Tag: Nation

US trade deficit falls to $34.2 billion in June, lowest since late 2009, as exports hit record

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2013 12:31 pm

State Dept. urges US citizens to leave Yemen

Deb Riechmann · August 6, 2013 9:26 am

US State Dept. orders evacuation of non-emergency government workers from Yemen due to threats

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2013 8:15 am

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013 file photo shows immigration reform supporters blocking a street on Capitol Hill in Washington. For many House conservatives, President Barack Obamaâs decision to delay a central provision of his health care law has emerged as a major stumbling block _ not to health coverage, but to an immigration bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Immigration bill critics focus on health law delay

Erica Werner · August 6, 2013 7:27 am

Work of Scalia, Ginsburg inspiration for new opera

Mark Sherman · August 6, 2013 3:25 am

Katharine Weymouth, publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, left, and Donald Graham, CEO and chairman of The Washington Post Co., address employees about the sale of The Washington Post to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 in Washington. Bezos struck a deal Monday to buy The Washington Post and other newspapers for $250 million in a startling demonstration of how the Internet has created both winners and losers and utterly transformed the media landscape. (AP Photo/The Washington Post, Marvin Joseph) WASHINGTON TIMES OUT; NEW YORK TIMES OUT;THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER AND USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

A family dynasty gives up The Post

Calvin Woodward · August 6, 2013 2:14 am

Former baseball players in the Negro League, from left to right, Pedro Sierra, Minnie Minoso, Ron Teasley, and the last living owner of a Negro League team, Minnie Forbes, of the Detroit Stars, far right, talk outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington following their meeting with President Barack Obama, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. White House says Obama invited about a dozen players to the White House to mark their contributions to American history, civil rights and athletics. The players competed for teams like the Philadelphia Stars, New York Black Yankees, Indianapolis Clowns and Boston Blues. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama honors Negro League players at White House

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2013 1:26 am

Obama to urge Congress to shutter Fannie, Freddie

Julie Pace · August 6, 2013 12:01 am

Colombian sentenced in cocaine smuggling plot

Frederic J. Frommer · August 5, 2013 11:06 pm

Key dates in the history of The Washington Post

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 10:47 pm

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, center, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator (NHTSA) David Strickland, left. stand with students wearing crossing guard belts during a news conference outside the Transportation Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. Secretary Foxx announced a new set of tools to help communities combat the rising number of pedestrian deaths that have occurred over the last two years. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Drunk walking leads to pedestrian fatalities

Joan Lowy · August 5, 2013 10:05 pm

AP sources: Al-Qaida chief’s intercepted message to deputy in Yemen caused embassy closures

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 9:17 pm