MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The electrocution of a 19th American at a U.S. base in Iraq prompted an investigation by the Defense Department inspector general, a government report said.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Some members of Congress are pressuring the White House to work harder to rally flagging public support for the war in Afghanistan, observers say.

SCRANTON, Pa., May 2 (UPI) -- The Rev. Joseph F. Martino, bishop of the diocese of Scranton, Pa., says U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is not doing enough to oppose abortion rights.

WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- Heavy-hitters in the Democratic Party are taking their best shot to convince Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., to return to the fold, the state's top official says.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Federal investigators remained tight-lipped Sunday about what was behind the searches carried out last week at Windber, Pa.-based defense contractors Kuchera Defense Systems and Kuchera Industries.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- FBI agents Thursday raided the Pennsylvania offices of a defense contractor that has received millions of dollars in contracts through Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.

DETROIT, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Reducing labor costs for U.S. automakers to match foreign rivals would bring production costs per car down $800, an independent analyst said.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A bill before the U.S. Senate demands congressional authorization of the U.S.-Iraqi security arrangement and calls for a short-term temporary solution.

WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- It was an ultimatum of sorts by a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee to Pakistan's new civilian government: Either the government gets serious about flushing out al-Qaida and Taliban fighters from their safe havens in Pakistan's tribal border areas, or aid to Pakistan's military will have to be reassessed.