Tag: Nation

In this photo provided by Katy Scheflen, people run to a man who set himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The reason for the self-immolation was not immediately clear and the man's identity was not disclosed. (AP Photo/Katy Scheflen)

Family: Man who set self on fire was mentally ill

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 1:02 pm

Betty White to join Madame Tussauds museum in wax

Betty White to join Madame Tussauds museum in wax

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 8:16 am

Insurers, others say ‘Obamacare’ glitches fixable

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · October 8, 2013 7:18 am

In this photo provided by Katy Scheflen, people run to a man who set himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. The reason for the self-immolation was not immediately clear and the man's identity was not disclosed. (AP Photo/Katy Scheflen)

Man who set self on fire on National Mall from NJ

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2013 3:54 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse, neither side backing down, after House GOP conservatives linked the funding bill to President Obama's existent health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debt limit overtaking shutdown as US crisis focus

David Espo · October 8, 2013 12:17 am

Ray Halbritter, National Representative of the Oneida Indian Nation gestures as he speaks during the Oneida Indian Nation's Change the Mascot symposium, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, in Washington, calling for the Washington Redskins NFL football team to change its name. During an interview, President Barack Obama suggested that the owner of the Washington Redskins football team consider changing its name because, the president said, the current name offends "a sizable group of people." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NFL says it’ll meet with tribe about Redskins name

Howard Fendrich · October 7, 2013 11:28 pm

Social Security judge accused of disability scheme

Social Security judge accused of disability scheme

Stephen Ohlemacher · October 7, 2013 11:08 pm

Back pay for furloughed workers slows in Senate

Back pay for furloughed workers slows in Senate

Andrew Taylor · October 7, 2013 11:00 pm

German man says he’s ready for DC murder trial

German man says he’s ready for DC murder trial

Eric Tucker · October 7, 2013 10:19 pm

This image from the FBI website shows Anas al-Libi. Gunmen in a three-car convoy seized Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa and wanted by the U.S. for more than a decade outside his house Saturday in the Libyan capital, his relatives said. (AP Photo/FBI)

National Security

US interrogators sent to question al Qaeda suspect

EILEEN SULLIVANPETE YOST · October 7, 2013 9:37 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Karzai says disagreements over security and sovereignty are impeding a security deal with the United States and says he will convene a council of elders in one month to discuss the agreement. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US still expects to sign pact with Afghanistan

DEB RIECHMANNPATRICK QUINN · October 7, 2013 9:18 pm

Health law glitches: fatal or fleeting?

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · October 7, 2013 8:26 pm