Tag: Nation

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Analysis: Obama’s budget win has strings attached

Julie Pace · October 17, 2013 9:19 pm

How gov’t shutdown squeezed corners of US economy

Christopher Rugaber · October 17, 2013 9:12 pm

US gov’t to release September jobs report Oct. 22

Christoper Rugaber · October 17, 2013 8:55 pm

Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta, left, looks towards President Barack Obama as he makes a statement to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. The leaders discussed trade and investment, NATO, North Africa, and the Middle East during their bilateral meeting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama and Letta buck up each other over economies

Darlene Superville · October 17, 2013 8:52 pm

Visitors walk around the Apollo 11 capsule at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum after it opened on time, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Barriers went down at federal memorials, National Park Service sites, as well as the Smithsonian Institution's network of popular museums and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Visitors flock to DC sites again after shutdown

Brett Zongker · October 17, 2013 8:38 pm

Congressman retracts claim that deal funds warlord

Bradley Klapper · October 17, 2013 8:11 pm

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks past reporters after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington. The partial government shutdown is in its third week and less than two days before the Treasury Department says it will be unable to borrow and will rely on a cash cushion to pay the country's bills. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Boehner’s jam: Caucus loves but won’t follow him

Charles Babington · October 17, 2013 8:03 pm

AP source: Obama to nominate Jeh Johnson on Friday to head Department of Homeland Security

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2013 8:01 pm

Longest-serving Florida congressman gravely ill

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2013 7:33 pm

Common App says 2 causes of admissions lags fixed

Kimberly Hefling · October 17, 2013 7:25 pm

Judge denies DC man’s request to act as own lawyer

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2013 7:25 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Lawmakers Wednesday voted to avoid a financial default and reopen the government after a 16-day partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

For US, shutdown embarrasses but damage won’t last

Paul Wiseman · October 17, 2013 7:18 pm