Politics Sep 06 Senate Postpones Roberts Confirmation Hearings Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said his committee would push back confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts until Monday in light of this week's memorial services for Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
World Sep 05 President Returns to Louisiana As Questions of Race Remain President Bush, who has faced withering criticism for the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina, visited the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast for the second time in four days.
Politics Sep 05 President Bush Nominates John Roberts As Chief Justice President Bush on Monday nominated federal appellate Judge John Roberts to succeed William Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Roberts, who at one time served as Rehnquist's clerk, said he was "honored and humbled."…
Nation Sep 04 Chief Justice William Rehnquist Dies at 80 Chief Justice William Rehnquist, whose conservative judicial philosophy guided the high court for nearly 20 years, succumbed to thyroid cancer Saturday evening. He was 80 years old.
Politics Sep 04 Biography: Chief Justice William Rehnquist Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who steered the high court through groundbreaking legal and political disputes as well as guided it through a docket-full of potentially pivotal and controversial cases in recent court terms, died on Sept. 3, 2005.
Science Sep 02 Spirit Reaches Mountain Peak on Mars NASA's rover Spirit has reached the summit of a bedrock mountain on Mars, and from that vantage point, mission managers will plot the robotic explorer's next move among the numerous intriguing surrounding geologic features.
Economy Sep 02 Challenges Plague Afghanistan's Efforts to Combat Opium Trade In the six months since Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared a jihad against his country's poppy industry, the success of eradication efforts has been tempered by the political and economic challenges facing this fledgling democracy.
World Sep 02 Evacuated New Orleans Residents Face More Troubles Survivors of Hurricane Katrina continued to flee New Orleans on Friday seeking shelter in Texas as emergency convoys reached the city to assist remaining residents and try to halt criminal activity.
World Sep 02 Mississippi Situation Deteriorating; Death Toll Tops 180 Coastal residents desperate for water and food are facing long lines and deteriorating conditions as hundreds of National Guardsmen arrive to keep order in the hardest-hit areas of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
World Sep 01 Military Orders Added National Guard Presence in Gulf Coast Some 22,000 National Guard troops will join forces already deployed along the Gulf Coast in an effort to bring security and calm to the region in what officials predict may be the largest military response to a natural disaster in…