Tag: Nation

Bill on special visas for Iraqis heads to Obama

Bill on special visas for Iraqis heads to Obama

Donna Cassata · October 3, 2013 6:09 pm

Rep. Duffy of Wisconsin assaulted outside Capitol

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2013 6:05 pm

FEMA workers recalled from furlough for storm prep

FEMA workers recalled from furlough for storm prep

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2013 5:37 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, right, attend their joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera after the Japan-U.S. security talks in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Issei Kato, Pool)

National Security

No ‘suckers’: US threatens Iran with new sanctions

BRADLEY KLAPPERMATTHEW LEE · October 3, 2013 4:32 pm

Biden cancels LGBT event, fundraiser amid shutdown

Biden cancels LGBT event, fundraiser amid shutdown

Josh Lederman · October 3, 2013 4:18 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2013 file photo,Sous Chef Maya Lovelace prepares quail at Beast Restaurant in Portland, Ore. The Institute for Supply Management issues its U.S. non-manufacturing (service-sector) index for September on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Growth at US service firms slows from 8-year high

Christopher Rugaber · October 3, 2013 3:55 pm

September jobs report delayed because of shutdown

September jobs report delayed because of shutdown

Christopher Rugaber · October 3, 2013 3:11 pm

US Treasury warns of harm from debt default

US Treasury warns of harm from debt default

Martin Crutsinger · October 3, 2013 2:41 pm

In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 photo a for sale sign hangs in front of a house in Walpole, Mass. Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates for the last week of September on, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Average US 30-year mortgage rate down to 4.22 pct.

Marcy Gordon · October 3, 2013 2:35 pm

US service firms expand at a slower pace in September as sales plunge, new orders slow

US service firms expand at a slower pace in September as sales plunge, new orders slow

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2013 2:04 pm

Weekly US unemployment benefit applications tick up 1,000 to 308,000 as layoffs remain low

Weekly US unemployment benefit applications tick up 1,000 to 308,000 as layoffs remain low

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2013 12:31 pm

In this Sept. 30, 2013, photo, cars line up at Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim entrance before the park was closed on Oct. 1 due to the partial government shutdown. Americans are finding that âthe governmentâ entails a lot more than the stereotype of faceless D.C. bureaucrats cranking out red tape. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)

Who knew? Shutdown casualties shatter stereotypes

Nancy Benac · October 3, 2013 7:10 am