Tag: Nation

FILE - In this April 12, 2103 file photo, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Just eight weeks remain before uninsured Americans can start shopping online for subsidized health insurance under the president's overhaul. Sebelius said Monday consumers can now go online to healthcare.gov and create personal accounts by establishing a username and password. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Personal ‘Obamacare’ accounts debut

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · August 5, 2013 9:10 pm

US arm of major Chinese media company facing suit

Jessica Gresko · August 5, 2013 8:32 pm

FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the 51st Delta Sigma Theta National Convention in Washington. The Republican National Committee wants NBC and CNN to cancel upcoming programs on Hillary Rodham Clinton and is threatening to blackball the television networks from future Republican presidential debates if they fail to comply. NBC has announced a miniseries "Hillary" starring Diane Lane. It's expected to be released before the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Republicans want NBC, CNN to pull Clinton programs

Ken Thomas · August 5, 2013 8:05 pm

White House to announce Russia trip plans soon

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 7:00 pm

Senators call for end to Afghan helicopter deal

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 6:18 pm

FILE - In this July 1, 2013 file photo, patrons sample a variety of beers at the Beer Hall at the Harpoon Brewery in the Seaport District of Boston. US service firms expanded in July at the fastest pace since February, fueled by a jump in new orders and stronger business activity. AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Growth at US service firms jumps on new orders

Martin Crutsinger · August 5, 2013 3:23 pm

Survey: US service firms expand July at fastest pace since February on rise in new orders

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2013 2:08 pm

FILE - In this April 10, 2013, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., right, and Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., meet with reporters after Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill, following the release of President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2014 federal budget. Boehner rejects accusations that he oversees a âdo-nothingâ House, though the Republican-led House has yet to resolve differences with the Senate over the federal budget, a farm bill, immigration and other big issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP plans anti-Washington push in August

Charles Babington · August 5, 2013 7:47 am

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat'' of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

US posts in Muslim world will remain closed

Alicia Caldwell · August 4, 2013 10:27 pm

FILE - This July 15, 2013 photo, people line up at the job fair in South Burlington, Vt. The 162,000 jobs the economy added in July were a disappointment. The quality of the jobs was even worse. A disproportionate number of the added jobs were part-time or low-paying, or both. Part-time work accounted for more than 65 percent of the positions employers added in July. Low-paying retailers, restaurants and bars supplied more than half July's job gain. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

New jobs disproportionately low-pay or part-time

Paul Wiseman · August 4, 2013 8:55 pm

US State Department says 19 embassies in Mideast, Africa will be closed through Saturday

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2013 8:39 pm

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, sits in a meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran's supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president Saturday, allowing the moderate cleric to take charge of a country weakened by economic sanctions over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

US says it can be ‘willing partner’ with Iran

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2013 1:50 pm