Politics

Nation

Senate Abandons Immigration Bill

June 8, 2007 · The measure is dealt a likely fatal blow when senators vote to move on to new business. While it could still be reconsidered, even the bill's supporters suggest the legislation is dead.

World

U.S. Backs Musharraf Reforms

June 8, 2007 · Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is under intense pressure for suspending the nation's chief justice and skirting the constitution. But the U.S. has continued to back Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup.

Bipartisan Immigration Bill Stalls in Senate

June 7, 2007 · The sweeping bill aimed at revamping the country's immigration laws has apparently stalled in the Senate, where lawmakers have refused to limit debate on the compromise bill that was reached by a bipartisan group of senators and the White House.

Analysis

A Quota System for Immigration Won't Work

June 7, 2007 · Like many economists, professor Russell Roberts believes in free markets and capitalism. He doesn't believe in quota systems, and he's not a big fan of the immigration bill that's working its way through Congress. To him, it looks suspiciously like a micro-managed quota system in disguise.

World

Putin Offers to Base U.S. Missile Shield in Azerbaijan

June 7, 2007 · Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a surprise offer during a meeting with President Bush in Germany: base a U.S. missile shield in Azerbaijan instead of Eastern Europe.

Immigration Bill Stalls in Senate Vote

June 7, 2007 · A Senate vote to limit debate on the immigration compromise and move it toward passage fails, leaving the measure's future in doubt.

Legal Affairs

CIA, Italian Intel Kidnapping Trial to Start in Italy

June 7, 2007 · The trial of several CIA and Italian intelligence officers is set to begin Friday in Italy. Prosecutors say the officers kidnapped an Islamic cleric in Milan and transported him to Egypt, where he said he was tortured. This is the first trial associated with the CIA's policy of "extraordinary rendition." All 26 American defendants will be tried in absentia.

Cheney Blocks DOJ Official's Promotion: Document

June 7, 2007 · Documents relating to the late-night hospital room standoff between the Justice Department and the White House over the domestic spying program suggest that Vice President Dick Cheney punished a DOJ official who stood in the way of the reauthorization of the controversial program.

Interviews

Graham: Iraq Report Prompted 'No' Vote on War

June 6, 2007 · The war in Iraq has been the focus of Democratic and Republican presidential debates, as the candidates were asked what they knew in 2003. Former Sen. Bob Graham, who was chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said a U.S. intelligence report moved him to vote against the invasion.

Election 2008

Conservative Crowd Critiques GOP Performances

June 6, 2007 · While watching Tuesday night's Republican debate in New Hampshire, a group of current and retired executives heard a lot of things they liked and a few things they did not like from their party's presidential field.

Candidates, Congress Grapple With Immigration

June 6, 2007 · In Congress and on the campaign trail, debate over immigration has become a drawn-out bickering match. Historically, Democrats have supported immigrants' rights more than Republicans. But these days, controversial immigration legislation in Congress has thrown both parties off balance.

Legal Affairs

Cases Thrown Out, Congress Considers Tribunals

June 6, 2007 · Congress is taking a second look at guidelines hastily enacted last year for trying detainees in places such as the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This week, military judges threw out two cases that were brought to trial under the so-called Military Commissions Act.