Private audit of Freedom of Information requests​ of federal government files show mixed results​ among 90 government agencies since​ president's 20...

SALVADOR, Brazil (Reuters) - Clapping her hands​ and nodding her head, U.S. Secretary of State​ Condoleezza Rice on Friday heard Afro-Brazilians​ sing of...

Marsha Cunningham was no drug dealer. But when​ authorities busted her boyfriend in the 1990s for​ selling crack and powdered cocaine, they also​ arreste...

Congress on Tuesday gave two more weeks of life to​ a law that allows the government more freedom to​ eavesdrop on suspected terrorists inside the​ Unite...

The House on Tuesday gave two more weeks of life​ to a law that allows the government more freedom​ to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists inside the​ Unit...

US President Bush is expected to press for more​ democracy in the Middle East as he visits the​ United Arab Emirates.

For years, President Bush has eagerly waved a flag​ for democracy in the Mideast from afar. This week,​ he steps gingerly into the troubled region​ where...

Scot Kenny Richey is given his freedom by a US​ court after spending 20 years on death row.

First lady uses International Human Rights Day to​ point out denial of rights for population of​ nation known as Burma before military junta 20​ years ag...