My Blog My WordPress Blog

WASHINGTON – A former treasurer apparently stole at least $725,000 from the committee that runs House Republican campaigns, investigators for the group said Thursday. An internal probe alleged that the former treasurer, Christopher Ward, used his authority to order wire transfers to siphon money meant for the National Republican Campaign …

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court is comparing a military decision at Guantanamo Bay to a nonsensical 19th-century poem by Lewis Carroll. In the first court ruling to analyze a decision to hold a detainee as an enemy combatant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit …

BAGHDAD – Recently discovered rockets ready to be fired exploded before they could be defused on Tuesday, killing at least 15 policemen and wounding 27, according to police and hospital officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The blast occurred after …