A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted two US citizens charged with participating in paramilitary training in Georgia in anticipation of terrorist acts. The suspects, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ebsanul Islam Sadequeee, allegedly developed contacts...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure to seize land on Mount Soledad in San Diego to resolve a dispute over whether a 29-foot cross honoring Korean War veterans...
Pledge Protection Act of 2005 , passed by the US House of Representatives July 19, 2006 ....
Retail Industry Leaders v. Fielding et al., United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge Frederick Motz, July 19, 2006 [striking down Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act, aimed at forcing Wal-Mart to adequately support the health...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday threatened perpetrators of wanton violence against civilians in the current Middle East conflict with liability for war crimes. In a pointed statement directed...
Message from the President to the House of Representatives on H.R. 810, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005", George W. Bush, July 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported...
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block federal judges from ruling on the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance , which contains the controversial phrase "under God." The...
A federal district court judge in Maryland on Wednesday struck down Maryland's Fair Share Health Care Fund Act , aimed at forcing Wal-Mart to adequately support the health care needs of its employees. The law would have required...
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) to stay a previous order authorizing the FBI to review documents seized from Jefferson's congressional offices . Jefferson argued that...
President Bush on Wednesday vetoed a bill to increase federal funding for embryonic stem cell research in what is the first presidential veto during his time in office. The US Senate passed the Stem...