Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) said that a number of Democrats may find themselves hauled before the House ethics committee if the panel ever gets back to full operation after a yearlong hiatus. Republicans had been prevented from doing so because t
Go Daddy's Superbowl ad was pulled by cowardly and persons lacking humor over being spoofed over the prior years Superbowl half time fiasco (i.e., Janet Jackson's wardrobe "mishap"). See the new ad. Go Daddy got a lot of mileage;-)
If Hastert's proposal is enacted, whenever a lobbyist pays a Congressman's or Staffer's bill, he or she must also hand the lawmaker a campaign contribution. Then the transaction would be perfectly okay.
A special prosecutor's long-delayed report charges that a coverup at senior levels of the Clinton administration killed a tax fraud case against ex-cabinet member Henry Cisneros. 11-year, $23 million probe states this coverup succeeded.
The Intel Core Duo and a whole new architecture give iMac up to twice the horsepower it had previously. Coupled with the ATI Radeon X1600 graphics processor and the Mac OS X operating system, iMac will run all your software, fast.
The Administration's response to my speech illustrates the need for a special counsel to review the NSA wiretapping program. The Attorney General is making a political defense of the President without even addressing the substantive legal questio
The Pentagon spent more than $70 million on a market research and management database that includes the names and personal details of more than 30 million US children between the ages of 16 and 23. Parents cannot remove their children’s info
President Bush's efforts to spread democracy to the Middle East have strengthened Islamists across the region, posing fresh challenges for the United States, according to U.S. officials, foreign diplomats and democracy experts.
To avoid the failure of its mission in Iraq, the Bush administration has been driven to seek the help of 2 major enemies – the Sunni insurgents and the government of Iran – but both failed because officials were not given any negotiating authority.
Today, on the 300th anniversary of his birth, the statesman Ben Franklin is celebrated as much for his scientific achievements as for the signature on the Declaration of Independence. A keen observer of nature, by the age of 42 he had amassed enough
The U.S. Agency for International Development paints a dire and detailed picture of the Iraq security situation in its request for contractors to bid on its $1.32 billion, 28-month project to help stabilize 10 major Iraqi cities.
The Bush administration overstepped its authority when it barred doctors from helping terminally ill patients die in the only state that allows physician-assisted suicide, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said al-Qaeda can't be treated lightly as anti-American protests raged in Pakistan following a purported U.S. attack on a village that may have harbored members of the terrorist network.
At least four foreign terrorists died in the purported U.S. airstrike aimed at al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in a Pakistani border village, the provincial government said. Between 10 and 12 foreign extremists had been invited to the dinner at the villa
F.B.I. officials repeatedly complained to the spy agency that the unfiltered information was swamping investigators. Some F.B.I. officials and prosecutors also thought the checks were pointless intrusions on Americans' privacy.
"The market crash of 2001-2002 was very painful to me," he said. "Everything I bought in 1996 to 1998 went up. I made a lot of money. The problem was I didn't sell. Just as they say when prices go down, it's a paper loss, well,
A U.S. military helicopter crashed north of the Iraqi capital Monday — the third American chopper to go down in 10 days — killing the two crew members. A resident said he saw the smoke trail of a missile before the aircraft plunged to the ground.
NATO can still expand operations to southern Afghanistan by the middle of the year even if the Netherlands decides not to take part. A refusal could thwart US and British plans to cut troop numbers there because other allies would be stretched to plu
Mayor Ray Nagin suggested that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting.
China has sealed off a village in southern Guangdong province after days of protests over land grabs ended at the weekend in clashes with police that killed a teenage girl, two residents said
The Republican National Committee has revised their website in the wake of a RAW STORY article revealing that the Party had illegally listed non-partisan, tax-exempt nonprofits as "GOP groups."
President Bush has never used his veto. Instead he used something called a "signing statement:" When Congress passes a bill the president doesn't like, he goes ahead and signs it, but along with the usual press release, he issues his ow
A suicide bomber killing at least 20 in the deadliest insurgent attack since the US invasion. More than 1,600 were killed in 2005, and the murder rate is rising. The rule of law has collapsed. The government is trapped in its own fortified compound i
Iran banned Time Warner Inc.'s CNN International from the country after the U.S. network misquoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a Jan. 14 news conference, the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry said.
Crude oil in New York rose after rebel attacks in Nigeria prompted Royal Dutch Shell Plc to evacuate facilities and diplomats prepared to refer Iran to the United Nations over its refusal to abandon nuclear research.
The Chicago Tribune reported last week that Ashcroft registered as a lobbyist a few months ago and already has banked at least $269,000 in fees. From his client list, it seems like Ashcroft is developing a practice of advocating for companies that wa
In July, 2005, UN CAC (pressured by Big Pharma to do so) introduced the Codex Alimentarius Vitamin and Mineral Guideline [VMG]. VMG greatly reduced the daily amount of common vitamins that can theoretically be safely consumed (although consumers have
Uncertainty over direction of rates, Alan Greenspan replaced by Ben Bernanke, has already upset the dollar and buffeted interest rate futures, even though data point to a soft economic landing.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is considering withdrawing more staff from the west of Nigeria's delta region after attacks by militants who threatened on Monday to wreak more destruction on the leading OPEC oil exporter.