"What are we going to do for the next four years to protect the interest of America and our allies and restructure a new order in the world. ... That's what America needs to hear from these two candidates. And that's where I am."
The U.S. government Thursday announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations, 1.85 million, for a collapse that killed six miners in Utah last year.
Lawyers for the Bush administration told the CIA in 2002 that its officers could legally use waterboarding and other harsh measures while interrogating al-Qaeda suspects.
Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday.
The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job.Among other things, the extra money would be
Voters in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin were surveyed -- in all four states, the pollsters found, Barack Obama's numbers have slipped relative to John McCain's since June.
In the realm of better late than never, to be fair Paul Krugman spend months reviewing the health care plans of all the candidates, the New York Times has now taken the time to scrutinize Obama's health care proposals.
