AP is reporting that House ethics committee Republicans say they are prepared to open an investigation into allegations against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay .4:02 PM ET - Republican Rep. Doc Hastings , chairman of the House...
In a special session Wednesday, the Ecuadorian Congress voted 62-0 (there are 100 congressional seats) to remove President Lucio Gutierrez from office under a constitutional provision that allows congress to remove a president when there has been...
AP is reporting that President Bush has signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 , legislation that will make it harder for those in debt to wipe out their obligations.3:53...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Wednesday that it will not reconsider its earlier decision barring the DOJ from seeking a $280 billion penalty in its racketeering lawsuit against tobacco...
The National Education Association and individual school districts in Texas, Michigan and Vermont filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the federal government to pay more of the costs incurred under the No Child...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Wednesday charged a defense witness for Slobodan Milosevic with contempt of court for refusing to testify while Milosevic was not in court due to illness. Judge...
Twelve NGOs representing Iraq's minority ethnic groups have promised to work together with the transitional government to ensure that minority rights will be protected under the permanent Iraqi constitution to be drafted by the new National...
AP is reporting that US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has scheduled a Friday hearing to accept the guilty plea of 9/11 terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui .3:31 PM ET - The order noting that...
In the latest of several attacks on the federal judiciary, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has called the work of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy "incredibly outrageous." In a Tuesday interview with Fox News Radio,...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that Russian needs to increase its democratic development in order for the US-Russia relationship to deepen. In an interview with Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy, Rice said...
