Share Washington – Citing newly obtained evidence, senior White Houseofficials said Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the failedTimes Square bombing. The attempt marks the first time the group has been able to launch an attack on U.S. soil. And while U.S. officials have downplayed the threat — citing the bomb’s lack of sophistication — the incident [...]
Share New York — The Times Square car bomb suspect sensed authorities were closing in on him in the hours leading up to his arrest, law enforcement sources told CNN on Wednesday. “I was expecting you. Are you NYPD or FBI?” Faisal Shahzad asked a law enforcement official when he was seized on a plane [...]
Share New York — A U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, where he had a wife, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said. Sphere: Related Content
Share New York — A T-shirt vendor who noticed smoke coming out of a dark green sport utility vehicle alerted police to what turned out to be a potential bomb placed in the city’s iconic Times Square — teeming with tourists and theater-goers on a balmy spring evening. Sphere: Related Content
Share Phoenix, AZ — Arizona lawmakers approved a sweeping immigration bill Monday intended to ramp up law enforcement efforts even as critics complained it could lead to racial profiling and other abuse. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington — After the attempted bombing of an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight on Christmas Day, U.S. officials decided that passengers from or traveling through 14 specified countries would be subjected to secondary searches. Critics have since called the measures discriminatory and overly burdensome, and the administration has faced pressure to refine its approach. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. Sphere: Related Content
Share KARACHI, Pakistan – The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday, the same day Adam Gadahn appeared in a video urging U.S. Muslims to attack their own country. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-oriented Republican whose 2008 presidential run provided kindling for the Tea Party movement, suddenly finds himself dealing with the blowback: a handful of Tea Party-inspired candidates are seeking to dislodge him in Tuesday’s Texas Republican primary. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – Attorney General Eric Holder forcefully defended the criminal justice system as a venue to try terrorists on Monday Sphere: Related Content
Share MARJAH, Afghanistan – U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers advanced through poppy fields of Marjah on Saturday Sphere: Related Content
Share Austin, TX. – An Austin, Texas, resident with an apparent grudge against the Internal Revenue Service set his house on fire Thursday Sphere: Related Content
Share Islamabad, Pakistan – Another leader of the Afghan Taliban has been captured by authorities in Pakistan working in partnership with U.S. intelligence officials. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – President Barack Obama vigorously defended his $787 billion stimulus on Wednesday Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – To the list of instructions you hear at airport checkpoints, add this: “Put your palms forward, please.” Sphere: Related Content
Share Karachi, Pakistan – The seizure of the Afghan Taliban’s top military leader in Pakistan represents a turning point in the U.S.-led war against the militants, U.S. officials and analysts said. Sphere: Related Content
Share Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday Iran is sliding into a military dictatorship Sphere: Related Content
Share Marjah, Afghanistan – Taliban fighters stepped up counterattacks Monday against Marines and Afghan soldiers Sphere: Related Content
