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"Just as the Senate did four years ago, we should unite in a bipartisan way to support the Patriot Act, to stand up for freedom and against terror," said ethically challenged Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Nearly 30,000 airline passengers in the past year asked the Homeland Security Department to remove their names from terrorist watch lists, and all but about 60 were successful, Transportation Security Administration officials said.
A watchlist of possible terror suspects distributed by the US government to airlines for pre-flight checks is now 80,000 names long, a Swedish newspaper reported, citing European air industry sources.
The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had fabricated them to escape harsh treatment, according to current an
Arianna Huffington's love affair with John McCain – it's over! The man of her dreams is showing his true colors as a two-timing, shift-shaping, canny politician. One can only wonder why it took Arianna so long to wake up from her self-induced
Gold prices settled higher and carved out a new quarter-century peak in another day of choppy trading on Thursday, as investment funds remained keen to keep bullion in their portfolios.
San Francisco is suspending 20 police officers who participated in video sketches portraying police ogling women, ducking emergency calls and going to a massage parlor on duty.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said he was launching a formal inquiry into Justice Department treatment of an American charged by the government after being held by the military for more than 3 years as an "enemy combatant.
Indictments, investigations and a congressman's guilty plea for taking millions in bribes have left most Americans convinced that political corruption is a deeply rooted problem
Increasing numbers of citizens from the provinces are showing up in Beijing to petition the central government over injustices including forced evictions, official corruption, police abuse or violence, and failure of the court system.
British entrepreneur Richard Branson has chosen New Mexico for the launch pad of his planned space tourism flights, state officials said on Thursday.
At least one passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 924 maintains the federal air marshals were a little too quick on the draw when they shot and killed Rigoberto Alpizar as he frantically attempted to run off the airplane shortly before take-off.
Correspondents say the revelation is only likely to increase suspicion that the CIA has been operating secret prisons out of international oversight.
The British government is trying to stall an investigation into the theft of more than $1.3bn (£740m) from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence, senior Iraqi officials say.
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Sentence could be reduced depending upon the extent of his cooperation as a witness against lobbyist Jack Abramoff, but also in the prosecution of three men charged in a casino slaying.
A bipartisan group of senators -- including three Republicans -- have said they will not support a deal between House and Senate negotiators on extension of the Patriot Act.
The European Union and Canada piled pressure on the US to join an international pact to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit the predicted chaos from global warming.
Amid charges that President Bush and the Department of Justice are inflating the number of criminal prosecutions for terrorism, five cases shed light on the administration's mixed record of convictions during 2005.
"I was a lifelong Republican before Republicans pushed the power of government into my private family decisions," Schiavo said. "[let's not] forget those politicians who shamelessly sought to squeeze political leverage out of my f
Iran's President Ahmadinejad said if Germany and Austria feel responsible for massacring Jews during World War II, a state of Israel should be established on their soil. "Why should the Palestinian Muslims have to pay the price?"
House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement to extend the USA Patriot Act, the government's premier anti-terrorism law, before it expires at the end of the month. But a Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise.
Britain's highest court backed eight terrorism suspects by ruling on Thursday evidence obtained under torture cannot be used in British legal hearings, a blow to the government which has used such information.
Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history.
Secretary of State Rice said that the US prohibits all its personnel from using cruel or inhuman techniques in prisoner interrogations, whether inside or outside US borders.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the government can seize a person's Social Security benefits to pay old student loans.
20 years it’s going to take to settle this thing. The American people is not going to put up with it; can’t afford it. We have spent $277 billion. They’re going to ask for another $100 billion next year. (video link of speech)
House of Representatives negotiators have largely accepted Sen. John McCain's amendment banning the torture and inhumane treatment of detainees, but talks on other provisions could undermine the measure.
In a country seared by the September 11 attacks, Muslim American charities and donors say they live in constant fear of frozen funds, indictments and even closure, regardless of whether they have done anything wrong.
NASA hopes to supplement, and eventually replace, crew and cargo flights to the space station that had been planned for the shuttle fleet. The agency also may have to pare down the number of shuttle flights to the station even before they retire to p
