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WASHINGTON — Opponents of the USA Patriot Act say that a congressional move to consider temporarily extending three key provisions that are due to expire at year's end opens the door to try to alter or eliminate some of the national security strategies implemented by former President George W. Bush and embraced by President Barack Obama.
The top US court Monday threw out a plea by four British ex-Guantanamo inmates for officials from the administration of former president George W. Bush to be held responsible for their torture.
The World Affairs Council of Oregon announces its speaker series lineup, which also includes Howard Dean, Jane Lubchenco and Joseph Stiglitz
There are growing indications in the news pages that Rupert Murdoch, a lifelong conservative, is looking to use The Wall Street Journal to play politics.
People do it all the time. They move, and promise to visit the old neighborhood often.
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2009. There are 16 days left in the year.
House Democrats got a jolt Monday when a fourth lawmaker in a matter of weeks announced his retirement, leaving party officials and strategists fearful that they represent the leading edge of a wave of departures that could leave the Democrats vulnerable to significant losses in the 2010 midterm ...
The White House and two nonprofit groups announced a settlement Monday in a long-running lawsuit over more than 22 million e-mails that were missing during the Bush administration because of poor labeling and other technical problems.
The Obama administration has ordered the federal government to buy the underused Thomson Correctional Center in western Illinois to become a federal lockup for terrorism suspects. The prison also will be used to hold military trials for those detainees.
Despite Stated Wishes to Return to Chicago Often, President and Family Have Stayed Close to Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., was resting comfortably in a Washington hospital after suffering abdominal pain traced to a gallbladder issue, his office said.
Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of Dec. 15, 2009:Letter of the Day: Whom do we punish?Editor, Naples Daily News.In the last few days there has been a lot of mail concerning the kicking incident in one of our schools.Many refer to the inadequacy of the punishment. But who should be punished?To punish the children is like putting a Band-Aid on a cancerous growth.These kids ...
WASHINGTON – Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush, and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days’ worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the failure by the Bush White House to install an electronic record keeping system. The two ...
Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush, and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the Bush White House's failure to install an electronic record-keeping system.
Paul J. Fishman would probably have been installed in the position a decade ago had Al Gore won the presidency.
The congressional faction of the Republican Party remains front and center as its members battle President Obama and the Democrats over health care, financial regulatory overhaul, climate change and just about every other domestic issue.
Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush, and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the failure by the Bush White House to install an electronic record-keeping system. The two private groups ...
A new wave of criticism could undercut Obama's goal to deprive Al Qaeda of a key propaganda point.
Congress is knocking nearly $1 billion off President Barack Obama's request for Afghanistan's security forces and instead devoting the money to buying more mine-resistent vehicles for U.S. troops there.
The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday — a slower pace than President Barack Obama has described. The White House insisted it was sticking with a goal of completing the buildup by late summer.
President Barack Obama implored top bankers Monday to help keep the fragile recovery from faltering by boosting lending to small businesses and getting behind an overhaul of financial regulation. "We rise and fall together," he declared.
