Tag: Nation

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

fduckettf.duckett · August 31, 2013 1:55 pm

Azi Ebrahimi, right, demonstrates for higher wages for fast-food industry workers during a one-day strike coinciding with strikes at other fast-food restaurants across the country on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Atlanta.

Obama: Forces conspiring against middle class

Josh Lederman · August 31, 2013 10:05 am

In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Washington, including from left national security adviser Susan Rice; Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

Syrians bracing for possible US strike

DAVID ESPOELAINE GANLEY · August 31, 2013 4:43 am

President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement about Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Delaying what had appeared to be an imminent strike, Obama abruptly announced Saturday that he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action meant to punish Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House sends Congress draft Syria resolution

Associated Press, Josh Lederman · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

Scant foreign support for US strikes on Syria

Lara Jakes, ap-national · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement about Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Delaying what had appeared to be an imminent strike, Obama abruptly announced Saturday that he will seek congressional approval before launching any military action meant to punish Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack that killed hundreds. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Analysis: Obama’s credibility on line in reversal

ap-white, Julie Pace · August 31, 2013 4:00 am

Hagel back from Asia trip amid Syria preparations

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2013 10:49 pm

Officials: Obama trip about G-20, not Russia

Josh Lederman · August 30, 2013 10:15 pm

FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file photo Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses for a photo in her chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, before an interview with the Associated Press. Ginsburg will officiate at a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nationâs highest court. Ginsburg will officiate Saturday, aug. 31, 2013, at the marriage of Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and John Roberts, a government economist. Kaiser told The Associated Press he asked Ginsburg to officiate because she is a longtime friend. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Justice Ginsburg to officiate at same-sex wedding

Brett Zongker · August 30, 2013 10:14 pm

Lawyers collide in Naval Academy sex case

Brian Witte · August 30, 2013 10:07 pm

FILE - In this June 27, 2012 file-pool photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a gift from Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja at the Government Banquet Hall in Helsinki, Finland. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has outpaced President Barack Obama when it comes to lavish gifts from foreign leaders. State Department documents released Friday show Clinton got gold jewelry worth a half-million dollars from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, while Obamaâs most expensive gift was a $16,500 gold-plated clock from Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi defense minister. The gifts were among a bounty of vases, watches, art work and other items given to top U.S. officials in 2012, according to the departmentâs Office of Protocol, which catalogs the gifts and publishes an annual listing. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

Clinton tops Obama in gifts from foreign leaders

Andrew Miga · August 30, 2013 9:07 pm

Institute: NKorea expanding rocket launch site

Washington Examiner · August 30, 2013 8:45 pm