Tag: Nation

Republic Steel faces $1.1M in fines for violations

Sam Hananel · August 13, 2013 11:02 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, June 13, 2013 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Conference in Washington. Rubio warned Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 that if Congress doesn't pass immigration overhaul legislation, President Barack Obama may act on his own to legalize the 11 million immigrants already in the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rubio warns Obama could act to legalize immigrants

Erica Werner · August 13, 2013 9:36 pm

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz responds to questions on nuclear waste disposal during the National Clean Energy Summit 6.0 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Moniz also was due Tuesday to talk with Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval about federal plans to ship some 403 canisters of radioactive waste from a federal facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to the Nevada National Security Site. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus)

Appeals court: Obama violating law on nuke site

Matthew Daly · August 13, 2013 8:36 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, American Airlines and US Airways jets prepare for flight at a gate at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. The Justice Department and a number of state attorneys general on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, challenged a proposed $11 billion merger between US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines' parent company, AMR Corp. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Govt, states try to block proposed airline merger

DAVID KOENIGPETE YOST · August 13, 2013 6:34 pm

DC ambulance on White House call runs out of gas

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2013 6:23 pm

FILE - In this July 31, 2013, file photo, school uniforms by Izod are displayed at J.C. Penney in New York. The Commerce Department said Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, that retail sales increased 0.2 percent in July from June. Sales had risen 0.6 percent in June from May on a surge in auto sales. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

US retail sales up 0.2 percent in July

Martin Crutsinger · August 13, 2013 3:00 pm

Justice Department, states challenge proposed US Airways, American Airlines merger

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2013 2:30 pm

US business stockpiles unchanged in June

Martin Crutsinger · August 13, 2013 2:06 pm

US business stockpiles unchanged in June after May decline; June sales up modestly

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2013 2:02 pm

President Barack Obama leaves after his news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The president said he'll work with Congress to change the oversight of some of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs and name a new panel of outside experts to review technologies. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Voters mad about NSA spying face uphill battle

Anne Flaherty · August 13, 2013 7:15 am

Tuition isn’t only bill college students see

Philip Elliott · August 13, 2013 7:09 am

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial has shrouded scaffolding on both sides, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in Washington. A contracting problem has stalled work to refinish part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial where a disputed inscription was recently removed, which might delay the projectâs completion until after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

MLK Memorial may not be ready for anniversary

Brett Zongker · August 13, 2013 12:11 am