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Ney, the chairman of the powerful Committee on House Administration repeatedly demanded help in raising cash for the National Republican Campaign Committee. G.O.P. chairmen had to meet steep fund-raising quotas or risk losing their plum positions.
“I think the vast majority [of troops] will be out by the end of the year and I’m hopeful it will be sooner than that,” Murtha tells Mike Wallace. Mounting pressure from constituents in this election year will force Congress to pass his withdrawal pl
Western powers are already planning use of the military option in the face of Iran's insistence that it will go ahead with what it calls its nuclear research program. ''The military option is being considered already, they are just not ta
Iraq's electoral commission won't release final results from last month's election in coming days because the panel is waiting on international monitors to finish investigating fraud complaints, a senior Iraqi election official said Satur
The rules have been changing ever since Mr Blair became PM and he has overseen a massive expansion of the state's capacity to spy on private individuals. Technology and new legislation have significantly increased the security services' capac
Tony Blair is preparing to scrap a 40-year ban on tapping MPs' telephones, despite fierce Cabinet opposition. Announce to the Commons within weeks that MPs can no longer be sure that the security services and others will not intercept their commu
Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers 35 years ago, said whistle-blowers shouldn't be afraid to reveal government secrets in an effort to save people's lives, even going to jail. ''Don't do what I did. Don't wait until th
The survey of 560 registered voters found 30 percent favored former U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, a Democrat, compared with 22 percent for DeLay, who has represented the district for 22 years. DeLay must first defeat three opponents in the Republican prima
House Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri claimed today in a press release that he has obtained "the support of more than the 117 Members of the House Republican Conference," which would be one more than half of the total possible votes
After streaking across the darkened skies over the Pacific Northwest, a NASA spacecraft floated to a successful parachute landing in the Utah desert early today with microscopic pieces of a comet and star grains that pre-date the formation of the sol
President Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of troops on American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial pow
Yahoo's chief executive officer also justified his company's actions: "It's just really important for us to have good relations and good partnerships with governments all over the world."
With help from the Pentagon's chief laughter instructor, families of National Guard members are learning to walk like a penguin, laugh like a lion and blurt "ha, ha, hee, hee and ho, ho." No joke.
Now it is clear that the Shiites were just saying what the Bush administration wanted to hear, never meant it, and never intended to follow through. "We will stop anyone who tries to change the Constitution," said al-Hakim yesterday.
John Murtha, the top Democrat of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, said late Friday that President George W. Bush would be forced to accept an Iraq pullout plan because inaction will likely result in Republicans losing control of Congres
"Let me know as soon as you can ... I think [Attorney General John] Ashcroft and his guys will also be there. 1PM game," Abramoff concluded. The case of Jack Abramoff, disgraced super-lobbyist, provides an unprecedented look at t
The attack took place in the early hours of Friday, when CIA-operated Predator drones circled the village of Damadola in the Bajaur area in northwest Pakistan before launching four Hellfire missiles at a mud-walled compound. Three houses were razed t
Spain has said it will go ahead with the sale of 12 military planes to Venezuela despite US objections.
The court now faces the daunting task of replacing Mr Amin, who, despite the criticism levelled at him, is generally considered among the more capable Iraqi legal minds willing to work for the court.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his country does not need a nuclear weapon. Mr Ahmadinejad said they were needed only by people who "want to solve everything through the use of force".
Rapidly deteriorating relations between the West and Iran, Opec's second biggest oil producer and the world's fourth-largest exporter, could see energy prices hit record highs in coming weeks.
Apple has been criticised over a new version of its iTunes program that can keep track of a user's listening habits. The updated software includes a feature that recommends tracks similar to the music being played via iTunes.
The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of terrorizing classmates with a pistol warned authorities the weapon likely was fake before police shot him in a middle school bathroom
SAUDI ARABIA has embarked on an unprecedented drive to open up to $1,400 billion (£795 billion) of its industries to foreign investment as it strives to scale back dependence on oil exports.
The Windows MetaFile Backdoor? Description: Leo and I carefully examine the operation of the recently patched Windows MetaFile vulnerability. I describe exactly how it works in an effort to explain why it doesn't have the feeling of another Mi
In March 2004 Congressional testimony, Comptroller General David Walker estimated the Postal Service has between $88 - $98 billion in unfunded liabilities including $47 - $57 billion of unfunded retiree health benefits.
This government sanctioned collusion maintains artificially high milk prices costing consumers and tax payers billions each year. Now the Mega Milkers are setting their sights on the only competition that stands between them and unlimited profits.
After months of emotionally exhaustive waiting and wondering, homeowners in the most devastated parts of New Orleans now know they'll have to wait until late June to rebuild, and it's not certain their property will be safe from public seizur
Confusion rippled around the court trying Saddam Hussein on Saturday after the chief judge made it clear he wanted to step down, casting an already turbulent process into further disarray.
"We were asleep when the first missile hit another house. We came out but my 3 children were buried under debris in a second explosion," said Mohammed Khan. His children all died. "The US cannot do this without Pakistan's support.
