Tim Mak

GOP turns protesters’ cantaloupes over to local food bank

Tim Mak · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena shows a temporary document to allow Edward Snowden to cross the border into Russia. (AP/APTN)

National Security

Chuck Schumer: Edward Snowden a ‘coward,’ G-20 should be moved out of Russia

Tim Mak · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Jeffrey David Cox, American Federation of Government Employees president, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about furloughs at the Pentagon. (AP File)

Federal employees union to Pentagon: Stop all furloughs

Tim Mak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Washington, D.C., will still suffer economically even if the Pentagon reduces the number of furlough days it is forcing on employees. (Thinkstock)

Pentagon may cut furloughs by half, but DC economy still suffering

Tim Mak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, above, has said his country will hold talks with other agreement partners on continuing the deal.

Congressmen hail tighter sanctions as warning to new Iranian president

Tim Mak · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Claire McCaskill’s ex-allies attack her over issue of sexual violence

Tim Mak · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.

Congresswoman delivers ‘miracle’ baby doctors thought would not survive

Tim Mak · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents escort a group of undocumented immigrants into custody with helicopter support from the U.S. Office of Air and Marine on May 20 near the U.S.-Mexico border in Havana, Texas. The Rio Grande Valley area has become the busiest sector for illegal immigration on the whole U.S.-Mexico border with more than a 50 percent increase in the last year. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Numbers guru Paul Ryan says immigration is about economics

Tim Mak · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., wants fellow Republicans to support the military sexual assault bill proffered by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

Jim Inhofe urges GOP to back Claire McCaskill sex assault proposal

Tim Mak · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., center, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., right, are joined by retired female members of the military's judge advocate corps at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 25, to discuss reforming the way sexual assault cases in the military are prosecuted. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

After personal attacks, Claire McCaskill defends sexual assault proposal

Tim Mak · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

The shipment of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt have been delayed due to the Middle Eastern countryâs âfluid situationâ, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Pentagon halts F-16 transfers to Egypt

Tim Mak · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., continues to push for the development of an East Coast missile defense site. (AP File)

Kelly Ayotte still pushing missile defense system military leaders disavow

Tim Mak · July 23, 2013 4:00 am