Report shows Bush administration lawyers showed poor judgment but will not face sanctions for professional misconductBush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects will not face sanctions for professional misconduct. A government ethics report initially concluded the two key authors of the so-called torture memos, [...]
Pakistan’s military trying to verify reports that Taliban leader, who had been targeted by drone attacks, has been killedPakistan’s military said today it was scrambling to confirm a report on state television that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, has been killed.The report said Mehsud, a target of CIA-directed drone attacks over the [...]
As long as we’re taking the measure of the country this week, let’s look in on the far fringes of the right wing.
The U.S. economy probably grew in the closing months of 2009 at the fastest pace in almost four years as factories cranked up assembly lines, economists said ahead of a government report today.
Cyber attacks against power plants and other vital infrastructure may be higher than previously believed A new study [ PDF ] that interviewed power plant operators and other “critical infrastructure” indicates more than 50 percent of all U.S. power …
More than five years after the District banned the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, the first definitive evidence emerged Friday that it hasn’t made the streets much safer. Ten days after a national study found that cellphones and t…
Extreme winter weather in the northern United States shows that climate change can have severe effects, even when it doesn’t warm things up, the National Wildlife Federation reported on Thursday.
College and university endowments suffered huge losses in the fiscal year that ended last June, a new report finds, but stronger investment returns in recent months point to a rebound.
This winter’s extreme weather is in fact a sign of how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, according to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama should be able to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay during his first term, despite missing his original deadline, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.