WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.Full story
DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's worsening fiscal gap is a concern but the International Monetary Fund is still ready to continue talks on a $4.8 billion loan once Cairo completes a review of its economic program, a senior IMF official said. Full story
SANAA (Reuters) - Two suspected al Qaeda militants were killed on Monday in a drone strike on their vehicle south of the capital Sanaa, tribal and government sources said. Full story
Demos’ Bob Herbert, The American Prospect’s Jamelle Bouie, The Grio’s Joy Reid, and Center for Constitutional Rights' Shayana Kadidal discuss the chilling effect of the records seizure for journalists and whether the recently-revived proposal of a shield law is just window dressing.
Gregory Johnsen, Near East Studies Scholar at Princeton University and author of “The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al Qaeda and America's War in Arabia," talks with Rachel Maddow about why conditions now favor returning some Guantanamo prisoners to their native Yemen and what such a step would mean toward cl
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about why the U.S. government is so keen to find the source of the leak to the AP about the al Qaeda bomb plot, and the rare and valuable al Qaeda double agent whose life was put at risk by their reporting.
Top Talkers: Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll joins Morning Joe to discuss the Justice Department's use of a secret subpoena to obtain two months of phone records of AP reporters without notifying the organization. Carroll says the Associated Press finds the Justice Department's ac
President Obama blasted congressional inaction in a wide-ranging news conference Tuesday by re-igniting the call to close Guantanamo particularly in light of the growing crisis there in the form of a hunger strike.
Members of the military band play during a performance marking the 23rd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa May 22, 2013. North and South Yemen were formally united in 1990. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts salute in a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa May 22, 2013. North and South Yemen were formally united in 1990. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY)
People congregate during a performance of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts marking the 23rd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa May 22, 2013. North and South Yemen were formally united in 1990. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)
