Tag: Nation

US: Taliban attack could have been foreseen

National Security

US: Taliban attack could have been foreseen

Robert Burns · October 2, 2013 1:33 am

DC Council votes to keep local government open

DC Council votes to keep local government open

Eric Tucker · October 2, 2013 1:18 am

Grand Canyon Park Closed-10-1-2013- Sebastian Ramirez, 27, of Austin, Texas, hikes out of the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park, Tuesday afternoon. Ramirez spent the night with friends in the bottom of the Canyon at Bright Angel Campground. Beginning at 6 am, visitors were told the park was closed and they could not visit. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES MBO

Your fault! No shutdown end; Dems, GOP trade blame

DAVID ESPODONNA CASSATA · October 2, 2013 12:19 am

Jack Lew says final debt tools are being used

Jack Lew says final debt tools are being used

Martin Crutsinger · October 1, 2013 11:56 pm

Normally filled with visitors and tourists, the empty Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, after officials suspended all organized tours of the Capitol and the Capitol Visitors Center as part of the government shutdown. A statue of President Gerald R. Ford at center is illuminated amid large paintings illustrating the history of the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers still get a check, even in shutdown mode

Henry Jackson · October 1, 2013 11:01 pm

This undated handout photo provided by Ron Binz shows Binz. Binz, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's top energy regulator withdrew Tuesday, conceding he did not have enough support for confirmation. Binz, a former Colorado energy regulator who strongly backs renewable energy, was opposed by at least half of the 22-member Senate Energy Committee, including all 10 Republicans and at least one Democrat. (AP Photo/Patricia Barry Levy)

Nominee for energy regulatory post withdraws

Matthew Daly · October 1, 2013 10:20 pm

A sign to the parking lot to the Fort Harrison visitor center on the Richmond National Battlefield Park announces that the park is closed in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. "Closed" signs and barricades sprang up early Tuesday at the Lincoln Memorial, and national parks and many federal workplaces across the country followed suit. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

House to vote on reopening national parks

Andrew Taylor · October 1, 2013 10:00 pm

Conservative group airing ads on govt shutdown

Conservative group airing ads on govt shutdown

Ken Thomas · October 1, 2013 9:39 pm

Obama cancels appearance at Hispanic Caucus gala

Obama cancels appearance at Hispanic Caucus gala

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2013 9:21 pm

Korean War veteran Robert Olson, from Iowa, is pushed in his wheelchair by Zach Twedt, also from Iowa, around the National World War II Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Veterans who had traveled from across the country were allowed to visit the National World War II Memorial after it had been officially closed because of the partial government shutdown. After their visit, the National World War II Memorial was closed again. The Lincoln Memorial is seen in the distance. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Veterans pass barriers at closed WWII Memorial

Brett Zongker · October 1, 2013 9:11 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. It's a political perfect storm: The pairing of a government shutdown with the rollout of the new health care law illustrates all sorts of partisan and cultural tensions in America. Big government vs. small. The Republican Party's identity crisis. Declining trust in government. And plenty more. A chunky-text look at underlying issues roiling the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Budget fight a perfect storm of issues roiling US

CALVIN WOODWARDNANCY BENAC · October 1, 2013 8:47 pm

Cuts block some seeking NIH research treatment

Cuts block some seeking NIH research treatment

Lauran Neergaard · October 1, 2013 7:55 pm