The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed the existence of a secret detention facility at Bagram Air Base , according to a Tuesday BBC News report . The BBC reported...
Argentine authorities on Monday arrested former secret service agent Miguel Angel Furci on charges of human rights abuses committed during the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . Furci, a former agent of the Secretariat of State...
The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Monday issued a new labor rule that will make it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize. Under the new rule, the union must only win a majority...
US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court . If confirmed by the US Senate , Kagan would replace...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday rejected an attempt to remove the phrase "so help me God" from the presidential oath. The challenge was brought by atheist Michael...
A Virginia military jury on Thursday acquitted US Navy SEAL Matthew McCabe on charges of assaulting a high-profile Iraqi detainee. Petty Officer 2nd Class McCabe was accused of punching Ahmed Hashim Abed, implicated in the killing of...
A group of US lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would strip US citizenship rights from those suspected of engaging in terrorism . The Terrorist Expatriation Act (TEA) , introduced by Senators...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani must attend the opening of his trial, requiring him to submit to strip searches he claims are traumatic. Judge...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday issued an emergency stay blocking the release of nine individuals accused of plotting to overthrow the US government as part of the Hutaree militia [website; CNN...
The Spanish government on Thursday extradited pilot Julio Alberto Poch to Argentina to face trial for his alleged role in the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . Poch was a navy officer at Argentina's Naval Mechanics...
