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President Bush has announced the new Department of Homeland Security. The one thing about this whole exercise that makes me feel positive about our war on Islamist terrorists is that the White House managed to plan the reorganization of a huge portion of the federal government without anyone finding out …

WASHINGTON – Moving on two fronts, Congress interviewed FBI whistle-blower Coleen Rowley on Wednesday about the events leading up to Sept. 11, and prepared for her public testimony before a Democratic-controlled Senate committee. The House and Senate intelligence committees met for a second day of closed-door hearings, without calling any …

Here’s why I didn’t get the Gary Condit interview … some of the questions I would have asked: — Congressman, Chandra Levy wanted you to leave your wife, was obsessed with marrying you, planned on having your baby, and wanted a confrontation about her relationship with you. You couldn’t take …

NEW YORK – Xerox Corp. is the latest in a line of U.S. companies accused of tricky accounting that has shaken to the bone trust in Corporate America. Following are some of the companies under investigation for allegations over accounting irregularities, bogus trading or misleading investors with biased stock picks. …

WASHINGTON – U.S. warplanes bombed three communications facilities at air defense sites in southern Iraq Wednesday after Iraqi gunners fired missiles and artillery at the American aircraft, officials said. “It looks like it’s a spike” in the long-running pattern of Iraqi challenges to the no-fly zones over northern and southern …

UNITED NATIONS – Additional U.S. military civil affairs troops will be sent to Afghanistan and will work with the first U.S.-trained Afghan soldiers to help improve security, the U.S. government’s coordinator for Afghanistan said Monday. The lack of security remains a concern a year after the United States launched a …

KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai has begun purging high-ranking officials and powerful security and intelligence chiefs across Afghanistan, accusing them of corruption, drug trafficking and abuse of power. The dismissals are intended as a clear warning to warlords to shape up, but enforcing the orders could be difficult for …

NEW YORK – The next time you have a Lincoln in your hands, take a real close look — he might be an imposter. Thanks to high-quality, low-cost laser and inkjet color printers, counterfeit bills are turning up all over the country, and not just in large denominations. “Technology has …

Advocacy research refers to studies and reports produced by people with a vested interest in reaching a foregone conclusion. Politically correct feminism is notorious for its advocacy research and for the shoddy methodology that often accompanies political bias. Theory is paraded as fact, anecdotal accounts as hard data. Those who …

The Republican victory in the battle for the U.S. Senate could produce dramatic payoffs for the Bush administration on a variety of vital issues, includinghomeland security, the federal budget and dozens of judicial appointments. And those changes could also come more quickly than many in the political establishment believed possible …