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Virginia teen charged with reckless driving in fatal skateboarding accident

A 17-year-old Washington-Lee High School student was charged with reckless driving Tuesday in relation to a skateboarding accident that left his friend and ...

June 18 WASHINGTON TIMES

Pentagon says women in all combat units by 2016

The Pentagon unveiled plans Tuesday for fully integrating women into front-line and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy ...

June 18 CNN POLITICS

7 things we learned about Obama

As his popularity has dropped to 45%, the lowest in a year and a half, President Barack Obama talked with PBS' Charlie Rose.

June 18 CNN POLITICS

Obama and Putin Signal a More Businesslike Path

At a joint appearance on the sidelines of the Group of 8 meeting, there was tension but also common ground, to the chagrin of human rights advocates.    

June 18 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

The Caucus: Biden Touts White House Progress on Guns

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. resumed the White House campaign for gun control on Tuesday by reporting on executive action taken unilaterally by the ...

June 18 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

Rep. Elijah Cummings releases a full IRS interview transcript

The House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat on Tuesday released the full transcript of a congressional interview that he said “debunks conspiracy theories” ...

June 18 FEDERAL EYE (WASHINGTON POST)

D.C. Labor Department lawyer facing sex-abuse charge commits suicide in jail

A Department of Labor attorney charged with assaulting a co-worker in a violent attack at her Northwest home was found dead at the D.C. jail early Tuesday — ...

June 18 WASHINGTON TIMES

N.S.A. Chief Says Surveillance Has Stopped Dozens of Plots

Gen. Keith B. Alexander said on Tuesday that American surveillance had helped prevent “potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11.”    

June 18 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

Boehner Says He Won’t Push Through an Immigration Bill

The speaker will not bring an overhaul measure to the House floor for a vote unless it has the support of a majority of Republicans.    

June 18 NEW YORK TIMES POLITICS

D.C. man dead after shooting family member in attempted murder-suicide

A man shot and injured a family member and fatally shot himself Tuesday morning in the Northwest D.C. Petworth neighborhood. The shooting happened around 6 ...

June 18 WASHINGTON TIMES