The Bush administration said it will ask Congress for $120 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and $18 billion more for hurricane relief this year. The White House says total spending on the wars to soar well past the $400 billion mark
The Guard waived their usual prohibition on "criminal offenses" to let people join. In order to boost recruiting, the military has waived regulations for 17 percent of its new recruits—or 21,880 new soldiers—in 2005. Waivers allow recruiter
Oil prices dropped nearly $2 as swelling stockpiles in the US sent speculators for the exits and as US and European leaders played down the threat of new sanctions against Iran. US crude oil supplies are 11% higher than last year, and swelling suppli
Attorneys for al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui have subpoenaed Congressman Curt Weldon to testify to try and show that the government knew more about the September 11, 2001, attacks than Moussaoui did. [Able Danger]
Everything predicted by the libertarian movement for the past 30 years is happening right now and libertarians are not at the front of the national debates on all of the issues plattered up for us by the Police State,... Why?
Accused the US of manufacturing the crisis and insisted there was still time to avoid a collision. Warned that any military action by the US or Israel against Iran would have "severe consequences" and would be countered "by all means**
A Tom Toles editorial cartoon published in The Washington Post has drawn a very rare and very strong protest letter from The Joint Chiefs of Staff. "... a cartoon about the state of the Army and not one intended to demean wounded soldiers."
I was 8 years old when President John Kennedy was shot in 1963. I'll be 62 when documents related to the assassination are released to the public, and 84 when the Warren Commission's investigative files into the tragedy are finally opened.
The measure, which reduces the growth in spending for popular entitlement programs such as student aid, Medicaid, Medicare and child welfare, passed 216-214 with only Republican votes. Senate and House settled on $40 billion.
The nation's largest telephone and cable cos. are crafting an alarming set of strategies to transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do onli
"Just as the Cold War lasted a long time, this war is something that is not going to go away," Rumsfeld said. This does not mean U.S. troops will be in Iraq indefinitely, but that we will be fighting violent extremists for many years to com
New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservative Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection.
The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush's domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week
Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is raising the possibility that records sought in the CIA leak investigation could be missing because of an e-mail archiving problem at the White House. [burn the tapes]
It seems that, in Arizona, if a person dies a wrongful death, no one is held accountable if there is no surviving spouse, children, or parents to pursue a lawsuit.
A Macomb County couple claims police stormed their home, handcuffed them and put pillowcases over their heads, a practice called "hooding." Law enforcement said undercover cops on raids may protect their identities by hooding suspects
Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and apologized for ejecting her and a congressman’s wife from President Bush’s State of the Union address for wearing T-shirts with war messages.
But county officials who are working with the agents say the Department of Justice plans to inspect the ballots. County officials say they have not been told how long the federal investigation will take.
Now, it just so happens that Republican Party Chairman Matt Salmon is paid handsomely by a private solar company to increase the amount of solar energy utilized in the U.S. Problems,... Becky Fenger thinks so.
I was arrested before the State of the Union Address. I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we have lost in our country. There have been lies from the police and distortions by the press. (Shocker) This is what happened:
In his State of the Union address last night, President Bush waded right in the middle of the debate over his warrantless domestic eavesdropping program, making a number of assertions that have been subject to intense debate.
President Bush vowed to defend Israel militarily if needed against Iran, and denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "menacing talk" against Israel.
In the two years since oil reservoirs were discovered off Cuba's coast, Canadian, Chinese, Indian and Norwegian companies have lined up to explore the potentially lucrative Caribbean waters. U.S. corporations have watched the activity less than 6
It has been nearly 70 years since the last Duesenberg rolled off the assembly line, but the super-stylish king of American luxury automobiles is about to be resurrected. Duesenberg announced that next year it plans to unveil the Duesenberg Torpedo Co
In the wake of new evidence revealing Pentagon surveillance of peace groups and protest activities, the ACLU filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests seeking to uncover who is being spied on by the Pentagon and why.
“Contrary to popular belief, there is no absolute ban on [military] intelligence collecting U.S. person information,” an intelligence officer said. Agencies can “receive” domestic intelligence information, even though they cannot legally “collect” it
Embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay raised more money for his legal defense in 2005 than ever before but still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers, according to documents released Tuesday.
A former U.S. occupation official in Iraq has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to steal more than $2 million in reconstruction money and award contracts to a businessman in exchange for more than $1 million in cash and goods.
Word that the government has been seeking search data from Google has struck fear into the hearts of Internet Explorer and Firefox users. Here are 5 simple steps to keep outsiders from uncovering private information about your Web browsing habits.