Tag: Nation

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama's armored bus that will tour Iowa pulls up next to Air Force One, at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb. In 2011, the Secret Service purchased the $1.1 million bus for Obamaâs first bus tour as president. The impenetrable-looking black bus has dark tinted windows and flashing red and blue lights. Obama is launching a two-day bus tour on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, through New York and Pennsylvania to tout proposals for making college more affordable, a goal he has cast as "a personal mission." (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)

Obama to propose new system for rating colleges

Julie Pace · August 22, 2013 2:56 pm

White House: 2011 revolt still fresh for Egyptians

Washington Examiner · August 22, 2013 2:51 pm

Number of Americans filing for unemployment aid rises 13,000 to 336,000, but layoffs still low

Washington Examiner · August 22, 2013 12:33 pm

HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 12:01 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER ON THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 2013 - FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, a phone is held in a car in Brunswick, Maine. Americans are significantly less worried about drunk, aggressive and drowsy driving than they were four years ago even though traffic deaths have begun to edge back up, according to a survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. At the same time, most Americans consider texting while driving completely unacceptable behavior, although one in four admit doing so recently. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

AAA: Public less worried about dangerous driving

Joan Lowy · August 22, 2013 10:54 am

Legacy of Nixon tapes: Skepticism, distrust endure

Nancy Benac · August 22, 2013 7:04 am

FILE - This June 6, 213 file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The National Security Agency declassified three secret U.S. court opinions Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, showing how it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans with no connection to terrorism annually over three years, how it revealed the error to the court and changed how it gathered Internet communications. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NSA collected thousands of US communications

KIMBERLY DOZIERSTEPHEN BRAUN · August 22, 2013 12:31 am

Uneasy partners Japan, SKorea join US air drills

Matthew Pennington · August 21, 2013 11:39 pm

Fed appeals ruling on its debit-card fee cap

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2013 10:34 pm

Release of some NSA docs in response to lawsuit

Julie Pace · August 21, 2013 10:15 pm

Report: US household income below end-of-recession

Washington Examiner · August 21, 2013 9:31 pm

A police officer stands in front of the MD Anderson Cancer Center where Vice President Joe Biden reportedly entered, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, in Houston. Biden entered the hospital to support his son who sought medical attention at the hospital. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty) Mandatory Credit

Biden cancels events as son recovers in hospital

Josh Lederman · August 21, 2013 9:27 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 17, 2013, file photo, chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies in Washington. The Federal Reserve appears on track to slow its bond purchases by the end of this year if the economy continues to improve. But it remains divided over the exact timing of the move. Thatâs the message from the minutes of the Fedâs July 30-31 meeting released Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Fed seems on track to slow bond buys by year’s end

Christopher Rugaber · August 21, 2013 9:05 pm