Politics Jan 18 Supreme Court Sidesteps Major Abortion Ruling In its first abortion ruling in five years, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong in striking down a New Hampshire law requiring that a parent be notified 48 hours before a minor has an…
Nation Jan 16 Bombings in South Kill Dozens As Karzai Warns of New Attacks Remnants of the Taliban continued to launch attacks Monday, claiming responsibility for two attacks in the southern part of Afghanistan that killed at least 26 people and wounded nearly 50 others.
Politics Jan 02 Former Syrian Vice President Faces Treason Charges after TV Interview Officials in Damascus and the U.N. continued to react to the explosive allegations made by the former Syrian vice president in which he said Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened Rafik Hariri several months before Hariri was assassinated.
Politics Dec 23 Alito Supported Wiretaps Without Warrants As a Justice Department lawyer in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito argued that executive branch officials should not be held liable if they ordered wiretaps without obtaining warrants, according to documents.
World Dec 17 Bush Adminstration Efforts to Thwart Nuclear Terorrism Criticized Nearly 18 months after the former 9/11 commission issued recommendations for how to prevent another attack within the U.S., the commission still says the Bush administration has failed to do enough to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism.
Politics Dec 05 One Count Against DeLay Dismissed; Money Laundering Charges Remains The judge presiding over the case against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay handed the Texas Republican a partial victory Monday when he tossed out conspiracy charges but allowed money laundering charges to remain.
Politics Nov 30 Alito Submits Questionnaire to Senate Committee Alito submitted written statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he said judges should take a limited, "self-disciplined" approach when considering cases.
Politics Nov 29 Sides Resume Peace Talks As Violence Continues in Darfur Efforts to end the two-and-a half year conflict in Darfur, Sudan that has claimed more than 200,000 lives and displaced two million people opened a new chapter Tuesday as the opposing sides entered the seventh round of peace talks in…
World Nov 10 Syrian President Promises Limited Cooperation With U.N. Syrian President Bashar Assad pledged Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri but said he would not place his country's national interests at risk in doing so.
Politics Nov 04 Alito Hearings Scheduled for January 9 The head of the Judiciary Committee announced Thursday that hearings on Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court will begin at noon on January 9th with opening statements from the senators and the nominee.