Tag: PennAve

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a request to meet with Carter when he visits Israel in the coming weeks. (AP File Photo)

Netanyahu denies Jimmy Carter meeting in Israel

Kelly Cohen · April 20, 2015 7:37 pm

Arizona Sen. John McCain said the unintentional deaths were "probably preventable." (AP File Photo)

‘An insult’: McCain slams Dempsey over Ramadi comment

Susan Ferrechio · April 20, 2015 7:30 pm

"When will the majority leader realize he continues to obstruct a qualified nominee for no reason?" asked Reid. (AP File Photo)

Reid: Possible deal on stalled trafficking bill

Susan Ferrechio · April 20, 2015 7:16 pm

Sailors man the rails as the USS Theodore Roosevelt is manuvered into it's berth at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. U.S. Navy officials say the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen and will join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the rebels fighting in Yemen. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

Pentagon: Reports false of Iran intercept by USS Roosevelt

Tara Copp · April 20, 2015 6:50 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to end the Saudi-led air campaign against the Houthis in Yemen and establish a cease-fire. (AP Photo)Â

WH: Iran’s demand for cease-fire in Yemen is ‘ironic’

Susan Crabtree · April 20, 2015 6:27 pm

More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Shoddy and fake drugs create new pandemic in developing nations

Robert King · April 20, 2015 6:25 pm

"We feel very confident in the strength of the legal arguments," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday. (AP Photo)Â

White House unmoved by court action on immigration

Brian Hughes · April 20, 2015 6:15 pm

Afghan security forces members inspect the site of a suicide attack near a new Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April, 18, 2015. (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon assessing potential Islamic State role in Afghanistan attack

Tara Copp · April 20, 2015 5:54 pm

A group of captured Ethiopian Christians taken to a beach before they were killed by Islamic State militants, in Libya. The 29-minute video released online Sunday purportedly shows two groups of captives. (Militant video via AP)

National Security

Pentagon: Islamic State expanding into Libya

Tara Copp · April 20, 2015 5:17 pm

Assyrian Christian women attend Mass marking the traditional Palm Sunday procession at the Assyrian church east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Obama urged to act as slaughter of Christians escalates

Susan Crabtree · April 20, 2015 4:59 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell voiced outrage Monday over a leading Kentucky newspaper equating his support for the coal industry to the South's support of slavery. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

McConnell decries equating support for coal to slavery

John Siciliano · April 20, 2015 4:56 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to dominate the race for the Democratic presidential ticket.Â (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Poll: Hillary Clinton dominates Democratic field, GOP field remains too close to tell

Kelly Cohen · April 20, 2015 2:31 pm