Robert J. Stein , a former US Defense Department contract official for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, unlawful possession of machine guns,...
US District Judge Deborah A. Batts on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit against former Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman , saying her reassurances about the air quality in New...
The US Senate late Thursday evening passed a one-month extension of the USA Patriot Act by a 95-1 vote . The extension until March 10 has already been approved by the US...
The father of John Walker Lindh , the American caught fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, called on President Bush Thursday to grant his son clemency and commute his 20 year sentence in...
US Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday defended the Bush administration's authorization of domestic surveillance in the weeks following Sept. 11, saying the program is a crucial tool in monitoring terrorist organizations. In a...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion in federal court seeking to compel Internet search giant Google to comply with a subpoena issued last summer. The subpoena requests that Google...
