Tag: Nation

FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, answers a question from a participant at the International Monetary Conference in Shanghai, China. President Barack will nominate Yellen to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File )

Obama to nominate Yellen as Bernanke successor

JIM KUHNHENNMARTIN CRUTSINGER · October 9, 2013 12:49 am

Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle continued. President Barack Obama decided to stay home from economic summits in Asia as Democrats stepped up pressure on congressional Republicans to rein in their tea party faction and reopen the government with no strings attached. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

National Security

Shutdown impact: Veterans regional offices close

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2013 12:32 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks about the ongoing budget battle, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. President Barack Obama stepped up pressure Tuesday on Borehner to hold votes to reopen the federal government and prevent a potentially disastrous U.S. government default. Obama spoke to reporters at the White House a few hours after calling Boehner and urging him to drop demands that the votes be tied to Republican demands for dismantling Obama's health care law and cutting federal spending. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama, John Boehner trade barbs, hints of compromise

David Espo · October 9, 2013 12:14 am

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police officers on Capitol Hill during a immigration rally in Washington, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Police arrest 8 House members at immigration rally

LUIS ALONSO LUGO · October 9, 2013 12:12 am

Citing security, CIA calling back some employees

National Security

Citing security, CIA calling back some employees

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 11:51 pm

Washington Redskins football team owner Daniel Snyder arrives for the NFL fall meeting in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. NFL owners hold their annual fall meeting, with discussions about the upcoming outdoor Super Bowl in New Jersey and player safety initiatives on the agenda. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Redskins name top topic at Roger Goodell news conference

Howard Fendrich · October 8, 2013 11:26 pm

GOP shifts focus from shutdown to debt ceiling

GOP shifts focus from shutdown to debt ceiling

Josh Lederman · October 8, 2013 10:42 pm

FILE - This July 6, 2013, file photo, shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. The pilots of Asiana Flight 214, as well as the airline, are raising the possibility that a key device that controls the Boeing 777's speed may have malfunctioned, an aviation expert familiar with the investigation into the crash said Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Pilots, airline fault equipment in Asiana crash

Joan Lowy · October 8, 2013 10:27 pm

President Barack Obama pauses as he talks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

For Obama, little to say that hasn’t been said

Julie Pace · October 8, 2013 10:24 pm

US regulators discuss coming debt-limit deadline

US regulators discuss coming debt-limit deadline

Martin Crutsinger · October 8, 2013 10:01 pm

Government shutdown heads south; Antarctic stations shuttered

Government shutdown heads south; Antarctic stations shuttered

Seth Borenstein · October 8, 2013 9:37 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Maureen Bardusk, 62, of Galena, Ill., poses for a photo in Chicago. A design decision to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse available health plans under President Barack Obama's overhaul appears to have led to many of the program's technical problems, independent experts say. The result seemed strange to Bardusk, who's hesitant about giving her personal information before she can shop. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Questionable design blamed for health website woes

CARLA K. JOHNSONRICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR · October 8, 2013 9:36 pm