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Students tell Bush to stop torture
Fifty high school seniors in the Presidential Scholars program presented President Bush with a letter on Monday calling for an end to 'violations of the human rights' of terrorism suspects held by the United States.
Holder tells Congress of four Americans killed in drone attacks
The U.S. has killed four American citizens in drone attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers in a letter made public Wednesday.
Wal-Mart hires Hill & Knowlton executive
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.
Muckrakers mistaken in Watergate overreach
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Taking the Fifth: A congressional tradition
Congress often gets frustrated when witnesses invoke their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination under the U.S. Constitution -- and both groups have had plenty of experience with it.
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing Summoned by Congress a...
's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
Keynote Address at YU Commencement to Focus on Aliyah
Rabbi Joshua Fass, a Yeshiva University alumnus and executive director of Nefesh B'Nefesh, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at YU's 82nd Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 30, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ.
The big chill: AP, the IRS and free speech
Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.
Phyllis Schlafly: Gang of Eight Betrays Americans
The Gang of Eight immigration bill can be summed up as amnesty now, border closing never.
What's the appropriate level of White House involvement with IG findings?
White House press secretary Jay Carney said previously that the executive's office was unaware of the audit findings until media reports revealed them on May 10.
Duwamish Fight For Federal Status Inches Forward
Seattle's native people, the Duwamish, will learn today about their next step in a decades-old legal battle.
Analysis: After the Oklahoma Tornado, Obama Needs to Make FEMA Work
In the wake of the tornado which cut through Moore, Okla., on Monday, it's worth remembering, for a moment, how wrong things went after Hurricane Andrew.
'Incredibly Bad Idea': Irs Chief Regrets Using Planted Scandal Question
The outgoing IRS commissioner expressed regret Tuesday for a decision to use a planted question to go public with the agency's practice of targeting conservative groups, calling the move "an incredibly bad idea." Steven Miller, appearing on the Hill for a second hearing in two weeks on the scandal, acknowledged that the agency was trying to get ... (more)
After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.
On Using Parents of Murdered Children
The president appeared at many rallies on behalf of additional gun control laws with parents of children murdered at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
The hoopla over the new George W. Bush Library in Dallas, as well as some gauzy looks back penned by former aides, shows we are in the middle of "The Great Bush Revisionism." The former president is being lauded and congratulated .
Doyle McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity.
Newsnight jumps the shark hunt: 99% of Clark County, Ohio, viewers polled say Ian Katz must go
THE new editor of Newsnight , the BBC news show that spiked the Jimmy Savile expose , is the Guardian's Ian Katz.
Rove Says His Super PAC Is Same as NAACP Because It's for 'Social Welfare'
Republican strategist Karl Rove says that Crossroads GPS, which is a part the American Crossroads super PAC that he founded, is a legitimate tax-exempt organization because it promotes "social welfare" like the NAACP.
More Scrutiny Ahead for the IRS
Think the Internal Revenue Service scandal will fade away in time for summer? That may be wishful thinking on the part of the White House and congressional Democrats, who are poised to endure another week of congressional hearings in both the House and Senate.