Nine senior staff members of the Iraqi Special Tribunal , each former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party , were dismissed on Tuesday, apparently at the instance of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and former Iraqi exile leader and Pentagon favorite Ahmad Chalabi , currently in charge of the Iraqi government's "de-Baathification" program. The dismissals are [...]

Former Philadelphia City Treasurer Corey Kemp was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for corruption. Kemp was convicted in May 2005 on 20 counts of accepting kickbacks during his time in office that included gifts, favors and cash after phone conversations recorded by the FBI showed that Kemp and Democratic fundraiser Ronald A. White [...]

Interest groups from across the political spectrum are weighing in with their reactions to the White House nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to the US Supreme Court . Conservative groups have largely welcomed the announcement. C. Boyden Gray, chairman of the Committee for Justice which promotes constitutionalist judicial nominees, said in a statement Tuesday [...]

President Bush's Tuesday evening nomination of conservative federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts to the US Supreme Court has predictably drawn praise from Republicans and calls for caution from Democrats, who vow to examine Robert's record carefully during the confirmation process. In preparation for the confirmation hearings, which will likely begin in late August [...]

Nomination of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr., US DC Circuit Court of Appeals, to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, July 19, 2005. Excerpt: I'm honored to announce that I am nominating him to serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. John Roberts currently serves [...]

At a brief East Room ceremony, President Bush has formally announced his nomination of US DC Circuit Court of Appeals judge John Roberts to be an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court . Calling him one of the "most distinguished and talented attorneys in America", the President said Roberts was admired for his intellect, [...]

Wire services are reporting that President Bush will nominate federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts for the US Supreme Court seat opened by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, according to Washington sources. Roberts, a former law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, currently sits on the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals, [...]

US Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bill Tuesday which could force millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States to leave. The proposed bill includes the adoption of a machine-readable Social Security card system for all US workers to keep illegal aliens from obtaining jobs, tough fines for [...]

The Senate Tuesday delayed a floor debate on the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 which proposes giving native Hawaiians self-governance privileges . The Akaka bill is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka , both from Hawaii, who said the Republican majority had committed to sending the bill for a vote [...]

An Egyptian Interior Ministry report has concluded that there are no links between detained chemist Magdi al-Nashar and the al-Qaeda suspects responsible for the bombings in London. Nashar was arrested in Cairo last week as part of an investigation into the bombings when information surfaced that he assisted in renting a London flat where traces [...]