Politics May 26 Uribe Elected President of War-Torn Colombia Voters in Colombia, weary after years of fighting with leftist guerillas, overwhelmingly elected hard-line, anti-rebel candidate Alvaro Uribe Velez as the war-torn country's 38th president Sunday.
World May 23 President Bush Opposes Sept. 11 Commission President Bush said Thursday he opposes forming a special commission to investigate how the government handled terrorism warnings before Sept. 11, saying the information is too sensitive for such an investigation to be conducted in a public forum.
World May 16 White House Was Warned of Possible Hijackings Before Sept. 11 In the months before the September 11th attacks, law enforcement agencies and the White House met repeatedly to discuss potential terrorist attacks including the threat that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network might attempt to hijack airliners.
Politics May 14 Sharon Will Not Engage in Peace Talks, West Bank Raid Kills Two In a speech to Israel's parliament Tuesday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he would not resume peace talks with the Palestinians until terror attacks end and the Palestinian leadership carries out fundamental reforms.
Politics Apr 29 High Court Narrows Scope of Disabilities Act A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that the needs of disabled workers do not normally outweigh an employer's seniority policies.
Politics Apr 26 Bush Calls on Israel to End Offensive President Bush on Friday renewed his call for Israel to end its nearly month-long incursion into Palestinian territory.
Politics Apr 16 Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Virtual Child Pornography In a 6-3 decision, the U.S Supreme Court Tuesday struck down a congressional ban that made it a crime to distribute or possess computer-generated images of minors engaged in sexual acts.
Nation Apr 16 Supreme Court Rejects Leggett Appeal The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Vanessa Leggett, the Houston-based writer who spent 168 days in prison for refusing to turn over her interviews about a Texas murder case to a federal grand jury.
Politics Apr 04 Pres. Bush Calls on Israel to Pull Out of West Bank In a dramatic policy shift toward the ongoing violence in the Middle East, President Bush called on Israel to halt its drive into the West Bank and announced that Secretary of State Colin Powell would go to the region next…
Politics Feb 25 Court Allows Ten Commandments Ruling to Stand Without comment, the Supreme Court Monday refused to hear a contentious case involving the public display of the Ten Commandments on the Indiana statehouse lawn.