Tag: PennAve

Josh Earnest downplays lack of full clearance for WH Secret Service agents

Susan Crabtree · June 10, 2015 8:45 pm

WH: No time limits for U.S. troops in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · June 10, 2015 8:03 pm

A U.S. soldier, second right, helps Iraqi security forces improve shooting skills in a military exercise as U.S. forces train them in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

National Security

Obama escalates U.S. involvement in Islamic State fight

Tara Copp, Nicole Duran · June 10, 2015 7:50 pm

An officer takes down police tape after an incident on North Ave., near the site of recent riots and only several blocks away from where Freddie Gray was arrested last month, May 4, 2015 in Baltimore, Md. (Getty Image)

Baltimore councilman: Police chief ‘has lost the streets’

Elizabeth Potter · June 10, 2015 7:40 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Latino Coalition Business Summit held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chris Christie: GOP is ‘guilty’ of sounding unwelcoming

Ryan Lovelace · June 10, 2015 7:05 pm

The unnamed Secret Service agent allegedly sent lewd texts to a woman following a May 20 event co-hosted by first lady Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Dole. (AP Photo)

Secret Service agent on administrative leave after allegations of lewd texting

Kelly Cohen · June 10, 2015 6:50 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in a letter to Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that he plans to include immigration language in one of the four trade provisions scheduled for a Friday vote. (AP Photo)

GOP adds ban on immigration changes in trade deals

Susan Ferrechio · June 10, 2015 6:44 pm

Vice President Joe Biden returned to work Wednesday for the first time since his eldest son, Beau, died May 30 of brain cancer. (AP Photo)

Biden back on the job

Nicole Duran · June 10, 2015 6:29 pm

In this Jan. 30, 2015, file photo, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani. According to NBC News, U.S. citizenÂ Keith Broomfield, whoÂ joined the Kurdish fighters voluntarily,Â died in a battle in a rural area outside of KobaniÂ (AP Photo, File)

National Security

State Dept. confirms death of U.S. citizen fighting ISIS in Syria

Pete Kasperowicz · June 10, 2015 6:20 pm

Exhaust emits from the engines of a passenger jet as it prepares for take off. Air travel is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

EPA: Aircraft emissions endanger Americans, causes global warming

John Siciliano · June 10, 2015 6:04 pm

James Billington's retirement is set for Jan. 1, 2016. His successor will be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. (AP Photo)Â

Librarian of Congress to retire

Nathan Rubbelke · June 10, 2015 5:33 pm

Jim Smith lies on a hospital bed during a demonstration of the wireless Carecast health information system June 11, 2003 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Doctors ‘terrified’ of electronic record adoption

Robert King · June 10, 2015 5:29 pm