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Communities in Michigan, Oregon and other states have voiced "grave concerns," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who recently convened a series of hearings that cast a harsh eye on off-reservation gambling. Asked to gauge the public outcry
Citing a "recent security incident," the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued an order Sunday prohibiting government employees from using commercial airlines leaving the capital's international airport until further notice.
Many federal agencies fall far short of the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, repeatedly failing to meet reporting deadlines while citizens wait ever longer for documents. usually take months and sometimes take years to be filled; most
Iraq suffered one of its worst days of bloodshed this year as 62 people were killed and at least 250 wounded, many of them in a 6 car bomb attack on a Baghdad Shiite neighborhood, sparking fresh fears of sectarian violence.
A leading Republican opponent of the collapsed Dubai ports deal said he would press ahead with legislation requiring US ownership of infrastructure deemed critical to homeland security. Companies in France and Germany, Australia and Mexico, for insta
A liberal Democratic senator who is considering a White House bid in 2008 said he is seeking to censure President Bush over his domestic eavesdropping program. The Senate majority leader called it "a crazy political move."
The US, while eager to denounce trade protectionism in others, is no slouch at throwing up barriers to foreign companies when its national interest is at stake. Treasury Secretary John Snow said the controversy was an "isolated instance" th
The identities of 2,600 CIA employees and the locations of two dozen of the agency's covert workplaces in the US can be found easily through Internet searches. The agency acknowledged the partial list of names included covert employees.
PHOENIX—A good old-fashion downpour in the predawn here today ended a record string of 143 days without rain. The previous record was 101 days, set in January 2000. NOAA reported light rain around dawn and a 0.26-inch accumulation at Phoenix Sky Harb
Gulf investors, feeling scorched by what they see as an anti-Arab backlash in the US Congress, will likely be wary of high-profile investments in the US after the ports controversy with a Dubai company. [Wait until they demand Euros for oil!]
Al-Sadr refused to name any group that he believed was behind the shrine bombing but hinted at members of Saddam Hussein's former regime or Sunni Muslim extremists. "Those who carry arms could be takfiri extremists, Saddamists or others. But
In court documents submitted to US District Judge James Ware, federal prosecutors said they need a prompt response because of the compressed schedule of the case. They're asking Ware to set a 21-day deadline that would begin as soon as he makes a
Maj. Gen. M. Scott Mayes, the head of the North American air defense command, ordered the internal review that flagged the public hearing's transcript as problematic and led to its deletion from a government Web site. "Freedom and security
2 key senators have asked the Army to postpone the retirement of Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, who oversaw detention operations at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib prison. “... Miller’s decision to exercise his right to remain silent raises issues regardin
A landmark US deal extending nuclear technology to India could open up $100 billion in business for Americans in the Indian energy sector. India is currently barred under US and international law from acquiring foreign nuclear technology because it r
Leaders of a militant group that is holding 2 Americans hostage and has disrupted world oil markets say they are fighting for justice and economic development. They warned foreign oil workers must leave the region or risk being killed.
China's Ministry of Public Security, which oversees the country's police force, plans to issue more than 1.3 billion resident identification cards based on RFID chips that can send and receive data over short distances, and store basic person
The state of Maryland is poised to put its entire $90 million investment in Diebold touch-screen e-voting systems on ice because they cannot produce paper receipts. The state House voted 137-0 to prohibit election officials from using AccuVote-TSx to
"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them." --Tolkien
The potential discovery of water on one of Saturn's moons would add a new environment in the solar system where life could exist. The probe may have found evidence of liquid water that erupts like geysers.
President Bush said he was disappointed and saddened by the arrest of former senior White House top domestic policy advisor Claude Allen on charges he swindled Target and The Hecht Co. out of more than $5,000 in a refund scheme.
Hiring picked up across the economy in February, with employers adding nearly a quarter-million jobs in the biggest boost in 3 months. Encouraged by help-wanted signs, job seekers turned out in droves, nudging the unemployment rate higher.
The Justice Department official who oversaw national security matters from 2000 to 2003 e-mailed his former colleagues that the Department's justifications for the program were "weak" and had a "slightly after-the-fact quality
17 million customers of the online payment service iBill have had their personal information released onto the internet, where it's been bought and sold in a black market made up of fraud artists and spammers. Includes names, phone numbers, add
A motion "to express a statement of no confidence in the secretary-general and his senior management team" was opposed by just two of the more than 500 U.N. employees attending a closed-door emergency meeting of the staff group, said Staff
This week the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University Law School issued a report that says that millions of voters in seven states may be disenfranchised due to the type of voter registration databases used in those states, including Io
As China becomes more wealthy and worldly, it's also experiencing a growing interest in spirituality. Chinese are emerging with "more time and freedom to think," says Yuan Ci, a monk who works with the Buddhist Association of China in B
The lobbyist who has ignited what might be the biggest government scandal since Watergate, Jack Abramoff became notorious for tossing around money to influence key lawmakers. Washington is waiting to see who he’ll take down with him.
A worldwide economic boom has yielded a record number of dollar billionaires in the past year, according to Forbes. Their number rose by 15% to 793 with India taking the lead in Asia and new Russians lining up to fill the gap left by jailed Mikhail K
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $91 billion emergency spending bill that covers wartime and natural disaster costs and includes extra money for the Army and Marine Corps, who have complained about being shortchanged by the White House.
