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The U.S. federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence.
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
International political and military officials agreed no exit strategy should be set for troops in Afghanistan, while the United States urged Iran to engage the West at a new security forum that wrapped up Sunday.
Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.
For the third time in 16 years the federal government is forming a blue-ribbon panel to try to save the USA's perpetually troubled airline industry, which has racked up $58.5 billion in losses and shed 158,000 jobs this decade.
Climate change scientists' stolen e-mails show they feel they're under attack, eager to punish foes.
Sarah Palin is far and away the most important brand in American politics after Barack Obama. Her 15 minutes is far from up.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was due Sunday to start the first US state visit under President Barack Obama, who hopes to show his dedication to the emerging power even as his attention lies elsewhere.
Ari Fleischer Communications, a sports public relations firm headed by the former press secretary for President George W. Bush, has been hired by BCS officials to help remodel the tattered image of college football's postseason system. BCS executive director Bill Hancock, promoted to the newly recreated position early this week, announced the hiring of Fleischer's company Saturday.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Let’s stipulate: Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon are enlightened, broad-gauge chief executive officers, among the finest in the world.
Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war, a newspaper reports.
A thorough, well-wrought political history of James K. Polk’s presidency and the triumph of Manifest Destiny.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak at next year's Bakersfield Business Conference, joining a growing list of political heavy-hitters including former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and former Vice President Dick Cheney. Country music performer Ronnie Milsap also has agreed to take part in the conference, event organizers announced.
Collected columns denouncing the Bush wars and tax cuts and recounting the fits of nerves that President Obama coolly overcomes.
Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.
As President Obama nears a decision on Afghanistan, he faces a partisan divide in public opinion that is pulling him in opposite directions. His recent statements about the decision suggest that he is trying to accommodate the views with a war strategy that can be successful and contained.
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) expressed concerns when the OMB urged the EPA to use data compiled by chemical companies. Read more...
THE MESSENGER Sarah Palin's return is unnerving some Republicans. WASHINGTON — Via Oprah , Facebook and a bus trip that resembled a campaign swing more than a book tour, Sarah Palin reappeared on the national stage last week, minus her governorship and running-mate status, but with a new role as principled “rogue” to add to her previous credits as plain-spoken patriot and hockey mom.
American homeownership, once considered a path to wealth, is now leading to disillusionment.
The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.
Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Nov. 23, 2009:Letter of the Day: Understand?Editor, Daily News:When I take my daily walk, and children are waiting for the school bus, and I say “good morning,” and they turn away and their mothers give cowering looks, I understand.When people are losing their homes and unemployment is over 10 percent, and I turn on the TV and they want ...
