Tag: Nation

Scientists say warm upper air this September and October helped shrink the man-made ozone hole near the South Pole ever so slightly. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Southern ozone hole slightly smaller this year

Associated Press, Seth Borenstein · October 23, 2013 7:57 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures as she speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Frustrated Dems lament damage from website bugs

Josh Lederman · October 23, 2013 6:51 pm

Last American ambassador to Iran has died at 90

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2013 6:17 pm

White House: US not monitoring Merkel’s calls

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2013 6:03 pm

White House: Obama told Merkel in call that the US is ‘not monitoring’ her communications

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2013 5:58 pm

College price hikes appear to be moderating

Kimberly Hefling · October 23, 2013 4:32 pm

Images show new work at NKorea’s nuclear test site

Matthew Pennington · October 23, 2013 4:30 pm

A recent report by the IRS inspector general says the agency has given out somewhere between $110 billion and $132 billion in improper Earned Income Tax Credit payments in the last decade. In that time period, between 21and 30 percent of tax credit payments went to people who didn't qualify for them. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

700 IRS contract workers owe $5.4m in back taxes

Associated Press, Stephen Ohlemacher · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Senator John McCain speaks on a number of topics at the El Pueblo Regional Center in Tucson, Ariz. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. In an interview Tuesday with radio station KFYI-AM in Phoenix, the Arizona Republican said that he's seriously giving a lot of thought to another bid for re-election.(AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Benjie Sanders ) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

John McCain considering running again for Senate

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2013 3:10 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney introduces Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman who spoke about the economy post government shutdown at the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. Furman said the addition of 148,000 jobs in September is a sign of "solid" growth but forecasts worsening in October because of the 16-day partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Builders of Obama’s health website saw red flags

JACK GILLUMJULIE PACE · October 23, 2013 12:43 am

Letta Tayler, senior counterterrorism researcher at Human Rights Watch talks about the findings of two new reports, by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on US drone strikes and other air strikes in Pakistan and Yemen, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

2 human rights groups criticize US drone program

Kimberly Dozier · October 22, 2013 11:23 pm

U.S Ambassador to France Charles H. Rivkin, right, leaves the Foreign Ministry in Paris, after he was summoned Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. The French government had summoned the ambassador to explain why the Americans spied on one of their closest allies. Le Monde newspaper said Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 that documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that the U.S. National Security Agency swept up 70.3 million French phone records in a 30-day period. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

France is latest US ally angered by NSA snooping

DEB RIECHMANNKIMBERLY DOZIER · October 22, 2013 11:17 pm