World Mar 23 Officials Defend Pre-9/11 Efforts to Fight Terrorism Secretary of State Colin Powell and his predecessor, Madeleine Albright, on Tuesday defended their respective administrations' efforts to combat the growing threat of terrorism before an independent panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
World Mar 18 Pakistanis Say They May Have Cornered Al-Qaida No. 2 Man Pakistani troops may have surrounded Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in the lawless mountainous region near the Afghan border, three Pakistani senior officials said Thursday.
Politics Mar 18 Scalia Rejects Recusal Request in Cheney Case A defiant Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused a request Thursday to remove himself from a case involving his friend, Vice President Dick Cheney, dismissing suggestions of a conflict of interest.
Politics Mar 02 Edwards Set to Drop Out Following Super Tuesday Losses After multiple upsets on Super Tuesday, John Edwards, D-N.C., has decided to end his race for the Democratic nomination, the Associated Press and other news organizations reported.
Politics Feb 29 Aristide Bows to Pressure, Resigns As Haitian President Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, resigned and left the country early Sunday after hundreds of armed rebels converged on the capital Port-au-Prince.
Nation Feb 27 U.S. Mulls Sending Marines to Haiti Three warships with 2,000 Marines are ready to sail to Haiti, where armed rebels are seeking President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's ouster, as the Pentagon considers its options for dealing with the crisis.
Health Feb 26 FDA Approves New Cancer Treatment Drug The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first drug that attacks cancer by choking off its blood supply -- a treatment for advanced colon cancer called Avastin.
Politics Feb 26 Edwards Sets Sights on Super Tuesday, Upcoming Southern Contests Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina continued his run for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, concentrating on voters in states that will hold elections on the Tuesday "super primary" that could make or break his campaign.
Politics Feb 25 High Court Upholds State Ban on Religion Scholarships The Supreme Court upheld Wednesday government scholarship restrictions that bar any taxpayer money for college students who pursue a degree in theology, an important legal marker in the rules of church-state separation.
Politics Feb 25 Pres. Bush, Greenspan Differ on Social Security Cuts Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to consider trimming Social Security benefits as a way to tackle the nation's escalating budget, but President Bush later in the day said he opposed the idea.