Taiwan president denies embezzlement, pledges to resign if first lady convicted
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian delivered a nationally-televised address Sunday denying allegations that he and first lady Wu Shu-chen have been embezzling money from state funds and pledging to resign if his wife is...
JURIST Guest Columnist David Harris of the University of Toledo College of Law says that despite calls from some quarters for more aggressive immigration control across the United States, local police want nothing to do with immigration enforcement, and they're...
Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday voted 172-116 to approve a controversial softwood lumber trade agreement between Canada and the US that would end a two-decades old trade dispute between the two countries by removing...
CIA officers seeking insurance to cover abuse allegations: WashPost
A large percentage of US Central Intelligence Agency counterterrorism officers have bought government-reimbursed private insurance plans that cover potential civil judgments and legal expenses associated with charges of criminal wrongdoing, according to Monday's Washington Post....
WTO appeals panel rules against US in softwood lumber dispute with Canada
The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled Tuesday that US tariffs on softwood lumber from Canada violate international trade rules. The appellate report reverses April's panel...
The US Court of International Trade ruled Friday that the US must abide by a North American Free Trade Agreement panel ruling that improper duties were levied on Canadian softwood lumber used in US...
Supreme Court upholds admissibility of evidence taken in unannounced home search
The US Supreme Court handed down four decisions Thursday, including Hudson v. Michigan where the Court held 5-4 that evidence collected under a search warrant is admissible even...
Bush pledges assistance to Rwanda for 1994 genocide investigations
President Bush Wednesday pledged to aid the Rwandan government in apprehending individuals involved in the 1994 genocide during a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the White House. Bush also offered...
The US Senate on Thursday approved two controversial amendments to the immigration reform bill on the status of English in the United States. The first amendment, proposed by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) ...
ECJ says patients must be reimbursed for necessary surgery abroad
In a decision that some observers have hailed as a victory for "health tourism", the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that domestic health service programs must pay for patients who go abroad to...
