A million government workers, unions brace for shutdown
(Reuters) - As many as a million government employees were making urgent plans on Monday for a possible midnight shutdown, with their unions urging Congress to strike a last-minute deal....
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Defiant District of Columbia to stay open despite federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government offices from the Internal Revenue Service to the national parks may be headed for a midnight shutdown amid a congressional budget battle, but the District...
U.S. Justice Department spent $4.9 million on drones, new rules urged: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice should develop guidelines on the use of its $4.9 million drone and unmanned aircraft program in the face of privacy concerns, the...
Navy Yard shooter seemed to aim at random, FBI chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The contract worker who opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard this week appeared to have no particular target as he moved through a building and shot...
Workweek at Navy Yard started with gunshots and fear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sam Agger, 60, was just starting his regular Monday morning meeting with colleagues in a fourth floor conference room at Washington's Navy Yard when he heard a...
Workweek at Navy Yard started with gunshots and fear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sam Agger, 60, was just starting his regular Monday morning meeting with colleagues in a fourth floor conference room at Washington's Navy Yard when he heard a...
Wal-Mart and Washington D.C. in minimum wage showdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray could decide as early as this week whether to sign a minimum wage bill that could discourage Wal-Mart Stores Inc ,...
Manning seeks presidential pardon in WikiLeaks case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. soldier convicted of providing secret files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of classified materials in the nation's history has asked for a presidential pardon,...
Obama address, bells to mark 50 years since King’s ‘Dream’ speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Words from the first black U.S. president and bell ringing around the world on Wednesday will mark 50 years to the minute that civil rights leader Martin...
Fifty years later, U.S. marchers urge fulfillment of King’s ‘dream’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of marchers converged on Washington on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech...