The son of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri , Saad al-Hariri, has praised the findings of a UN investigation into the February 4 assassination of the former leader and 20 other people in Beirut [JURIST news...
New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller sent an e-mail to staff members Friday, expressing regrets about his handling of Times reporter Judith Miller and her role in the CIA operative leak case [JURIST...
President Bush announced his nomination of Paul J. McNulty to serve as US Deputy Attorney General Friday. McNulty has served as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia since...
The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) released updated voter turnout statistics for the October 15 Iraqi constitutional referendum Friday, reporting a 63 percent turnout among the country's 15.5 million registered voters. The referendum...
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a temporary stay late Friday blocking a lower federal court order allowing prison officials in Missouri to transport a pregnant inmate to a medical facility for an abortion. A...
White House Deputy Chief of Staff and top advisor Karl Rove testified for a fourth and final time Friday before a grand jury investigating the leak of the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame [Wikipedia...
The White House announced Friday that it will bring in former Texas Supreme Court justices to highlight the qualifications of Texas native and US Supreme Court associate justice nominee Harriet Miers ....
The White House issued a brief statement Friday withdrawing the nomination of corporate attorney Timothy Flanigan to be US Deputy Attorney General. Flanigan forwarded a letter to President Bush Friday requesting that the nomination be recalled, citing concerns...
Attorneys for Tom DeLay, (R-TX) have filed a motion to dismiss grand jury indictments against the former House majority leader. DeLay's legal team alleges that Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle and his staff engaged...
The General Counsel of the US Government Accountability Office issued a scathing opinion letter Friday criticizing the Bush administration's use of news media and commentators to promote education policies like the No Child Left Behind...