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 Ashcroft: 'Not hard' to reject interrogation memosFormer Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday disavowed the now-defunct legal reasoning used to justify harshly questioning terrorism suspects, but dug in his heels to defend White House officials who pressured him while he was hospitalized four years ago to approve terror surveillance programs.
Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records
President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney and other records related to the administration's leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003.  Rove defends defiance of congressional subpoenaFormer White House adviser Karl Rove on Monday defended his defiance of a congressional subpoena, saying he's offered lawmakers other ways to question him about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department.
Amy Kjose: No additional earmarks for rich trial lawyers
W hen Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., sponsored a $1 million earmark for the Thomas Daschle Center for Public Services in Daschle’s home state of South Dakota, the public was outraged. The federal government and many state legislatures have passed popular budget transparency legislation because of such abuse of the power of the purse.
4 vie for spot on Michigan appeals court
Four candidates hope to seize the moment by winning a spot on the Michigan Court of Appeals without the formidable obstacle of having to topple an incumbent.
Waxman threatens Mukasey with contempt over leak
A House panel threatened Tuesday to cite Attorney General Michael Mukasey with contempt of Congress unless he produces documents from an FBI interview with Vice President Dick Cheney regarding the leak of a CIA agent's identity.
Watchdog group files ethics charge against Coleman
A watchdog group asked the Senate ethics investigators on Tuesday to look into whether Sen. Norm Coleman's living arrangement on Capitol Hill violates the rules.
Watchdog group files ethics charge against Coleman
A Washington watchdog group asked the Senate Ethics Committee Tuesday to investigate whether Sen. Norm Coleman's Capitol Hill living arrangement violates the Senate gifts rule.  Cheney aide Addington says he didn't write memosVice President Dick Cheney's top adviser on Thursday refused to claim any responsibility for the adoption of harsh interrogation methods following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks during a combative exchange with congressional Democrats.
House votes to expand disabilities law
People who take medicine to control epilepsy, diabetes or cancer or use prosthetic limbs or hearing aids could use the Americans With Disabilities Act to fight workplace discrimination under legislation the House passed Wednesday. |
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