Tag: Nation

Joe Biden, Whoopi Goldberg ride Amtrak together

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2013 11:58 pm

Gabrielle Giffords, Kelly seek help from vets in gun debate

Kevin Freking · November 8, 2013 11:33 pm

FILE -In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, job applicants arrives for an internship job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami. The government issues the October jobs report, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, which had been delayed a week because of the government shutdown. ( AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

US businesses boost hiring despite the shutdown

Christopher Rugaber · November 8, 2013 11:12 pm

This image provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office shows government exhibit #20, a photo of the crew of the M/V CEC Future, which had been held by pirates for more than two months, standing in a line in January 2009, just before a $1.7 million ransom was paid. At right is Ali Mohamed Ali, who served as a translator and is being tried in Washington on piracy charges. The two men on the left and one man in the center are pirates. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office)

Jurors hear alleged pirate make demands on call

Frederic J. Frommer · November 8, 2013 11:01 pm

Over the counter products for controlling head lice are photographed in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom for the rest of the day. Some school nurses are no longer sending home "lice notes" to parents of other children in the classroom. The policy shift is designed to help keep children from missing class, shield children with lice from embarrassment and protect their privacy. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Q&A: More lenient lice policies bug some parents

Jennifer Kerr · November 8, 2013 10:55 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens while participating in a panel at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, on "The Crisis as a Classic Financial Panic." Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is drafting rules to close large insolvent banks without bringing down the broader financial system, one of many steps regulators must take to prevent another financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bernanke: Fed has greater power to combat crises

Martin Crutsinger · November 8, 2013 10:39 pm

U.S. Maj. Gen. James C. McConville, who commands coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan shows a chart of fighting seasons at the ISAF base in Bagram, Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Pentagon report shows spike in Afghan troop deaths

Associated Press, Lolita Baldor · November 8, 2013 10:28 pm

FBI probe into child sex abuse at Fort Meade

LOLITA C. BALDORPETE YOST · November 8, 2013 10:28 pm

FDA seeks faster warning updates for generic drugs

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2013 7:46 pm

National Security

US Navy carrier departing Persian Gulf region

Lolita Baldor · November 8, 2013 6:30 pm

US Treasury chief visits Asia next week

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2013 5:42 pm

VA names 1 millionth GI Bill beneficiary

Washington Examiner · November 8, 2013 4:38 pm