Jun 11 Popular Twitter app TweetDeck hacked; shut down By Colleen Shalby TweetDeck, the tweet sharing and scheduling site connected to Twitter, was hacked on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 11 What Congress can learn from the general store owner who crafted U.S. borrowing limits By Bill White Former deputy energy secretary and mayor of Houston Bill White details how America's borrowing used to be manageable and how it can be once more -- if only the federal government would divide spending bills into parts financed by taxes… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel defends Bergdahl's release as legal By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress Wednesday that officials of Qatar negotiating the release of captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told the U.S. that "time was not on our side" and a leak about the exchange would sabotage the deal. Continue reading
Jun 11 Air Force to offer medals, money, modernization to boost 'decrepit' nuclear missile force By Robert Burns, Associated Press After a string of recent training failures, security missteps, leadership lapses, morale problems and stunning discipline breakdowns in the Air Force, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has demanded action to restore public confidence in the nation's nuclear force. Continue reading
Jun 11 The long, unfortunate history of friendly fire accidents in U.S. conflicts By Nancy Benac, Associated Press The deaths of five Americans killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan stand as a fresh reminder of the dangers of friendly fire, an element of war that is older than the nation. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Young people learn trade of preservation with hands-on work at Shenandoah By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 10 Surge of children apprehended at border overwhelms ill-equipped facilities By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras The federal government is scrambling to house a surge of Central American migrant children traveling alone across the border. These children are supposed to be held in Department of Homeland Security custody fewer than 72 hours before they’re transferred to… Continue reading
Jun 10 Gun control failure has been biggest frustration as president, Obama says By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his biggest frustration so far as president is that American society hasn't been willing to take steps to strengthen gun control. Continue reading
Jun 10 CIA cracks down on employee harassment; internal postings call actions insufficient By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fifteen CIA employees were found to have committed sexual, racial or other types of harassment last year, including a supervisor who was removed from the job after engaging in "bullying, hostile behavior," and an operative who was sent… Continue reading
Jun 10 One student killed in Oregon high school shooting, suspect dead By Colleen Shalby One student was killed in a shooting that took place at Reynolds High School outside of Portland, Oregon on Tuesday morning. Continue reading