Politics Jan 31 President Urges Fight on ‘Tyranny’, Steps to Keep U.S. Competitive President Bush, in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, said U.S. security depends on ending tyranny in the world, while maintaining U.S. competitiveness requires investments in technology and scientific learning.
Politics Jan 31 Alito Becomes 110th Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was sworn in as the 110th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, hours after one of the most divided Senate confirmation votes in modern history.
World Jan 30 EU, U.S. to Refer Iran to U.N. Security Council Despite attempts by Iran to dodge a referral to the U.N. Security Council over its failure to heed warnings from the IAEA to end its bid to enrich uranium for nuclear energy, EU officials said they would seek involvement from…
Politics Jan 27 Democratic Filibuster of Alito Nomination Seems Unlikely Since the Senate Judiciary Committee's party-line approval of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, some Democrats have pressed for continued debate on the nomination, but the chances of an all-out filibuster appear unlikely.
Politics Jan 26 Hamas Wins Majority in Palestinian Government The Islamic militant group Hamas won a landslide victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections, winning 76 out of 132 seats in the legislature, election officials announced Thursday.
Politics Jan 25 White House Accused of Hindering Congressional Katrina Probe Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the committee investigating the government's response to Hurricane Katrina accused the Bush administration Tuesday of slowing the inquiry by refusing to provide key documents and officials for questioning.
Politics Jan 24 Conservatives to Lead New Government in Canada For the first time in 12 years, liberal-leaning Canada elected a conservative government to replace the Liberal Party, a move predicted to improve strained relations with the United States.
Nation Jan 23 PBS Names New York Public Broadcasting Exec New President PBS announced Monday that Paula Kerger, an executive with more than a decade of experience working with public television in New York City, would take the helm of the national public broadcaster on March 21.
Economy Jan 23 Ford to Cut Up to 30,000 Jobs Ford Motor Co., America's second largest automaker, announced restructuring plans Monday that will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 plants by 2012.
Science Jan 19 NASA Launches Spacecraft to Explore Pluto After two days of unexpected delays, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took off aboard an Atlas V rocket headed towards Pluto Thursday.