Chicago's next US attorney faces urgent dilemma
Chicago's next U.S. attorney faces a dilemma sprung from the twin evils bedeviling America's third-largest city. Should he zero in on Illinois' deep ...
More anti-government protests occur in Bulgaria
Bulgaria's prime minister said Monday that Parliament's appointment of a media mogul as the nation's security chief was a mistake, but that his ...
Czech prime minister says he will resign
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announced Sunday that he will resign over a spy and bribery scandal involving his government. Necas said he also will ...
House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found ...
7 accused in high level Czech scandal
A multi-pronged scandal involving the prime minister's top aide, his estranged wife, military spy chiefs, former ruling party lawmakers and kilograms ...
Bank of England deputy governor to step down
The Bank of England says its deputy governor Paul Tucker will step down later this year after more than 30 years with the central bank. The bank says ...
Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham finishes prison term
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, whose feats as a Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S. House career that ended in disgrace when he ...
Egypt activist convicted for insulting president
An Egyptian activist was convicted of insulting the president and spreading false news and given a six-month suspended sentence on Monday, Egypt's ...
UK politicians caught in lobbying scandal
Three members of Britain's House of Lords were suspended by their parties Sunday after apparently being caught in newspaper stings agreeing to lobby ...
Report shows spike in reservation criminal cases
American Indian leaders who have criticized the federal government for years over the way authorities handled major crimes on reservations can mark ...
Christie has absolute confidence in Rutgers leader
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he has "absolute confidence" in the president of Rutgers University even as some lawmakers have ...
Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan ...
Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his ...
Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more
The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS. The official enmeshed in a probe of the tax agency is the latest on a ...
Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft
Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among ...
Georgian ex-PM detained on abuse of office charge
Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and ...
More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had ...
GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature
The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling ...
Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man
Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case ...
Gov't presses ahead on another leak case
In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a ...
Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe
The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups ...
IRS probe ignored most influential groups
There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately ...
Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil
Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the ...
SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash
Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic ...
Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse
President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed ...
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