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Then an adviser in the George W. Bush administration, Dan Bartlett is photographed in the White House press room on Feb.

The National Park Service is reviewing a report that could lead to penalties being levied against a foundation led by the daughter of the lead plaintiff in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.

When news spread last week that Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek had died, I remembered a personal story about my brief time working with a member of one of the best classic rock bands in history.

The Air Capital Detachment of the Marine Corps League will conduct a Memorial Day program, beginning with the raising of the flag promptly at 8 a.m. The program will last approximately 45 minutes; all veterans and the public are invited.

The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.

U.S. drone strikes should be conducted by the military, not the Central Intelligence Agency, and limited to targets that present a real immediate threat to the U.S., former Secretary of State Colin Powell said, according to a report Saturday.

After the second suspension of the paid signature drive in the effort to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio, I complained that we were likely stuck with Arpaio till the end of his term, unless we had a loaves and fishes-type miracle.

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.