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The official portrait of the first Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security was unveiled yesterday at the Department headquarters on Nebraska Avenue, in Washington, DC.

Bath Iron Works, a unit of General Dynamics, this week celebrated the laying of the keel of the second ship in the Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers.

No Child Left Behind, the federal school reform law launched with much fanfare under former President George W. Bush, proved to be an enormous flop.

Emergency workers are seen in a parking garage not far from where a collapse occurred, killing one worker and trapping another at the Westfield Montgomery Mall on Thursday.

Protests like this one in 2010 in Pakistan in part led President Obama to recalibrate when U.S. officials will order drone strikes, as part of a nuanced policy.

Editor's note: Will Bunch is the author of " October 1, 2011: The Battle of the Brooklyn Bridge ," Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future ," as well as "The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama." He is senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily ... (more)

When the police officer knocked on the door of their Iowa City home a bit after midnight, Liz Pearce, Laurie McCormick and their three kids were told they had 30 minutes to evacuate.

Source: Washington Post, Associated Press By Associated Press, Associated Press May 24, 2013 05:17 PM EDT AP Updated: Friday, May 24, 1:17 PM GAITHERSBURG, Md.

President Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush join George W. Bush at a dedication ceremony for his presidential library in Dallas last month.

The killing occurred at a Gaithersburg home that property records show is owned by Allen's father, Claude A. Allen.

The news comes after the payouts administrator, Patrick Juneau, predicted that over 200,000 claims may be made in total by businesses and individuals under a settlement BP agreed last year - a level that could result in a charge against the oil company's profits as early as next year.

New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and could reduce controversial "signature strikes" targeted at suspicious groups rather than individuals.

As President Obama gives a speech on national security - including defending U.S. use of drones to combat terrorism - Leila Sadat, JD, international law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St.

Well here's something fun: TIME has acquired previously unpublished photos of a 17-year-old Barack Obama preparing for his senior prom: "Barry spent his days at the Punahou School in Hawaii studying, shooting hoops and goofing off with his friends," TIME notes.

Obscured by trees and grassy berms, the campus of the National Security Agency sits 15 miles north of Washington's traffic-clogged Beltway, its 6 million square feet of blast-resistant buildings punctuated by clusters of satellite dishes.

Mitra Singh with Emir, a retired military working dog, shortly after she adopted him in January 2012.

The law firm representing black farmers in a major discrimination case against the U.S. government has brought on some K Street help.

As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarks on her new career as a paid speaker, she joins a lucrative family business that already has earned her husband more than $100 million since leaving office in 2001.

As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarks on her new career as a paid speaker, she joins a lucrative family business that already has earned her husband more than $100 million since leaving office in 2001.

During her press conference Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was asked by a reporter whether the Internal Revenue Service scandal would affect Democrats' election prospects in 2014.