WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate bill to tax bonuses at bailed-out insurance giant AIG will have to wait until after the two-week congressional recess, a committee chairman says.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- Former Democratic Party vice presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, Ind-Conn., may soon not be so welcome at party gatherings in Washington.

WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Amid all the polemics over the use of private military and security contractors by the U.S. government there are two words one rarely sees, but they lie at the very heart of the debate: "inherently governmental."

WASHINGTON, April 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department sought to expand the legal boundaries of harsh interrogation tactics against alleged terrorist suspects, a letter indicates.

WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- Letters from the U.S. Justice Department to Congress show the Bush administration is willing to allow intelligence agencies leeway on interrogation techniques.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate and House of Representatives plans differ on whether telephone companies should be given immunity for assisting government surveillance programs.

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming director of the CIA with the endorsement of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. The committee voted 12-3 for confirmation, The New York Times reported. The eight Republicans on

WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- A new bill in the Senate seeks to prohibit network operators from charging content providers extra for faster delivery of their content to consumers over the In

WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- The Senate Thursday voted overwhelmingly to confirm John Negroponte as the nation's first ever national director of intelligence.