Bush Prods Congress on Eavesdropping Law
Salon - Jan 31st, 2008 | LAS VEGAS — Sternly prodding Congress, President Bush said Thursday that lawmakers are jeopardizing the nation’s safety by failing to lock in a government eavesdropping law. The president said he would sign what Congress has given

Top al-Qaida figure killed in Pakistan
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Abu Obaidah al-Masri, the al-Qaida chief responsible for attacks on U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan; and Abdul Rehman al-Maghribi, a Moroccan and relative of al-Zawahri, possibly his son-in-law. Some of the officials also said a fourth man, Khalid

Caught Up in the ID Law Dispute
US News and World Report - President Bush’s nomination of Hans von Spakovsky to serve on the Federal Election Commission has put the controversy over state voter identification laws in the spotlight. Von Spakovsky was the voting counsel in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights

Apartments going empty as hiring law hits migrants
AZCentral.com - Arizona’s employer-sanctions law is driving illegal immigrants to leave the state, as intended. The departures were first felt at stores and businesses that cater to such immigrants. Sales suddenly dropped. Now, apartment complexes, especially those

New law could tackle fuel fraud
Belfast Telegraph - Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward wants to create a new criminal offence of “fuel laundering” - in a bid to tackle the shockingly low conviction rates for smugglers. He revealed that he has ordered officials to investigate “increasing the