WASHINGTON — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees. Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation […]
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2 Americans held in North Korea whisked back home
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Two Americans released from captivity in North Korea returned to the United States Saturday night, landing at a Washington state military base after their departure was secured through a secret mission to the reclusive Communist country by the top U.S. intelligence official. Matthew Miller of Bakersfield, Calif., and Kenneth Bae […]
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Washington school gunman was homecoming prince
MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Jaylen Fryberg was well liked and athletic, a football player named to his high school’s homecoming court just one week ago. He was also facing problems, writing of some unspecified troubles on his Twitter feed: “It breaks me… It actually does….” The popular Marysville-Pilchuck High School freshman opened fire in the […]
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White House fence jumper charged with assault
WASHINGTON — The 23-year-old Maryland man who climbed over the White House fence Wednesday night has been charged with felonies for assaulting two police dogs and making threats, the Secret Service said Thursday. Dominic Adesanya of Bel Air, Maryland, is in custody of the U.S. Marshals Service for previous outstanding warrants, Secret Service spokesman Brian […]
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ACA proponent: Ruling ‘nothing to panic about’
News Update: ACA to continue subsidies as courts contradict each other Despite a pair of dueling court rulings Tuesday — one that said people cannot use government tax breaks to buy health insurance through federally run Affordable Care Act marketplaces and one that said they can — proponents of the health care reform law said […]
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ACA to continue subsidies as courts contradict each other
What this means for Maine: ACA proponents say ruling shouldn’t be reason to panic A divided court panel in Washington called into question the subsidies that help millions of low- and middle-income people pay their premiums, saying financial aid can be paid only in states that have set up their own insurance markets, or exchanges. About […]
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King calls cybersecurity legislation U.S. counterpunch to online crooks
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said a bill passed by the Select Committee on Intelligence would be the nation’s “counterpunch” against cybercriminals who steal intellectual property online. “For years, the United States has been taking punches from cybercriminals across the globe intent on stealing intellectual property — essentially our ideas — and Americans in manufacturing […]
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The Hot Corner: Name needs to go, and it’s on us
Sports are all about debate. Lord knows it has taken the place of actual competition for two-thirds of the broadcast day. Can’t believe, though, that we the people are still having an actual discussion about the relative propriety of the nickname “Redskins.” How is this still in play in 2014? That it’s being used by […]
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In the Crease: An overused name, an overdue honor, and a fond farewell
Time to empty out the notebook again as we hit the summer months. Here are a few of the scattered thoughts kicking around the ol’ noggin this week: — The Seattle Times followed some other newspapers recently and banned the use of the officially licensed name of Washington, D.C.’s National Football League franchise, the Redskins. […]
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Olympia Snowe proposes open primaries as way to combat gridlock
AUGUSTA — She has been out of office for nearly two years, but former Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has stayed focused on Washington. The three-term senator from Maine famously left Congress in 2012, dispirited by what she described as increasingly partisan gridlock and a failure of lawmakers to do the people’s work. She has […]