Attention non-voters of all "parties". You folks have been given a bum rap for some time now even though you represent roughly half of the eligible voting population. Don't be ashamed. There is nothing wrong with not voting when you
Hillary wasted no time in reassuring the AARP crowd that any cuts in benefits as well as any raising of the retirement age were "off the table" during her administration. So, what is left on her table? What will President Hillary offer to
So why is our local firebrand still in the race? Well, because he can be - with a little help from you. In order to be eligible to receive matching funds, campaigns must reach a threshold of $100,000, (It seems the snowy hair Sen is doing the same)
The US an UK governments are developing increasingly sophisticated gadgets to keep individuals under their surveillance. When it comes to technology, the US is determined to stay ahead od the game.
The Secure Flight proposal would apply to domestic flights the same requirements for government-issued travel credentials and individualized, explicit, prior, per-flight permission to travel as the DHS plans to apply to international flights
Forty-one years after the shooting — and two weeks after the victim's death — a murder charge was filed against a man who wounded a police officer and served a prison term for attempted murder.
A State Department source said Miss Rice, under pressure from senior counter-proliferation officials to acknowledge that military action may be necessary, is now working with Mr Cheney to find a way to reconcile their positions and present a united f
Because America is still widely regarded as a pretty decent country, even while left, right and the rest find a lot of fault with it, the question of whether Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives, populists or libertarians are the most fait
Jon recaps the “hard-hitting” questions General Petraeus had to endure during Tuesday’s Senate testimony, and highlights the furthest-right Senator on the Foreign Relations Committee. Hint: He’s from Connecticut and his name is not Chris Dodd.
AMERICA’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of the US Federal Reserve was widely admired, will a
Several thousand protesters marched Saturday from the White House to the Capitol to demand an end to the Iraq war, and at least 160 people were arrested when they jumped a barricade at the foot of the Capitol steps. Many of the protesters were arrest
Google Inc. will pay up to US$30 million in prize money to anyone able to land a privately funded spacecraft on the moon, because "it's cool," the company said on its blog.
Arizona Senator John McCain has taken criticism of anti-war group MoveOn.org to a whole new level: He is suggesting that the organization “ought to be thrown out of this country.” The liberal advocacy group angered Republicans earlier this week with
Charles Ferguson, a filmmaker, presents a rebuttal to claims made by L. Paul Bremer III that top American officials approved the decision to disband the Iraqi army.
The number of suspected cholera cases in northern Iraq continues to rise, with 16,000 people now showing symptoms, the World Health Organization said Friday. As of Sept 10, 6,000 have been reported with symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting
(This is one of the reasons we attacked) Trucks line up every day at this border crossing to carry melons, cookies, soft drinks and appliances into Iraq. For truck driver Ala Saeedi, the booming trade is proof his country is helping its war-torn ne
Because of the uncertainties and ambiguities associated with US aid to Israel, arriving at a precise figure for total direct US aid to Israel probably is not possible. Parts of it are buried in the budgets of other government agencies
Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors review their book, neither the Defense Dept not the newe Dept of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting requirements,(Do as we say, not as we do.)
After two previous runs for US president, former Reagen diplomat Alan Keyes has announced he's again seeking the White House in the 2008 election, and he'll take part in Monday night's Republican presidential debate here.
[it starts] The spray of bullets that killed a police officer and hurt 3 others came from something increasingly common on this city's streets: a high-powered assault weapon, fast becoming the gun of choice for gang members and violent criminals.
It doesn't rival the Pentagon's $600 toilet seat, but the Justice Department can fork over a mean $4 meatball. An internal Justice audit showed the department spent nearly $7 million to plan, host or send employees to 10 conferences over the
Mexico's Congress approved a landmark tax overhaul on Friday, handing President Felipe Calderon a major legislative victory and Mexico its biggest economic reform in a decade.
Senators backed the package in a vote that capped months of talks o
Anxious customers of British bank Northern Rock rushed to withdraw their savings Friday, forming lengthy queues in front of branches after the lender was bailed out by the Bank of England.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was given a warm reception in this liberal stronghold on Thursday as Silicon Valley professionals turned out to support the long shot campaign. At a fundraiser at San Francisco's swanky Palace Hotel,
The 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers(AFL-CIO) today endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton(D-NY) in the 2008 presidential election. NALC President William H. Young announced the action by the union's 28-member
A Texas oil company whose CEO is a longtime confidant of President Bush with access to the most closely held US intelligence has entered into an agreement to explore for oil in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.