if schools stockpile epinephrine, considered the first-line treatment for people with severe allergies. The medication is administered by injection, through preloaded EpiPens or similar devices. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Food allergy awareness reaches president’s desk

Kimberly Hefling · November 14, 2013 12:43 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the 2013 Tribal Nations Conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama says he will visit Indian Country next year

Washington Examiner · November 14, 2013 12:31 am