Tag: Nation

FILE - In this July 9, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, pauses during a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional Republicans and Democrats are pressing President Barack Obama to explain why the U.S. military should attack Syria and involve Americans in a deadly civil conflict that has roiled the Mideast. Boehner, wrote the president on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in seeking answers as the drumbeat of war grew louder. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress seeks answers from Obama on Syria

Donna Cassata · August 29, 2013 3:13 pm

King family bus in traffic incident, no one hurt

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2013 2:10 pm

In this Wednesday, Aug., 14, 2013, photo, job seekers Emilio Ferrer, Brian ferrer, center, and Jonathan, right, of Hollywood, Fla., talk to a FirstService representative at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits for third week of August on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 331K

Christopher Rugaber · August 29, 2013 2:04 pm

US economy grew at revised 2.5 percent annual rate in April-June quarter, double first quarter

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2013 12:31 pm

Weekly applications for US unemployment benefits fall to 331K, near a 5-year low

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2013 12:31 pm

Jeanne Smiley of Montgomery, Ala., holds her bell during ceremonies honoring the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream" speech in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. The ceremony took place outside the Dexter Ave. King Memorial Baptist Church where King became pastor in 1954. Smiley said "Rev. King was a great man who helped make this country a better place to live." (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

More than 300 sites ring bells for MLK speech

Brett Zongker · August 29, 2013 8:13 am

President Barack Obama speaks at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr., spoke, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama inspires many in 50th-year King remembrance

ANDREW MIGASUZANNE GAMBOA · August 29, 2013 7:16 am

In this July, 24, 2013 photo released by the U.S. Navy Football team, Midshipmen Josh Tate is shown. A hearing has begun to determine whether Tate and two other former U.S. Naval Academy football players will face a court-martial on charges that they sexually assaulted a female midshipman. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy Football)

Accuser testifies in Naval Academy sex assault

Brian Witte · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this July 9, 2013, file photo House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, pauses during a meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congressional Republicans and Democrats are pressing President Barack Obama to explain why the U.S. military should attack Syria and involve Americans in a deadly civil conflict that has roiled the Mideast. Boehner, wrote the president on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, in seeking answers as the drumbeat of war grew louder. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House speaker presses Obama for answers on Syria

Donna Cassata · August 29, 2013 3:25 am

An Israeli soldier is seen next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Israel ordered a special call-up of reserve troops Wednesday as nervous citizens lined up at gas-mask distribution centers, preparing for possible hostilities with Syria. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Obama: Syrian govt carried out chemical attack

DEB RIECHMANNKIMBERLY DOZIER · August 29, 2013 3:21 am

US officials: Navy boosts carrier presence in Gulf

Lolita Baldor · August 29, 2013 12:19 am

US asks Iran to free 3 Americans

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2013 11:58 pm