WASHINGTON — After 32 months, the Washington Monument is finally set to reoren after it suffered widespread damage in an August 2011 earthquake along the East Coast.
10:45 p.m. EDT May 11, 2014 WASHINGTON — After 32 months, the Washington Monument is finally set to reoren after it suffered widespread damage in an August 2011 earthquake along the East Coast.
12:45 a.m. EDT May 2, 2014 WASHINGTON — The use of "big data" saves lives and makes the economy run more efficiently, but new legislation is necessary to protect Americans' privacy and to make certain analytics are not used by businesses to discriminate against customers, President Obama's advisers say.
10:53 p.m. EDT March 21, 2014 President Obama told executives with Facebook, Google, and other Internet businesses Friday that new surveillance policies wIll be designed to assure privacy while maintaining security.
2:32 a.m. EDT April 16, 2014 Shortly after ceremonies ended Tuesday to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, two backpacks in the area of the Boylston Street finish line raised concerns of police, who evacuated the neighborhood.
10.00 a.m. EST March 8, 2014 WASHINGTON — Just weeks before he heads to The Hague to meet with world leaders for the third Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama has unveiled a budget that includes more than $220 million in cuts for nuclear security programs in the next fiscal year.
10:24 p.m. EDT April 10, 2014 funny thing happened in the Senate this week: The cat that had the Army's tongue on sexual assault in its ranks loosened its grip.
5:44 p.m. EST March 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- President Obama said he was "deeply concerned" on Friday over reports that Russian troops are meddling in Ukraine as armed men took up positions in Ukraine's Crimean region.
8:48 p.m. EDT March 27, 2014 WASHINGTON The Air Force announced Thursday it is relieving nine nuclear missile commanders in connection with a widespread test cheating scandal that implicated dozens of missile crewmen under their charge.
11:22 p.m. EST February 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — Members of Congress took more than $3.7 million worth of free trips last year — the highest price tag for privately funded travel in a decade, new data show.
7:14 p.m. EDT March 22, 2014 WASHINGTON — The senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says Iran's construction of a mock-up U.S. aircraft carrier demonstrates Iran's continued lack of good faith.
8:15 p.m. EST February 26, 2014 Sen. Barbara Boxer, the California Democrat who is chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, called for a study of the potential health impact of the Keystone XL pipeline.