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More Americans quit jobs, a sign of confidence
Issued: June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON — More Americans are quitting their jobs, suggesting many are growing more confident in the job market. ...
Obama exhorts Congress to act on immigration
Issued: June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to send him a bill by fall remaking the nation's immigration laws, even as the Senate...
Ellsberg: No leaks more significant than Snowden's
Issued: June 11, 2013
KENSINGTON, Calif. — Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg calls the revelations by a government contractor on U.S. secret surveillance programs the...
US job openings slip in April; hiring rises
Issued: June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised fewer jobs in April, but overall hiring rose and the number of people quitting their jobs increased. ...
US leaker faces hard choices while in hiding
Issued: June 11, 2013
HONG KONG — Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs, has few options to stay one step...
Boehner: Congress can do immigration this year
Issued: June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says he thinks there's a good chance that legislation overhauling America's immigration system can be...
US: No plans to end broad surveillance program
Issued: June 11, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing whether to charge a government contractor with leaking classified government secrets while it...
Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
Issued: June 10, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green “felt” of its...
S&P upgrades outlook on US credit
Issued: June 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government’s long-term debt. S&P cited the...
Leak highlights key role of private contractors
Issued: June 10, 2013
NEW YORK — The U.S. government monitors threats to national security with the help of nearly 500,000 people like Edward Snowden — employees of private...
What’s the problem with PRISM?
Issued: June 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — When the federal government went looking for phone numbers tied to terrorists, it grabbed the records of just about everyone in America. ...
Apple unveils music streaming service
Issued: June 10, 2013
NEW YORK — Apple unveiled an Internet radio service called iTunes Radio on Monday and said the service will personalize listeners' music based on...
Obama nominates Furman as top economic adviser
Issued: June 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — For someone with a reputation for seeking varying points of view before staking out a position or offering advice, Jason Furman was once,...
Hillary Clinton joins Twitter
Issued: June 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — Twitter, meet (at)HillaryClinton. ...
Study: Even for drop-outs, college pays
Issued: June 10, 2013
It sounds like the worst of all worlds — borrowing money for college, then dropping out and facing the debt without a degree. ...
S&P upgrades US outlook, but investors yawn
Issued: June 10, 2013
NEW YORK — A better outlook for the U.S. government's credit rating did little to impress investors Monday. ...
Snowden's cautious approach to Post reporter
Issued: June 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden used the code name "Verax," truth-teller in Latin, as he made his cautious approach to Washington Post reporter...
Report: NSA contract worker is surveillance source
Issued: June 9, 2013
WASHINGTON — A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as...
In nation's breadbasket, Latinos stuck in poverty
Issued: June 9, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. — On a warm spring day, farmworker Cristina Melendez was bedridden and unable to make her way back into the asparagus fields of central...
Stripped-down Harley rebounds from recession
Issued: June 9, 2013
MILWAUKEE — Some motorcycle enthusiasts feared Keith Wandell might be the outsider who drove Harley-Davidson into the ground. Instead, he may be...
NSA revelations force question: What do we want?
Issued: June 8, 2013
NEW YORK — For more than a decade now, Americans have made peace with the uneasy knowledge that someone — government, business or both — might be...
Obama defends broad phone, Internet spy programs
Issued: June 8, 2013
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is urging Americans to "make some choices" in balancing privacy and security as he defends once-secret...
Newark Mayor Booker formally joins NJ Senate race
Issued: June 8, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. — Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he's in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank...
Stocks jump after US jobs report beats forecasts
Issued: June 7, 2013
NEW YORK — Steady growth in hiring last month sent the stock market sharply higher Friday. ...
White House: Obama adjusting cyber offense stance
Issued: June 7, 2013
WASHINGTON — The White House says the administration is refining its use of offensive cyber operations to counter evolving threats of electronic...

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