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Isreal will strike Iran's nuclear facilities in the next "month or two or three," an Isreali official has been quoted here as saying. The unnamed official told Arnaud de Borchgave, editor-in-chief of United Press International(UPI)
The Bush administration's top procurement official offered his assistance to now-disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff as his lobbying empire began to crumble, according to e-mails released Wednesday by the White House. "Let me know if there i
The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter.
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth. The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing inf
Disaffection over spending and immigration have caused conservatives to take flight from President Bush and the Republican Congress at a rapid pace in recent weeks, sending Bush's approval ratings to record lows and presenting a new threat to the
The Army Reserve, taxed by recruiting shortfalls and war-zone duty, has adopted a policy barring officers from leaving the service if their field is undermanned or they have not been deployed to Iraq, to Afghanistan or for homeland defense missions.
With political fortunes apparently changing this year and Democrats enjoying their best election prospects in recent memory, many Democrats are hoping that the lobbying world will begin to loosen up. The party hopes to be in charge in one or both cha
The financial link between Brant Bassett — who served two stints at the CIA and recommended the controversial Kyle "Dusty" Foggo for a top agency post — and defense contractor Brent Wilkes could prove a further embarrassment to Goss in the
In the sharpest letter from a member of Congress to date on the burgeoning bribery and alleged prostitution scandal surrounding top CIA officials and convicted former congressman Duke Cunningham, the ranking Democrat on the House Rules Committee call
A decision to officially brand China a manipulator would require the administration to formally open negotiations with Beijing but its main effect would be as a signal to currency markets that the US wants the dollar to decline in value.
"A behind-the-scenes battle among legislators has made a crucial distinction between the new reconstruction money and that already spent: The new funds won't be overseen by the government watchdog charged with curbing the mismanagement that
The Secret Service records, however, do not square with what is already in the public record. The New York Times reported that Bush met with Abramoff and an Indian tribal leader in the Old White House Executive Office Building on May 9, 2001 -- which
Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff went to the White House on the same day President Bush nominated one of Abramoff's former colleagues to be Assistant Secretary of Labor. President Bush announced his intent to nominate Patrick Pizzella, who worked
ORLANDO — President Bush thinks his little brother Jeb would make "a great president" (It begins. Now we'll start hearing about a John McCain / Jeb Bush "Dream Ticket" etc.)
The competitiveness of the US economy, still the highest in the world, is being undermined by the US government, allowing more efficient and smaller Asian and Nordic economies to catch up, a leading ranking of the most competitive nations show
The US government attacked China for making "far too little progress" in reforming its exchange rate, but pulled back from accusing the booming country of manipulating its currency.
MySpace and other social-networking sites like LiveJournal.com and Facebook are the potential targets for a proposed federal law that would effectively require most schools and libraries to render those Web sites inaccessible.
The 99-tonne cache of AK47s was to have been secretly flown out from a US base in Bosnia. But the four planeloads of arms have vanished.
Bonneville International has filed a letter of intent to purchase Emmis Communications' CHR/Rhythmic KKFR (Power 92.3)/Phoenix. Upon completion of the purchase, the company plans to drop KKFR's current format in favor of an initial simulcast
Republicans "are operating under survival instincts," a Republican congressional leader said in acknowledging public discontent with his party before November's election.
For 27 years, the rhetorical swordplay between the US and Iran has been unrelenting. Iran portrays its latest thrust in the ongoing row with the West, an unprecedented letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush, as a "new diplom
"President Bush says that we want to enslave people and oppress their freedom of speech," says a senior member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Party of Liberation. "But we want to free all people from being slaves of men and make them slaves
Campaigns to raise the minimum wage are gaining ground in a dozen states during an election year in which some political activists say the issue could help swell Democratic voter turnout. Seven state legislatures have raised the wage this year, an
The Federal Reserve boosted Americans' borrowing costs for the 16th time in a row this time to the highest level in 5 years but suggested what happens next will be much less predictable. Chairman Ben Bernanke and his Fed colleagues left their
"By the same Party that brought you Bob Dole." "Because he can't be as bad as the first two." "The third times a charm on Iraq." "Jeb: Because it's his turn." "Bush: Because we have no one else to
President Vladimir Putin offered couples cash to have more children to halt a dramatic decline in population and called for a stronger army in a key speech on Wednesday which he shrugged off sharp attacks by Washington.
With the tone of a teacher and the certainty of a believer, the president of Iran wrote to President Bush that Western democracy has failed and that the invasion of Iraq, American treatment of prisoners, and support for Israel cannot be reconciled wi
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a veiled warning to the United States not to take any military action against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
Italy picked a former communist, Giorgio Napolitano, to be its next President on Wednesday, opening the way for Romano Prodi to become Prime Minister more than a month after winning a close-run election.
The US Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates on Wednesday to the highest level in five years and may use a post-meeting statement to open the door to a pause after 16, well-telegraphed hikes.
