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Men of U.S. 64th Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, celebrate the news of the Armistice. (U.S. Army - U.S. National Archive)

Why you shouldn’t confuse Memorial Day and Veterans Day

Emilie Padgett · May 25, 2015 9:00 am

World War II veteran Air Vice-Marshall William "Paddy" Harbison, hold his Royal Air Force (RAF) log book while attending an Arsenal of Democracy Flyover press briefing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on Tuesday, March 31. 2015. Harbison flew the P-51 Mustang, the Supermarine Spitfire, and later flew combat missions in Korea. (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

National Security

Inside old log book, memories of heroism

Tara Copp · May 25, 2015 9:00 am

Princeton University professor John Nash, whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie "A Beautiful Mind," died in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey on Saturday, May 23, 2015, police said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

‘Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash killed

Barbara Boland · May 24, 2015 9:12 pm

Politicians and journalists debated the latest setback in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq. (AP Photo)

Sunday show rundown

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 8:33 pm

A plume of smoke rises after an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State group positions in an eastern neighborhood of Ramadi, Iraq. (AP Photo)

National Security

Former director on Iraq: We ‘underestimated how deep the hole’ we dug

Barbara Boland · May 24, 2015 7:59 pm

Defense Secretary Ash Carter highlighted the uphill battle that lies ahead in the fight against the Islamic State. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Defense secretary: Iraqis ‘showed no will to fight’ ISIS

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 7:33 pm

The Highway Trust Fund, which draws its funding from a federal gas tax, was set to dry up May 31. (AP Photo)

Senate passes temporary transportation bill

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 5:48 pm

Jeb Bush will be the latest member of his famous family to acquire a home on their 1.3-acre vacation property in Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo)

Jeb Bush to build lavish Kennebunkport home

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 5:09 pm

Rand Paul has now decided he wants to be a liberal democrat, undercut necessary intelligence collection, weaken the police officers and our intelligence services," charged Bill Kristol. (AP Photo)

Kristol attacks: Rand Paul has ‘decided he wants to be a liberal Democrat’

Barbara Boland · May 24, 2015 4:49 pm

The Obama administration is looking for a way to combat the Islamic State in cyberspace, according to a published report. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

National Security

Bolton: Obama ‘in denial,’ ‘blinded’ by ‘ideology’ on ISIS

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 2:34 pm

Mike Huckabee railed against the power of the Supreme Court Sunday and criticized what he called the court's "judicial supremacy."Â (Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Huckabee: Supreme Court is not ‘supreme being’

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 1:57 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. made no plans to travel to Oklahoma City, but his actions did prevent several likely rivals for the GOP nomination from doing just that. (AP Photo)

Did Rand Paul win GOP confab by not showing up?

Ryan Lovelace · May 24, 2015 12:13 pm