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The State Department said two dozen of the emails exchanged on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server included classified information — potentially undercutting the former first lady's claims that she did not handle classified information on the secret account. (Associated Press)
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Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Mel Watt defended his decision to approve the pay hikes, which will raise the Fannie and Freddie CEOs' pay from $600,000 to $4 million, as vital to "promote CEO retention, allow reliable succession planning and ensure the continuity, efficiency and stability" now that both companies have returned to financial health. (Associated Press)
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In this May 12, 2009, file photo, a man checks the oil on a car after changing it in North Muskegon, Mich. Newer cars aren’t supposed to burn oil, but Consumer Reports magazine found that some engines, mainly from Audi, BMW and Subaru, force their owners to add a quart as often as once a month. (Darren Breen/The Muskegon Chronicle via AP, File)
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Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Monday that the territory will be unable in the coming days to repay its debt. He said the government's efforts to cut spending and restructure its debt have failed. (Associated Press)
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This architect's rendering released Monday, June 29, 2015, by the Boston 2024 planning committee shows an Olympic stadium that is proposed to be built in Boston if the city is awarded the Summer Olympic games in 2024. The Boston group trying to land the Olympics released the most detailed look yet at its bid for the Summer Games, unveiling a $4.6 billion plan it says would create jobs and housing, expand the tax base and leave behind an improved city with a $210 million surplus. (Elkus Manfredi Architects for Boston 2024 via AP)
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A broker speaks on the phone as he looks at a screen at the Stock Exchange in Madrid, Monday, June 29, 2015. Spain’s economy minister has said a Greek debt deal is still reachable before a deadline on the nation’s credit from the European Central Bank runs out at midnight Tuesday. Spain’s benchmark Ibex stock index slid nearly 4 percent Monday morning. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Elderly people, who usually get their pensions at the end of the month, wait outside a closed bank in Athens, Monday, June 29, 2015. Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn yet, with the cabinet deciding that Greek banks would remain shut for six business days and restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Members of left wing parties hold placards reading in Greek ''NO'' next to a Presidential Guard, Evzonas, during a protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says the Bank of Greece has recommended that banks remain closed and restrictions be imposed on transactions, after the European Central Bank didn't increase the amount of emergency liquidity the lenders can access from the central bank. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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Commuters read and check their phones as they stand on a New Jersey Transit passenger train to New York from Trenton, N.J., Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) **FILE**
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Illustration on the fiscal wisdom of Federal prison system reform by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Rooftop Proposal: A New York street artist took his proposal to the rooftops! Of the buildings across the street, that is. He spray painted “Rachel, will you marry me?” one word atop each building. The view from a high-rise terrace brought the message into focus. She said yes! (Photo: Blouinartinfo.com)
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe released a report last year that showed the state's high dependence on the public sector. (Associated Press)
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The first experimental use of hydraulic fracturing was in 1947, and more than 1 million U.S. oil wells have been fracked since, according to the American Petroleum Institute. The National Petroleum Council estimates that up to 80 percent of natural oil wells drilled in the next decade will require hydraulic fracturing. (Associated Press)
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Shoppers come and go from a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in New York. New York City's consumer chief said Wednesday that Whole Foods supermarkets have been routinely overcharging customers by overstating the weight of prepackaged meat, dairy and baked goods. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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(The National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
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In this May 21, 2015, file photo, workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. The shutdown of a pipeline that spilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast forced Exxon Mobil Corp. to halt operations at three offshore platforms because it couldn't deliver oil to refineries, the company said Tuesday, June 23, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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In this June 25, 2012, file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said his group's initiative aims to "equip the next generation." (associated press)
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Just because the president said that ... (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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Virgin Cruises CEO Tom McAlpin, right, gestures as he talks to reporters as Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, left, looks on during a news conference, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Perez Art Museum in Miami, where it was announced that Virgin Cruises will set sail from PortMiami in 2020. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
