President Bush on Tuesday announced the nomination of retired Lt. Gen. James Peake to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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In tiny Bishop, California, five hours north of Los Angeles, Rep. Buck McKeon, R-California, wants to build a museum honoring the mule.
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No immunity deal was offered to Blackwater USA guards for their statements regarding a shootout in Iraq last month that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, a senior State Department official told CNN Tuesday.
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A key witness in an Alaska political-corruption scandal claimed Monday he was the target of a blackmail plot over his efforts to renovate... Read more… |
On the heels of two political embarrassments, 12 candidates are fighting for six positions in what some of them call the most heated election... Read more… |
A bill in Congress to strengthen the Consumer Product Safety Commission won't include a provision to override a state law banning the use... Read more… |
Seattle voters will decide Nov. 6 on amendments to the city charter, regulating when the mayor gives an annual address to the City Council... Read more… |
Councils in England are to be given powers to pilot controversial "pay-as-you-throw" charges. Read more… |
The government has abandoned plans to have local authorities redistribute 5% of school budget surpluses. Read more… |
Work restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians are to remain in force until at least the end of 2008. Read more… |
Convicted drink drivers could get breathalysers in their cars in a range of new road laws to be brought in. Read more… |
Peter Hain apologises after ministers admit 300,000 more immigrants were working in the UK than first thought. Read more… |
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn promises a tougher, more effective and transparent bill to help tackle climate change. Read more… |
The government dismisses concern that the first minister misused civil service resources for party ends. Read more… |
He may be down in national polls, but Mitt Romney is on a roll in the two states that kick off presidential voting.
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The man who oversaw public affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it held a fake news conference last week will no longer be taking over as head of public relations for the director of national intelligence.
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Coming out of the August primary, Venus Velázquez looked like the front-runner to succeed Peter Steinbrueck on the Seattle City Council... Read more… |
In a rare appearance Sunday on an interview program that usually features presidential candidates, senators and Cabinet secretaries, first... Read more… |
A republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he might consider opposing Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general... Read more… |
A UK minister says Britain and Saudi Arabia are working to tackle terrorism, despite criticism from King Abdullah. Read more… |
David Cameron says a long term population plan is needed if a Conservative government is to "deliver its vision". Read more… |
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has adopted a second child from the US, his office announces. Read more… |
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