Bush defends secret wiretaps
President Bush, facing fresh criticism about how he has waged the war on terror, acknowledged Saturday that he authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. after the attacks of...
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FEMA chief: No-bid rebuilding contracts being reopened
The government is reopening federal contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars handed out with little or no competition in the relief and reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Katrina, Acting FEMA...
Bolton limps to Senate for vote
After weeks of bruising discord, a sharply divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent President Bush's choice of John Bolton as UN ambassador to the full Senate on Thursday without recommendation....
2 mosque leaders held in FBI sting operation
Two leaders of a storefront mosque were arrested in a government sting operation after they allegedly agreed to launder money they were told would be used to pay for a...
Bitter debate, then conflicted vote
Late one night in September 2002, Senate Democrats were bitterly debating whether to authorize war with Iraq. Sen. John Kerry had been agonizing over the issue, but now he was...
Senate panel debates a ‘threat’ to marriage
WASHINGTON - Experts and lawmakers differed sharply in testimony yesterday before the Senate Judiciary Committee over whether the institution of marriage is under judicial assault and can be preserved only...
Backers of ban on gay marriages alter proposal
WASHINGTON - The congressional sponsors of a constitutional amendment that would prohibit same-sex marriage announced new wording yesterday aimed at building political support for the measure by easing concerns that...
`BULLDOZER’ SHARON EXPECTED TO SHOW HIS MELLOW SIDE IN D.C.
Back in the days when he proudly bore the nickname "Bulldozer," Ariel Sharon seemed to love to provoke U.S. presidents. As an army general sometimes accused of brutality, as the...