A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Tuesday warned that corporate directors may face US government regulation of executive pay unless they control soaring salaries and payoffs. Judge William Chandler , who ruled in...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced Tuesday that he plans to send his top legal advisers to address state governments' concerns about the constitutionality of that country's proposed anti-terror law . Several...

A Texas court has appointed a retired district court judge to hear a motion filed by attorneys for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) , arguing that the initial judge assigned to DeLay's case, Judge Bob Perkins...

Syrian ambassador to the UN Fayssal Mekdad Tuesday angrily refuted the UN-commissioned Mehlis report , which found that the Syrian government was involved in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Speaking...

Conservative activist groups are stepping up their opposition to US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , launching two new websites Monday and also planning radio and television advertising aimed at forcing the withdrawal of the nomination. The...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has lifted a ban on firearms in emergency housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , officials announced Monday. FEMA spokesperson Butch Kinery said the complaints from...

The full US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has declined to reconsider a decision requiring the Federal Election Commission to write new rules implementing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act...

A federal district court judge in Washington, DC has again ruled that the US Department of the Interior must disconnect computers from the Internet that have access to data related to trust accounts it administers for American...

A New Hampshire commission on same-sex marriage voted Monday to recommend that the state legislature not allow same-sex couples to marry, not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, and not establish a domestic partner registry. The commission, established...

American shareholders of Russian oil company Yukos have filed a civil lawsuit against the Russian government and several Russian oil companies for allegedly conspiring to renationalize Yukos without compensating its owners, the Financial News...