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 – Not long ago, Scott Brown (R-Mass.) was elected to the United States Senate and a nation rejoiced 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 Washington — The Senate’s newest member broke ranks Monday with fellow Republicans to support a Democratic jobs bill in an important procedural vote. 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
Share Indianapolis, Ind. – Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, said Monday afternoon that he won’t seek a third term in the Senate — a major blow to Democrats worried about losses in the midterm elections. Sphere: Related Content
Share Kabul, Afghanistan — Twelve Afghan civilians died Sunday after U.S. rockets mistakenly hit a house Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – In a much-anticipated Sunday showdown between Vice President Joe Biden and his predecessor Dick Cheney, Biden has drawn first blood. Sphere: Related Content
Share Kabul, Afghanistan — For all the fighting that lies ahead over the next several days, no one doubts that the American and Afghan troops swarming into the Taliban redoubt of Marja will ultimately clear it of insurgents. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington — Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to limit and often derail Democrats’ initiatives, paralyzing the Senate and making it nearly impossible to accomplish even the most routine matters. Sphere: Related Content
Share Washington – The Obama administration on Friday invited 12 Democratic members of Congress and nine Republicans to a February 25 conference on healthcare and said it would post its proposal for a legislative overhaul online before the event. Sphere: Related Content
