10 things you need to know today: May 8, 2014
Putin dials it back. | (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool) The Week The House holds a former IRS official in contempt, Putin backs down on Ukraine, and more 1. House holds former IRS official Lois Lerner...
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Boehner said the investigation would be non-partisan, but Democrats aren’t buying it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The Week The House creates a committee to investigate Benghazi, Ukraine separatists...
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Eastern Ukraine votes in disputed sovereignty referendum John Moore / Getty Images The Week Ukraine heads to the polls, Michael Sam becomes the NFL’s first openly gay player, and more. 1. Ukraine votes...
View Article10 things you need to know today: May 24, 2014
Putin’s pledge will be put to the test following Sunday’s election. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) The Week At least 7 are dead following a shooting rampage in...
View Article10 things you need to know today: June 5, 2014
Minus Russia, the G7 downsizes. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) The Week G7 leaders tell Russia to stop interfering in Ukraine, Bergdahl’s hometown cancels his welcome-home party, and more 1. G7...
View ArticleVladimir Putin Calls Hillary Clinton A ‘Weak’ Woman
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her arrival at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. | ASSOCIATED PRESS The...
View Article10 things you need to know today: June 7, 2014
Tensions remain between Obama (left, assisting Queen Elizabeth II), and Putin (far right). (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) The Week President Obama meets face-to-face with President Putin, the U.S. adds...
View Article10 things you need to know today: June 22, 2014
Iraqi troops pass through a checkpoint in Kalak, Iraq Dan Kitwood / Getty Images The Week ISIS captures a key border town in Iraq, John Kerry arrives in Egypt, and more. 1. ISIS insurgents capture key...
View Article10 things you need to know today: June 25, 2014
The once-and-future senator of Mississippi. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Week Sen. Cochran fights off a Tea Party challenge, Putin urges an extension of Ukraine’s cease-fire, and more 1. Cochran...
View Article10 things you need to know today: August 2, 2014
An Israeli soldier went missing during fighting in the Gaza Strip on Friday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) The Week Hamas denies kidnapping Israeli soldier, the WHO warns Ebola outbreak is spreading...
View Article10 things you need to know today: August 27, 2014
A Palestinian girl celebrates the cease-fire with her father. (Adel Hana/AP Images) The Week Israel and Hamas reach a long-term truce, audio of the Michael Brown shooting surfaces, and more 1. A new...
View Article10 things you need to know today: August 28, 2014
Incursion? What incursion? (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) The Week Ukraine accuses Russia of a new military incursion, a mother pleads with ISIS for her son’s release, and more 1. Ukraine says...
View Article10 things you need to know today: September 1, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggests statehood for southeastern Ukraine Robert Cianfione / Getty Images The Week Putin urges statehood for eastern Ukraine, a judge blocks Louisiana’s tough new...
View Article10 things you need to know today: September 3, 2014
In Estonia, President Obama reacts to a question about murdered journalist Steven Sotloff. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) The Week ISIS beheads a second U.S. journalist, Ukraine prematurely announces a...
View Article10 things you need to know today: September 4, 2014
President Obama chats with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the NATO summit. (AP Images/Charles Dharapak) The Week The Justice Department investigates Ferguson police practices, NATO leaders...
View Article10 things you need to know today: October 13, 2014
Clinicians undergo Ebola training. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) The Week A judge overturns Alaska’s gay-marriage ban, the CDC blames a nurses Ebola infection on a “breach in protocol,” and more 1. Judge...
View Article10 things you need to know today: November 15, 2014
Pro-democracy student leaders leave the airport after Chinese officials barred them from a Beijing-bound flight. | (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu) The Week Second sign-up season begins for HealthCare.gov, Hong...
View Article10 things you need to know today: November 16, 2014
World leaders meet during the G-20 summit in Brisbane|Glenn Hunt / Getty Images The Week ISIS claims to behead another American, G-20 leaders announce a $2 trillion economic plan, and more. 1. ISIS...
View Article10 things you need to know today: November 23, 2014
Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry | Michael Loccisano / Getty Images The Week Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry dies, Afghanistan approves a new NATO deal, and more. 1. Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry dead at...
View Article10 things you need to know today: December 2, 2014
Students at Washington University protest to draw attention to police abuse on Monday in St. Louis. | (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Week Obama announces a post-Ferguson task force on police methods,...
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