Tag: Nation

US unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333K, level that signals steady job gains

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2013 12:34 pm

FILE - In this June 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin get up to leave after their meeting in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The Kremlin voiced disappointment Wednesday, Aug. 7, with Obama's decision to cancel his Moscow summit with Putin, but said it remains ready to cooperate with the United States on bilateral and international issues. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Snowden is one of many problems for US and Russia

Connie Cass · August 8, 2013 7:13 am

FILE - This June 17, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. It was reported Wednesday Aug. 7. 2013, President Barack Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month â a rare diplomatic snub.The move is retribution for Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to Edward Snowden, who is accused of leaking highly secretive details about National Security Agency surveillance programs. It also reflects growing U.S. frustration with Russia on several issues, including missile defense and human rights. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Disputes lead Obama to back out of Russian summit

DEB RIECHMANNMATTHEW LEE · August 8, 2013 7:07 am

Same-sex spouses may get military benefits

Lolita Baldor · August 8, 2013 7:04 am

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 file photo, Frankie Thevenot, 3, plays with an iPad in his bedroom at his home in Metairie, La. As of Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a Boston-based group, is urging federal investigators to examine the marketing practices of Fisher-Price's and Open Solution's mobile apps. It's the campaign's first complaint against the mobile app industry as part of its broader push to hold accountable businesses that market technology to very young children and their parents. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Group: Apps not effective tool for teaching babies

Anne Flaherty · August 8, 2013 1:11 am

Obama talks Syria, Egypt with Turkey’s leader

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2013 1:07 am

FILE - In this June 17, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin get up to leave after their meeting in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. The Kremlin voiced disappointment Wednesday, Aug. 7, with Obama's decision to cancel his Moscow summit with Putin, but said it remains ready to cooperate with the United States on bilateral and international issues. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama cancels Putin summit amid Snowden tensions

DEB RIECHMANNMATTHEW LEE · August 7, 2013 11:53 pm

More than Snowden keeping US, Russia at odds

Connie Cass · August 7, 2013 11:26 pm

Obama pledges $195M more in Syria aid

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2013 10:42 pm

FILE - In his May 9, 2013 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration has tossed back in the lap of Congress a prickly political question involving health insurance for staffers and lawmakers themselves. Proposed regulations issued Wednesday say lawmakers' offices should individually decide whether staffers are subject to a health law provision that would require them to switch their insurance from the federal plan to new coverage coming next year under President Barack Obama's overhaul. The rules do clarify that the government will continue to pay its standard share of premiums, resolving one of the biggest unknowns about the health law provision, which was authored by Grassley. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House floats health care fix for Congress

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · August 7, 2013 10:00 pm

A Jordanian military vehicle drives around the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, one of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa ordered closed following terror threats. Far from being on the brink of breakdown, al-Qaidaâs core leadership remains a potent threat _ and one that experts say has encouraged the terror networkâs spread into more countries today than it was immediately after 9/11. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

As al-Qaida grows, leaders remain a global threat

Lara Jakes · August 7, 2013 9:38 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to U.S. troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The visit to the Marine Corps base is Obama's final stop on a two-day West Coast trip that included the rollout of his principles for overhauling the nation's mortgage finance industry. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama to speak at ‘Let Freedom Ring’ ceremony

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2013 9:17 pm