WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. senators from both parties peppered U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey with questions Wednesday about waterboarding and intelligence-gathering.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance comes from the Constitution, a partisan congressional report says.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has agreed to testify before the Senate about a controversial wiretap program but limited the questions to legal issues.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- I always wonder how certain edits get made on TV programs and others do not. In preparation for the season premiere of The West Wing on NBC, now the winner of e

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks. This is the first of three wrap-ups for May 6. Contents: unconstitutional filibusters; faults wi

HIGHLANDS, N.C., March 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate is conducting an episodic filibuster against the nomination of Miguel Estrada to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge. But the Senate is not voting, on

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think ta

WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- The University of California at San Diego administration colluded with a Mexican-American student militant who threatened violence against the campus magazine's staffers in a failed bid to punish a disfavored publication, a series of e-mail messages revea