Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden opposed a bill that would have cut down on the number of corporate bankruptcies filed in his home state of Delaware.
Former White House counsel Harriet Miers could be required to appear before the House Judiciary Committee as early as next month under a federal judge’s ruling yesterday.
In another signpost of stepped-up immigration enforcement, federal agents raided a Mississippi factory yesterday, detaining at least 350 workers who allegedly are in the country illegally.
Three people arrested in Colorado on drug and firearm charges may have been involved in a plot to kill Barack Obama during his acceptance speech on Thursday.
The parties in the subpoena standoff between Congress and two former White House officials have held two meetings in an effort to resolve their differences.
Despite rampant media speculation about Barack Obama’s chosen running mate, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has managed to keep the name of the candidate he has selected secret. He is…
A University of Pennsylvania law graduate who videotaped sexual encounters with teenage girls while working as a U.S. diplomat in Africa and South America has been sentenced to a maximum…
Former Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has donated charity campaign contributions to charity from trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and other associates involved in a plot to bribe a judge.
Four senior Democratic senators joined today with leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee in calling for further public review before new investigative guidelines planned by Attorney General Michael Mukasey become…
In a move that could serve as a model for other troubled banks and homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments, the FDIC announced a plan today to allow delinquent…
One potential vice presidential candidate failed the bar exam twice. Two others—one a Republican and the other a Democrat—are Harvard law grads like Barack Obama.
A federal judge says he will give government lawyers 10 days to explain why he should not hold the CIA in contempt of court for destroying interrogation videotapes of al-Qaida…
Asked to name their least favorite U.S. Supreme Court justices, Barack Obama first picked Justice Clarence Thomas while John McCain picked the court’s four liberals.
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