13 results for "McClatchy Newspapers"
President praises Boston's resilience after attack
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:00 AMPresident Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated this city's resilience in the face of a bomb attack that upended the legendary Boston Marathon and rattled much of the country, pledging that runners will return to the streets of an unbowed city...
Suspicious letter sent to U.S. senator may have held deadly toxin
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMA letter addressed to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., contained a suspicious substance that might be potentially deadly ricin, sparking new fears of security threats in Congress at the same time the country was reeling from the bomb at...
Syrian policy change unlikely on Obama trip
Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMPresident Barack Obama will hear plenty about Syria when he steps off Air Force One in the Middle East this week, very likely facing new pressure from worried allies to help rebels oust Syrian President Bashar Assad but carrying no change in U.S...
Benefactor's death worries many nations
Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 12:00 AMMEXICO CITY – Like planets gone slightly wobbly in orbit, a string of Western Hemisphere nations fretted openly Wednesday about the death of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, whose skein of relationships went far beyond mere rhetorical su...
House approves funding measure
Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 12:00 AMWASHINGTON – The House of Representatives took the first step Wednesday toward keeping the federal government open after March 27, passing a bill to extend spending levels through Sept. 30 and preserving the automatic spending cuts that wen...
U.S. to send aid to rebels
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:00 AMFor the first time in the two-year push to topple President Bashar Assad, the United States said Thursday that it will send food and medicine directly to armed Syrian rebels.
N. Korea closer to nuclear missiles, say analysts
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 12:00 AMScientists and security experts studying North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday believe the rogue nation is closing in on being able to place a nuclear weapon atop a missile and loft it at another country.
Obama, Boehner talk – but not to each other
Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 12:00 AMThe key players in a looming budget crisis talked to news cameras Friday rather than to each other, each accusing the other side of blocking progress.
Democrats take a left on volatile social issues
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 12:00 AMDemocrats staked out unmistakably liberal positions on some of the nation's most volatile social issues Tuesday, notably abortion and gay marriage, planting the party as firmly on the political left as Republicans are on the political right.
GOP ticket, Obama offer previews of campaign battle
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 12:00 AMWith the 2012 Summer Olympics winding down, the 2012 presidential campaign geared up Sunday, with President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney framing arguments and trading accusations that will likely set the tone an...
