Tag: Nation

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

National Security

Obama again faces tug of military action in Syria

Julie Pace · August 23, 2014 1:49 pm

This photo taken May 22, 2012 shows Charles Koch in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas, where Koch Industries manages 60,000 employees in 60 countries. The Kochs are demonized by Democrats, who lack a liberal equal to counter their weight, and not entirely understood by Republicans, who benefit from their seemingly limitless donations. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Bo Rader)

4 Kochs took genes, money in different directions

Nancy Benac · August 23, 2014 1:19 pm

Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes speaks to reporters during a press briefing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Rhodes spoke on issues concerning the situation in Iraq and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

US won’t let borders hamper fight vs. extremists

Robert Burns · August 23, 2014 12:23 am

Biden: US would help Iraq pursue federal system

Biden: US would help Iraq pursue federal system

Washington Examiner · August 23, 2014 12:03 am

Trucks move towards a border control point with Ukraine in the Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The first trucks of the Russian aid convoy crossed the Ukrainian inspection zone Friday morning. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

National Security

Administration condemns Russian move into Ukraine

Robert Burns · August 22, 2014 11:50 pm

Official says hackers hit up to 25,000 fed workers

Official says hackers hit up to 25,000 fed workers

Stephen Braun · August 22, 2014 11:16 pm

Washington Post strikes ‘Redskins’ from editorials

Washington Post strikes ‘Redskins’ from editorials

Washington Examiner · August 22, 2014 8:09 pm

This handout photo provided by the Office of the Defense Secretary (OSD), taken Aug. 19, 2014, shows a Chinese fighter jet that the Obama administration said Friday conducted a "dangerous intercept" of a U.S. Navy surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft off the coast of China in international airspace. (AP Photo/OSD)

Pentagon cites ‘dangerous’ Chinese jet intercept

ROBERT BURNSLOLITA C. BALDOR · August 22, 2014 8:04 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, a snowy owl sits perched outside The Washington Post headquarters in Washington. The snowy owl that captured the nation's capital's attention when it perched at The Washington Post building and survived being hit by a bus has died. The University of Minnesota's Raptor Center in St. Paul says on its website that the owl, which had undergone rehab there, was found dead on the shoulder of a Minnesota highway. (AP Photo/The Washington Post, Nathaniel Grann, File) WASHINGTON TIMES OUT; NEW YORK TIMES OUT;THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER AND USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Snowy owl that survived bus hit dies in Minnesota

Washington Examiner · August 22, 2014 6:35 pm

FBI: No credible threats to US from Islamic State

National Security

FBI: No credible threats to US from Islamic State

Eileen Sullivan · August 22, 2014 6:22 pm

UN warns its food aid program in NKorea at risk

UN warns its food aid program in NKorea at risk

Matthew Pennington · August 22, 2014 6:20 pm

FILE - This May 1,1992 file photo shows Rodney King, right, accompanied by his attorney Steven Lerman, making his first statement, pleading for an end to the rioting in South Central Los Angeles, in Los Angeles. The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, was roiled by racial unrest after 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, on Aug. 9. The street clashes there mirrored past, larger-scale riots in multiple US cities, most of them triggered by perceived racial injustice, or an incident involving police, in already tense communities. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)

Facts about US racial unrest

Jesse Holland · August 22, 2014 5:16 pm