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A Republican candidate for this area's congressional seat said Wednesday that the US government was complicit in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In an editorial board interview with the Telegraph on Wednesday, the candidate, Mary Maxwell
The United States and 10 Southeast Asian nations signed a trade and investment agreement on Friday that opens the door to possible free-trade talks. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab signed the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in Mala
A year after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast and left New Orleans in ruins, President George W. Bush is still grappling with the political fallout from a federal response widely viewed as inept.
Two Democratic senators have dropped their objections to President Bush's pick to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a congressional spokeswoman said after the agency approved wider access to a morning-after contraceptive.
A judge in Kentucky dismissed corruption charges against Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher on Thursday after he acknowledged failing to respect the state's merit hiring laws in a plea agreement.
Last summer, the booming area around Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, had 700 homes for sale. This year, 3,400 homes are on the market. Realtor and anti-tax activist Sharon Culbreth says soaring property taxes are partly to blame for the glut.
Steve Laffey boasts of the school crossing guards he fired, the senior center square dancing he curtailed, even the taxes he raised to balance this city's books. It's not the usual path to the U.S. Senate. Campaigning in the nation's s
At least 10 states have cut property taxes this year or are preparing to do so, part of a tax mini-rebellion that has been brewing alongside higher home prices. States are raising other taxes, especially the sales tax, and spending budget surpluse
In Arizona, an initiative on this fall's ballot calls for rewarding one lucky voter with a $1 million prize, just for going to the polls. In Florida, some communities are switching local elections from March to November, in an effort to increa
The Army is reviewing casualty reports on American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere since 2001, a response to complaints that it has not always given families accurate information. The review covers hundreds of casualties in the two
Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to review how the media obtained confidential information in the case of seven men accused of plotting attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and government buildings.
Pluto, beloved by some as a cosmic underdog but scorned by astronomers who considered it too dinky and distant, was unceremoniously stripped of its status as a planet Thursday.
With the purchase of two more German-made Dolphin submarines capable of carrying nuclear warheads, military experts say Israel is sending a clear message to Iran that it can strike back if attacked by nuclear weapons.
Washington has renewed a four-year-old offer to lift its trade embargo on Cuba if Havana embraces democratic reforms. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon said the offer was "still on the table" if the Cuban government would
The Democratic primary victory of Alabama lesbian Patricia Todd for a seat in the statehouse was overturned by a party committee tonight. The committee vote was 5-0. Had the committee not reversed the election, which Todd won by 59 votes, she would h
A new poll shows that fewer Americans view the Republican Party as “friendly to religion” than a year ago, with the decline particularly steep among Catholics and white evangelical Protestants — constituencies at the core of the Republicans’ conserva
Javed Iqbal, a.k.a. "John Iqbal," of Staten Island, N.Y., has been arrested and charged with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Through a company called HDTV Ltd. located in Brooklyn, Iqbal and others pro
The State Department is investigating whether Israel’s use of American-made cluster bombs in southern Lebanon violated secret agreements with the US that restrict when it can employ such weapons, two officials said.
Darkness had descended on the Bekaa Valley when the long convoy of cars snaked up a gentle slope toward Kefraya. In better times, the little town was celebrated for its wine. But to the Lebanese fleeing the war that night, it was a way station on the
Amnesty International has accused Israel of war crimes in its monthlong battle with Hezbollah, saying its bombing campaign amounted to indiscriminate attacks on Lebanon's civilian infrastructure and population.
The National Priorities Project has calculated the cost of the Iraq war by congressional district, city, state and even household. You owe $1,075. The NPP bills uses government data to illustrate the impact of federal policies on local communities.
In the heart of Tehran sits one of Iran's most important nuclear facilities, a dome-shaped building where scientists have conducted secret experiments that could help the country build atomic bombs. Provided to the Iranians by the US.
The defense official blasted the US for "not doing enough" to stop Teheran's race to the bomb. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he said, was leading the State Department in the direction of "appeasement."
The escalating confrontation over Iran's nuclear program raises an unsettling question: Is Iran the next target for U.S. military action? Some analysts think so. The focus is on diplomacy for now, but President Bush hasn't ruled out the us
Sales of new homes dropped in July by the largest amount since February while the inventory of unsold homes climbed to a record high. New home sales fell by 4.3% last month. The decline was the largest since an 11.5% plunge in February.
The Justice Department has told Fannie Mae that it does not plan to seek criminal charges against the company, an important step for the District-based mortgage funding giant as it tries to move beyond a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal.
9 black children attending Red River Elementary School were directed last week to the back of the school bus by a white driver who designated the front seats for white children. Outraged relatives of the black children have filed a complaint with sch
Iran's reply to an offer of incentives to halt nuclear work asks world powers to clarify key points including a timeline to implement the package, Iranian experts with diplomatic contacts said. 100 questions Iran posed in a response it has touted
Meow. A district judge has been asked to decide whether that word is a harmless taunt or grounds for misdemeanor harassment. Jeannette police charged a 14-year-old boy for "meowing" whenever he sees his neighbor, 78-year-old Alexandria Cara
Computer programmer Clinton Eugene Curtis testifies under oath before the U.S. House Judiciary Members in Ohio (Video)
