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Ranking House Judiciary Democrat Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has introduced a motion to censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney for providing misleading information to Congress in advance of the Iraq war, failing to respond to written questions
A victory by Bolivian Socialist Evo Morales would add to a growing leftward shift in South America. Other nations with left-leaning governments:
Comrade Stalin discovered that his pipe was missing. Naturally, he called in , Lavrenti Beria, and instructed him to find the pipe. Hours later, Stalin found it in his desk and called off the search. "But, Comrade Stalin," stammered Beria,
America's business leaders supplied more than $75 million to return Mr. Bush to the White House last year -- and he has paid dividends.
Several recent presidents could have been impeached for selected unconstitutional or illegal actions during their presidencies. But the sitting president, George W. Bush, may win the prize for committing the most impeachable offenses of any recent pr
The violence in Wilmington, which resulted in the deaths of an unknown number of black people, "was part of a statewide effort to put white supremacist Democrats in office and stem the political advances of black citizens," the 1898 Wilming
Our country faces major problems. No longer can they remain hidden from the American people. The Congressman provides a list ....
Forty-seven percent of Americans now approve of Bush's job performance, up from Bush's all-time low approval rating of 39 percent in November and the president's best showing since March when it was 50 percent, ABC said.
Dozens of high level detainees from the regime of Saddam Hussein have been released, the US military said, with an Iraqi lawyer saying they included female weapons scientists "Dr Anthrax" and "Dr Germ" who was ranked 53rd on the U
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Congress had essentially given President Bush the authority for domestic surveillance after the 9/11 attacks, defending Bush's decision not to seek warrants "we don't have the speed and the agility
Vice President Richard Cheney said the 9/11 attacks on the US could have been averted, if the government had the power to monitor electronic communications inside the country. 'It's the kind of capability if we'd had before 9/11 might hav
When Chinese authorities crack down on Internet use by dissidents, or the Burmese government prevents its people from access to e-mail, they rely on technology, usually from corporations in the US, to help them police the Web.
Honda Motor Co. said it plans to start mass-producing solar cells in 2007, eyeing growing demand for environmentally friendly energy sources.
A human rights group said that the United States operated a secret prison for terrorism suspects as recently as last year in Afghanistan, where detainees where subjected to torture and other mistreatment.
Canada has no interest in a new US initiative to study building a security wall along the border, officials said. And a cross-border business group said it makes no sense when what's urgently required are measures to speed the flow of trade.
Most of the 184 allegations investigated were completed without criminal or disciplinary action, but 14 soldiers have faced trial and 15 more are awaiting court martial. He agreed that the allegations had “damaged the Army”, but said it would be wors
House Republican leaders plan to bring to the floor today a $453 billion defense spending bill laden with several add-ons, including a contentious provision to allow drilling in an Arctic reserve, which could threaten the bill's chances of passin
Its Directorate of Field Activities (DX) "assists in preserving the most critical defense assets, disrupting adversaries and helping control the intelligence domain," ... surveillance of potentially threatening people or organizations insid
In ordering the NSA to spy secretly on America, Bush has overturned Signals Intelligence Directive 18, which prohibits domestic spying by NSA; violated the federal act which created the FISA court to oversee covert domestic investigations; and trampl
President Bush abandoned his everything-is-OK pitch: He was wrong about the rationale for going to war in Iraq; he underestimated the dangers; the country has suffered "terrible loss"; and the bad news isn't over. But we have to stay th
The President believes that he has the power to override the laws that Congress has passed. This isn't how our democratic system of government works. The President doesn't get to pick and choose which laws he wants to follow. He is president,
If a terrorist suspect in detention had information about an imminent attack represented a possible exception to the ban. "It would not shock the conscience. And in that million-to-one situation, then the president would authorize it and take r
Angered by a bill in the US Congress aimed at cracking down on undocumented workers, Mexican President Vicente Fox urged Americans not to forget that many of their ancestors emigrated to the US.
Washington considers Morales an enemy in its anti-drug fight in Bolivia, the third biggest cocaine producer after Colombia and Peru. His critics fear a Morales government could jeopardize the country's flow of multi-million dollar economic aid
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid called the Republican-led Congress "the most corrupt in history" on Sunday, and distanced himself from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, at the center of an escalating probe.
"There was not a proper vetting process for the candidates," said Nader Nadery, who leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. "So a number of people with very bad human rights records have gotten into parliament
The House also narrowly passed a plan to cut deficits by almost $40 billion over five years in legislation hailed by GOP conservatives as fiscal discipline and assailed by Democrats as victimizing medical and education programs for the poor.
The mild stroke suffered by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday abruptly raised the question of what would happen to Mideast peace prospects if the 77-year-old leader is incapacitated.
President Bush on Monday said disclosure of his domestic eavesdropping program was a “shameful act” and said he will keep using it “for so long as the nation faces the continuing threat of an enemy that wants to kill American citizens.”
US authorities must be able to determine a person's previously used identities and past activities. Some U.S. government agencies have made exceptional progress with biometric technologies. Biometrics—automated methods recognize persons based on
