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The Defense Department said that a ruling against military tribunals did not prevent the government from holding suspects indefinitely and without charge.
For several years, the Supreme Court has signaled that it is troubled by the amount of partisan, political maneuvering surrounding the congressional redistricting process. But in its latest voting rights case, the court upheld most of a controversial Texas redistricting plan, in a ruling that handed a major victory to the Republican Party and may lead to more bitter redistricting fights in the future.
After a stumbling finish in 2005, the U.S. economy bounced back strongly in the first quarter of this year, expanding at a rapid 5.6 percent pace. That's the fastest quarterly growth in more than two years for the nation's gross domestic product.
AP - Osama bin Laden defended attacks by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi against civilians in Iraq, purportedly saying in a taped Web message Friday that the slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader was acting under orders to kill anyone who backs American forces.
AP - Israeli warplanes struck the Palestinian Interior Ministry early Friday, setting it ablaze as Arab leaders tried to forge a deal that would halt the Israeli offensive and free a 19-year-old soldier held by gunmen allied with the ruling Islamic Hamas.
AP - The Supreme Court rebuked President Bush and his anti-terror policies Thursday, ruling that his plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
An audiotape purportedly of Osama bin Laden mourns the death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whom the al Qaeda leader calls "one of our greatest knights." The voice on the tape also taunts President Bush and warns him that al-Zarqawi's cause will not die with him but will be passed "from one lion to another in Islam."
Israeli artillery and airstrikes pounded Gaza and troops rounded up dozens of Palestinian officials Thursday. Airstrikes early Friday hit the Palestinian Interior Ministry and the offices of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party. On Thursday, more than 400 artillery shells were fired into northern Gaza in an attempt to end the firing of Palestinian rockets into Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Star Jones Reynolds says she decided to make a surprise announcement that she was leaving "The View" because she wanted to tell the truth about her departure.
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