Incoming Senators visit Capitol Hill in Washington
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, speaks to the media after meeting with Democratic Senators-elect on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 17, 2008. From left are Jeanne Shaheen, NH, Jeff Merkley, OR, Tom Udall, NM, Reid, Mark Udall, CO, and Kay Hagan, NC. Obscured by Reid is Mark Warner, VA. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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The National Security Agency monitored overseas communication of U.S. critics of the Vietnam War including Martin Luther King, newly released documents show.
National Security Agency database searches of Americans' phone numbers broke privacy rules for three years, a secret court ruled in newly released documents.
The Obama administration quietly got a court to undo U.S. surveillance limits on the use of intercepted phone calls and emails, The Washington Post reported.
Despite public resistance the push to convert to a $1 coin from a $1 bill is returning in the United States, proponents of the measure said.
Americans should be worried their smartphone use, text messages and Web surfing as well as phone calls, can be logged by Washington, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden warns.
The head of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday it is necessary to monitor the U.S. communication systems because it's the same one terrorists use.
A rare left-right bloc of House members vowed after a narrow loss to redouble efforts to curb a national-security program that amasses Americans' phone records.
The body of U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 61-year-old brother James was found in the mountains of Wyoming's Wind River Range after a six-day search, authorities said.
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 61-year-old brother James has been missing since Wednesday after going on a solo hike in Wyoming, the senator's office said Monday.
Senators critical of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs are introducing legislation to curtail collection of data.
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