Tag: Nation

A summary of long-strained US-Iranian relations

Bradley Klapper · September 28, 2013 4:30 am

Shutdown impact: Tourists, military hit quickly

Shutdown impact: Tourists, military hit quickly

Sam Hananel · September 28, 2013 3:58 am

President Barack Obama gestures while making a statement regarding the budget fight in Congress and foreign policy challenges, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president said the debt ceiling breach far worse than a government shutdown and would effectively shutter economy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

US, Iran leaders talk for first time since 1979

LARA JAKESNEDRA PICKLER · September 28, 2013 1:20 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., the Republican Conference chair, left, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, after a closed-door strategy session. Pressure is building on Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," from their bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Preparing for shutdown, government plans furloughs

Sam Hananel · September 27, 2013 9:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, follows Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, after blaming conservative Republicans for holding up a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running. Senate passage of the spending bill â stripped of the "Obamacare" provision â was expected no later than Saturday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Senate seeks to reverse law on engineered crops

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 27, 2013 8:02 pm

Joe Biden to headline Human Rights Campaign dinner

Joe Biden to headline Human Rights Campaign dinner

Ken Thomas · September 27, 2013 7:01 pm

President Barack Obama to deliver statement about budget from White House at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

President Barack Obama to deliver statement about budget from White House at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2013 7:00 pm

Officials: Iran source of Navy computer intrusion

National Security

Officials: Iran source of Navy computer intrusion

Lolita Baldor · September 27, 2013 6:48 pm

Jobs report may be delayed by government shutdown

Jobs report may be delayed by government shutdown

Christopher Rugaber · September 27, 2013 6:40 pm

Ted Cruz and Mike Lee talking budget with GOP House members

Laurie Kellman · September 27, 2013 6:30 pm

Obama’s no-negotiation stance setting new tone

Jim Kuhnhenn · September 27, 2013 5:59 pm

Pentagon: Fresh look at stopping insider attacks

National Security

Pentagon: Fresh look at stopping insider attacks

Robert Burns · September 27, 2013 5:51 pm