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Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters in the nation's capital returned to their regular routines Thursday morning after an unprecedented daylong shutdown of the Washington subway system that revealed more than two dozen places in need of urgent repair. The Metro system reopened at 5 a.m. Thursday, and the morning
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials. At a contentious congressional hearing, the Republican governor repeatedly apologized for his role
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities removed Cuba from a list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating on Thursday a major impediment to the free flow of shipping in the Florida Straits. The move marks one more step toward normalized relations ahead of President Barack Obama&
Afghanistan
WASHNGTON – Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl said he left a post in Afghanistan in 2009 to draw attention to what he saw as bad decisions by officers above him, according to documents released Wednesday that also show he was diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Attorneys for Bergdahl, who faces charges including
ISIS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. officials, as he acted to meet a congressional deadline. But Kerry's finding, set to be announced Thursday, will
scandal
BOSTON (AP) — The distributor of the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Jack Dunn, director of the news and public affairs office at the Jesuit
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released emails show a 2009 request to issue a secure government smartphone to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was denied by the National Security Agency. A month later, she began using private email accounts accessed through her BlackBerry to exchange messages with her top aides.
guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the guns that Mexican officials say was found at the hideout of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera is associated with Fast and Furious, a failed "gun-walking" operation, according to the Justice Department. The department said in a letter to members