Politics Aug 18 White House hires its first openly transgender staffer EDGARTOWN, Mass. — The White House has hired its first openly transgender staff member.
Nation Aug 18 First 2 women set to graduate from Army Ranger School WASHINGTON — Two women have passed the Army's Ranger School, becoming the first females to complete the grueling combat training program and earn the right to wear Ranger tabs on their uniforms.
Politics Aug 17 White House launches initiative to combat heroin use The White House is launching a new $5 million initiative to combat heroin use and trafficking of the drug, particularly in states along the East Coast.
Politics Aug 16 Trump’s foreign policy plan includes boots on the ground against ISIS Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is outlining a foreign policy in which the United States would put ground troops in the fight against Islamic State militants and demand money from Middle East countries supported by the U.S.
Nation Aug 16 Julian Bond, former NAACP chairman and civil rights leader, dies at 75 Julian Bond, a major figure in the 1960s civil rights movement who served as a longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.
Politics Aug 15 Critics of Obama carbon rules use Animas river disaster to blast EPA Authorities say rivers tainted by last week's massive wastewater spill are starting to recover, but for the Environmental Protection Agency the political fallout from the disaster could linger…
Nation Aug 14 Rubio slams Obama’s outreach to Iran and Cuba As a U.S. flag flies over the American embassy in Havana for the first time since 1961, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is vowing to roll back the administration's new Cuba policy on his first day in office.
Politics Aug 13 NBC fires Donald Trump from ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ Donald Trump has officially been fired by from "The Celebrity Apprentice."…
Nation Aug 11 EPA ‘taking full responsibility’ for mine waste spill, administrator says The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday her department takes full responsibility for spilling 3 million gallons of mining waste that turned a southwest Colorado river an unnatural shade of orange, adding it "pains me to no…
Nation Aug 10 VA should fire bad workers faster, House veterans chairman says DENVER — The chairman of the House Veterans Committee says the troubled Veterans Affairs Department should fire problem employees faster and that Congress should make it easier for the entire government to dismiss bad workers.