The decision to hold a civilian criminal trial in New York City for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators in planning the Sept. 11 attacks was the single biggest legal and political question that Attorney General Eric Holder has had to face, and it was preceded by four months of ...
The man who admits masterminding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be transferred along with four co-conspirators from the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to New York City for trial, a White House source said Friday. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other detainees will be tried in a civilian ...
Barack Obama arrived in Japan today on the first leg of his first trip to Asia as president, a delicate week-long diplomatic swing which will confront him with an array of pressing issues, from North Korea and nukes to climate change and the global economy. But few topics have as much potential to ...
Can a leaked cable change a war? That may have happened this week. On Wednesday, after President Obama held his eighth White House strategy session on Afghanistan and rejected all four options put before him (each calling for an increase of U.S. troops there), The Washington Post disclosed the ...
President Obama said Thursday he will convene a meeting of White House officials, chief executives, small business owners and union leaders to discuss ways to create jobs and spur economic growth. Speaking at the White House before leaving for a tour of Asia, the president touted the steps his ...
President Obama's standing in the key swing state of Ohio has turned sour by several measures, including his ratings on overall job performance and his handling of health care and the economy. Details are in the Ohio section of our latest round-up of Obama ratings in polls state-by-state. Other ...
Americans are almost evenly divided on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, which President Obama's generals have recommended, according to a Gallup poll conducted Nov. 5-8. ...
Speaking at a luncheon Wednesday in Midland, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said President Obama is "punishing" the Lone Star State and called for a new wave of "tea parties" to oppose his policies, Politico reports. "This is an administration hell-bent toward taking American towards a socialist country," ...
Americans are strongly opposed to the war in Afghanistan and sending more troops, and they have become more skeptical about progress being made there and the mission itself, according to two polls released today. ...
This could be interesting. Barack Obama, who has said his Christian faith is integral to his private life and public persona, arrives Friday in Japan on the initial leg of his first trip to Asia as president -- just as a top politician there has called Christianity "exclusive and self-righteous." ...

