US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that it is not " decision" whether or not the Justice Department agrees to release the text of the order granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...

Former UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke criticized Britain's judges Thursday for rulings that he said undermined the war on terror. Clarke, who led the Home Office from December 2004 until May 2006, spoke before...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Thursday that the militant Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) can appeal the decision of the Council of the European Union in 2002 to include...

President Bush Wednesday urged Congress to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 , promoting genetic testing for disease by making genetic discrimination illegal. In a speech at the National Institutes of Health [official...

US Marine Cpl. Trent Thomas is expected to plead guilty during a Thursday court hearing to unpremeditated murder charges stemming from the alleged murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania ....

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he is concerned about the status of ongoing discussions between the UN and Lebanon on the proposed UN-supported international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former...

The "no-fly" terrorist watch list now used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is being redrafted and will likely be cut in half, according to testimony given by TSA Administrator Kip Hawley...

Retail Industry Leaders Association v. James D. Fielder, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, January 17, 2007 [ruling that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act requiring Wal-Mart...

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts the Maryland Fair Share Health Care Fund Act [text,...

Walter Forbes, former Chairman of Cendant Corp. , the huge New York-based company that owns Ramada, Howard Johnson, Avis, Coldwell Banker and Century 21, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in prison pursuant to a...