Tag: Nation

Egypt not expected to be hit hard by US aid cuts

DEB RIECHMANNLOLITA C. BALDOR · October 12, 2013 8:12 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about their meeting with Senate Republicans regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Dual crises: Shutdown, debt limit could merge

Tom Raum · October 12, 2013 7:36 pm

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, left, D-Nev., pauses as Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 in Washington. The federal government remains partially shut down and faces a first-ever default between Oct. 17 and the end of the month. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama set to meet with Senate Democratic leaders

Washington Examiner · October 12, 2013 7:15 pm

Q&A: What happens if US breaks borrowing limit?

Christopher Rugaber · October 12, 2013 6:12 pm

In this Oct. 8, 2013 photo, Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., left, and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., right, walk to a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

During shutdown, congressional pay strikes a nerve

HENRY C. JACKSONKEN THOMAS · October 12, 2013 1:23 pm

President Barack Obama meets with small business owners about the government shutdown and debt ceiling, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama, GOP talks leading back to deficit debate

Jim Kuhnhenn · October 12, 2013 8:14 am

US nuclear force faces a cascade of missteps

Robert Burns · October 12, 2013 7:23 am

Republican senators, from left, Ted Cruz of Texas, John McCain of Arizona, David Vitter of Louisiana, and Richard Shelby of Alabama, walk in the rain back to their bus at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, after they met with President Barack Obama regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling. After weeks of ultimatums, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are exploring whether they can end a budget standoff that has triggered a partial government shutdown and edged Washington to the verge of a historic, economy-jarring federal default. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Accelerated efforts, no agreement on shutdown/debt

David Espo · October 12, 2013 2:02 am

Obama meets with Pakistani teen shot by Taliban

Jessica Gresko · October 11, 2013 11:32 pm

Court allows NSA to keep collecting phone records

Kimberly Dozier · October 11, 2013 11:14 pm

President Barack Obama meets with small business owners to talk about the government shutdown and debt ceiling, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling Marc Parham, business consultant, Hester Clark of the Hester Group, the president Obama and Mei Xu of Chesapeake Bay Candles.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama talks with governors and business leaders

Washington Examiner · October 11, 2013 10:42 pm

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, right, rubs the cheeks of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew before they gathered for a photo with the Group of 20, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington. Finance ministers and central bank officials from the Group of 20 nations are in Washington ahead of weekend meetings of the 188-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending organization, the World Bank. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

G-20 finance officials focus on US budget talks

MARJORIE OLSTERMARTIN CRUTSINGER · October 11, 2013 10:17 pm