Capitol Hill sources indicate some Senate Democrats will attempt to delay the vote on the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state. The Senate reconvenes Thursday at 3 PM ET to debate the nomination. Aides...

California officials lied to the US Supreme Court about racial segregation in the state's prisons, according to state prison guards and inmates quoted in the Wednesday edition of the Riverside Press-Enterprise. According to the newspaper, one correctional...

President Bush said achieving freedom throughout the world was "the urgent requirement of our nation's security, and the calling of our time," after he took the oath of office just before 12 Noon ET Thursday. The swearing in was...

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in as the new Ukrainian president at noon on Sunday. The Ukrainian Parliament voted to approve a Sunday ceremony after the country's Supreme Court rejected...

A UK government spokesman announced Thursday that the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi civilians has been "halted" at the request of the defense. The soldiers, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ,...

Pre-trial motions in a lawsuit brought by Washington Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi contesting the 129-vote victory of Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire in a hand recount begin Thursday. The case, which gets under way in...

Chief Justice William Rehnquist will swear in President Bush for his second term at Noon Thursday during the 55th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony . Rehnquist, battling thyroid cancer since October, has missed Supreme Court sessions for the...

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, potential jurors for the trial of former WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard Ebbers were questioned today about any financial ties to the company and their knowledge of the case. Ebbers faces...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. announced the company will replace its chairman and chief executive with Stephen Cooper, a restructuring expert who most recently conducted Enron's turnaround. The company's...

Human Rights Watch has released its 2005 human rights report surveying human rights developments in more than 60 countries in 2004. The report says that worldwide system for protecting human rights was significantly weakened in...