While Gen. Pervez Musharraf justified his emergency rule decree as helping him combat terrorism, it could end up weakening his ability and generating instability.
As record numbers of homeowners default on their mortgages, questionable practices among lenders are coming to light in bankruptcy courts across the nation.
Hillary Clinton had a rough debate last week—and an equally rough weekend of news analysis of her presidential campaign's official reaction to what her advisers characterized as the "piling on" of her male rivals in the battle for the Democratic nomination. (General theme: If Clinton can't take the heat, then get out of the kitchen—woman or not.)
AP - President Bush urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday to "restore democracy as quickly as possible," choosing mild disappointment over punishment or more pointed rhetoric to react to the declaration of emergency rule in anti-terror ally Pakistan.
AP - House Democrats threatened Monday to hold President Bush's key confidants in contempt of Congress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the Justice Department's purge of federal prosecutors last winter.
AP - A massive wave of mud and water swept through a village Monday and at least 16 people were feared buried, officials said, as rescuers elsewhere worked furiously to deliver aid to victims of devastating flooding in southern Mexico.
As many as 21,000 people who should not have been admitted to the United States were allowed in last year because of security lapses at legal border crossings, the Government Accountability Office has found.
The Air Force has grounded its F-15s, including those flying combat missions over Afghanistan, after a crash in Missouri last week in which the plane broke apart in flight, officials said Monday. Navy F/A-18s will be used to fill mission gaps.
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