The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Tuesday that a proposal to limit ACLU board members from publicly speaking about their internal policies has been withdrawn by a committee of the National Board of...

The US Army plans to discontinue a contract to provide logistical support to US troops with oil services giant Halliburton , the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Halliburton has served as the exclusive contractor...

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to effectively ban most Internet gambling by a margin of 317-93 . The legislation would prohibit people from using credit cards and other...

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak on Wednesday revealed that Karl Rove , President Bush's top political advisor, was one of two secondary sources who confirmed that former Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was employed by...

Sir Richard Dearlove , former head of the British intelligence agency known as MI6 , has said that two components of the US war on terrorism would be illegal under British law. Dearlove, who led the Secret...

William Haynes , the Pentagon general counsel nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit , struggled to defend defense policies Tuesday during a Senate confirmation hearing , drawing bipartisan questions relating to...

US Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) , chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , told reporters Tuesday that the Defense Department has been too lenient in its policies on custody of terror suspects, questioning the release of...

European Commission antitrust regulators imposed a $357 million fine on Microsoft Wednesday for not complying with a 2004 European Union antitrust ruling . Early in July, the EC approved...

Eloise Pepion Cobell et al. v. Dirk Kempthorne et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, July 11, 2006 ....

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Establishing a Constitutional Process, US Senate Judiciary Committee, July 11, 2006 . Read the full text of witnesses'...