- William Branigin
- Staff Writer
William Branigin writes and edits breaking news. He previously was a reporter on the Post’s national and local staffs and spent 19 years overseas, reporting in Southeast Asia, Central America, the Middle East and Europe. Before joining the Post in 1979, he was a wire service reporter in Paris and a freelancer in Tehran and Beirut. He later served as the Post’s bureau chief in Bangkok, Mexico City and Manila.
Navy jet crashes in Virginia Beach; two crew members eject
A Navy F/A-18 jet slammed into an apartment complex; at least seven people are hurt, three buildings destroyed.
Pressure mounts on GOP over payroll tax
House Republican leaders face mounting pressure from across the political spectrum to extend a payroll tax holiday before Jan. 1.
Senate Democrats seek payroll tax deal
President Obama urged congressional Republicans to approve an extension of the payroll tax holiday, avoiding a middle-class tax hike.
Deja vu in Iran?
An attack on the British Embassy by Iranian militants recalls the November 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy, but important differences are evident.
- Lawmakers urge supercommittee to ‘go big’ on deficit reduction
- Libyan government orders probe into Gaddafi’s death
- Obama sends troops to Africa to help fight Lord’s Resistance Army guerrilla group
- Obama vows to hold Iran accountable for alleged murder plot
- Census Bureau revises down its totals for same-sex households in U.S.
- Obama tells U.N. he sees ‘no shortcut’ to Israeli-Palestinian peace
- Flood warnings issued for parts of East Coast; evacuations ordered
- East Coast braces for Hurricane Irene; warning area expanded
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