Tag: Nation

Protestors demonstrate against the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. About two dozen people protested outside the CDC on Tuesday afternoon, trying to cast a harsh spotlight on the temporary federal shutdown. The small group called on Congress to vote on a measure that would restart federal funding. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Government health and safety efforts slowed or halted by shutdown

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 8, 2013 9:31 pm

FILE - In this July 24, 2013 file photo, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hard-line House Republicans are dismissing dire warnings that a government default would wreck U.S. and world economies as another case of hyperbole from an Obama administration that cried wolf about the likely impacts of automatic spending cuts and partially shutting down the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP dismisses default warnings as more hype

CHARLES BABINGTONDONNA CASSATA · October 8, 2013 9:22 pm

President Barack Obama listens while speaking about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House: Obama would veto special panel plan

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 9:12 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. President Barack Obama stepped up pressure Tuesday on the Boehner to hold votes to reopen the federal government and prevent a potentially disastrous U.S. government default. Obama spoke to reporters at the White House a few hours after calling Boehner and urging him to drop demands that the votes be tied to Republican demands for dismantling Obama's health care law and cutting federal spending. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

National Security

Pentagon freeze on death benefits sparks outrage

Bradley Klapper · October 8, 2013 9:04 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses while speaking about the ongoing budget battle, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama stepped up pressure Tuesday on Boehner to hold votes to reopen the federal government and prevent a potentially disastrous U.S. government default. Obama spoke to reporters at the White House a few hours after calling Boehner and urging him to drop demands that the votes be tied to Republican demands for dismantling Obama's health care law and cutting federal spending. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Boehner: Obama’s demanding surrender, GOP refuses

Laurie Kellman · October 8, 2013 9:01 pm

FILE - This file image from the FBI website shows Abu Anas al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa and wanted by the United States for more than a decade. Al-Libi was captured in a raid Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, and is being held aboard the USS San Antonio, a warship mainly used to transport troops. Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA "black" sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning them aboard U.S. naval vessels. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

National Security

Government to follow humane tactics questioning al-Libi

Eileen Sullivan · October 8, 2013 8:08 pm

This artist rendering shows Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., seated, center, listening as attorney Bobby Burchfield,standing, right, argues for McConnell during the Supreme Court's hearing on campaign finance, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the Supreme Court in Washington. Justices, from left are, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

High court wary of campaign contribution limits

Mark Sherman · October 8, 2013 7:49 pm

Obama: US will bring al-Libi to justice

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 7:48 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama urges Boehner to hold vote to reopen gov’t

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 7:07 pm

Obama regrets missing Asia trip with trade talks

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 7:05 pm

President Barack Obama speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama warns against lifting campaign donor caps

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 7:04 pm

GOP to Obama: Send Libyan suspect to Guantanamo

Bradley Klapper · October 8, 2013 6:53 pm