Tag: Nation

IMF approves $6.7 billion loan for Pakistan

Marjorie Olster · September 4, 2013 5:39 pm

Senator: Vote on Syria resolution might be delayed

Bradley Klapper · September 4, 2013 3:37 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, file photo, a container ship moves through Charleston Harbor to the South Carolina State Ports Authority's Wando Terminal in Mount Pleasant, S.C. The government reports on the U.S. trade deficit for July, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

US trade deficit widens to $39.1 billion in July

Martin Crutsinger · September 4, 2013 3:26 pm

Sen. Barrasso: “Not clear’ if Senate panel will vote on Syria resolution Wednesday

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2013 3:14 pm

Julie Andrews, Tina Fey to salute Carol Burnett

Brett Zongker · September 4, 2013 3:04 pm

McCain opposes Senate resolution on Syria

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2013 2:09 pm

US trade gap widens 13.3 percent in July to $39.1 billion, fueled by record auto imports

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2013 12:32 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and says his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Syria creates new headaches for GOP leaders

Charles Babington · September 4, 2013 7:15 am

In this July, 24, 2013 photo released by the U.S. Navy Football team, Midshipmen Tre'ves Bush is shown. A hearing to determine if three Naval Academy midshipmen will face a court-martial could be nearing its end in the case of an classmante who allegedly was sexually assaulted. Navy investigators are set to testify, a week after the hearing opened, and defense attorneys hope to wrap up later in the day after commenting on the evidence. The alleged victim has testified she was drinking heavily at an off-campus party and has no memory of the alleged incidents. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy Football)

Attorneys wrap up USNA sexual assault hearing

Brian Witte · September 4, 2013 3:26 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and says his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Boehner’s aboard: Obama gains Syria-strike support

BRADLEY KLAPPERDAVID ESPO · September 4, 2013 1:56 am

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined by fellow committee members, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., center, and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., questions Secretary of State John Kerry during committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

War vote on Syria looms for White House hopefuls

DONNA CASSATAKEN THOMAS · September 4, 2013 1:39 am

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One before his departure, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Obama is traveling to Sweden and later to the G-20 Summit in St. Peterburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Syria uncertainty hangs over Obama’s overseas trip

JOSH LEDERMANJULIE PACE · September 4, 2013 1:01 am