IRS: Charities Overstepping Into Politics

IRS exams found nearly three out of four churches, charities and other civic groups suspected of having violated restraints on political activity in the 2004 election actually did so, the agency said Friday.

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Libby Says Leaks Authorized, Papers Show

A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.

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White House Gives Details on Surveillance

After weeks of insisting it would not reveal details of its eavesdropping without warrants, the White House reversed course Wednesday and provided a House committee with highly classified information about the operation.

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Ex-President Carter: Eavesdropping Illegal

Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program Monday and said he believes the president has broken the law.

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Papers: Ford White House Weighed Wiretaps

The White House was eager to protect its ability to gather foreign intelligence. Congress was eager to rein in executive power. What sounds like a new debate over the president's ability to eavesdrop without warrants occurred 30 years ago.

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Fitzgerald Hints White House Records Lost

Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald is raising the possibility that records sought in the CIA leak investigation could be missing because of an e-mail archiving problem at the White House.

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This is a satire.

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OTTAWA -- Canada's electricity industry is concerned unilateral U.S. action to protect the North American power grid from an imminent cyber threat could upset the power supply in Canada.

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Using last week's swing through Asia as the backdrop to talk about numerous issues, President Obama in his weekly address this morning discussed nuclear arms, climate change, commerce, clean energy and democratic ideals, characterizing his diplomatic trip as intended to "open a n …

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SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's coming trip to Brazil is spurring criticism of the country in Washington, souring a budding U.S.-Brazilian relationship that appeared to promise a period of unprecedented cooperation in Latin America.

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The newest far-right craze is an anti-Obama slogan that is making its way onto t-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, and even teddy bears: "Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8," which reads, "Let his days be few; and let another take his office." The meme is also taking off on Twitter …

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In 1972, when Richard Nixon visited Beijing, his country was embroiled in a war in Vietnam, but its principal adversary was the Soviet Union; China was an economic pipsqueak and a military irrelevance. The U.S.

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Banks and who is the best!

Does anybobody have any idea, what is a good bank now, to transfer your savings and checking to. I, personally, need to get out of the bank I'm in now. They're starting that holding checks, letting checks go through before funds are available etc...

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SEOUL, South Korea — President Obama delivered a stern message on Thursday to North Korea and Iran that they risk further sanctions and isolation if they do not rein in their nuclear ambitions.

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President Barack Obama says the US and its allies are discussing "a package of potential steps" they could take if Iran snubs a uranium enrichment deal.

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Rep. Peter DeFazio called for the firing of President Barack Obama's top two economic aides on Wednesday for pursuing a recovery plan skewed too heavily towards Wall Street's favor.

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"Since the beginning of our republic, transportation and infrastructure have played a central role in advancing the American economy — from the canals of upstate New York to the railroads that linked the heartland to industrial centers and finally the interstate highway syste …

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Sarah Palin : Love her or Hate her but you can't ignore her.

Sarah Palin struck the American population like a stealth fighter on September 03/ 2008.

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Several times a year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea, on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats and private jet. And he is always let into the country.

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[Manila, Philippines] The results of a poll recently released by the US-based Gallup Organization say that some 700 million people worldwide would move to another country if they could.

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WASHINGTON — Rights advocates Monday accused the most pro-choice US government in decades of throwing women under the bus after lawmakers tagged on an amendment restricting abortion access and funding to the health care reform bill. "We had the most pro-choice candidate in  …

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WASHINGTON - The number of Americans who lacked reliable access to sufficient food shot up last year to its highest point since the government began surveying in 1995, the Agriculture Department reported on Monday.

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Here is a question: You, as a taxpayer, now own a stake in General Motors. 50 billion dollars of taxpayer money was invested in the company. Now, if the company decides it is in the best interest of their bottom line to invest some of that money overseas, would you be upset?

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Growing up in Crown Heights in the 1950's-60's was not only to be witness to the end of overt racial discrimination in New York City, but also to see the huge expansion of the black middle class. Black professionals had always lived in my neighborhood.

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Her memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life, has been a best-seller for weeks and it's not yet in bookstores. She can attract a crowd of thousands. Critics often blow her off as unimportant, not serious, or vacuous.

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"U.S. Sens.

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Define America and Her Purpose in the 21st Century and I'll Give You a Prize

I'll give you a cookie.

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The author shows recent relations between the Chinese and US Americans, and recommends steps for the United States of easing tension with China.

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"Imams preach jihad and extremism in 10 percent of the 2,000 mosques in the United States, the FBI estimates.

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