Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The FBI has moved to fire a veteran agent who alleged that the bureau had mishandled domestic investigations of the Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, the Palestinian group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

For many years -- and especially since President Ronald Reagan famously called his secretary of housing and urban development "Mr. Mayor" -- Cabinet members in the "lower tier" have often fretted about getting the attention they deserve.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The Internal Revenue Service's employee tuition assistance program has spent more than 60 percent of its funds -- or $4.4 million in two years -- on administrative costs, employing the equivalent of 30 full-time workers while turning away hundreds of employees for lack of funds, an inspector general audit has found.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

Confronting medical costs that have doubled in four years, military officials and congressional leaders said yesterday that the Pentagon needs to rethink the generous coverage it provides or risk making sacrifices in other areas of the Defense Department budget.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The nation's largest teacher's union joins school districts in Michigan, Texas, and Vermont in filing a federal lawsuit charging that the Department of Education has failed to provide adequate funding for the No Child Left Behind initiative.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

Taiwan's relationships with its Washington lobbyists are sometimes as complicated and tortuous as its relationship with the U.S. government.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, a veteran of terrorism and organized crime prosecutions, will leave his post this fall.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

American Muslims detained at the border as they returned from a religious conference in Toronto sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday alleging they were targets of ethnic and religious profiling.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The Office of Management and Budget has not done enough to oversee $22 billion worth of critical federal information technology projects that it previously flagged as deficient, according to a government report set for release today.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

Fannie Mae interim chief executive Daniel H. Mudd apologized to Congress yesterday for the company's massive accounting failures, as key government officials prepared to press their case today for stricter regulation of the company and its smaller rival, Freddie Mac.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

Party divisions over whether to allow Americans to import lower-priced medications from such countries as Canada exploded in an unusually public and personal exchange between two New England lawmakers.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The federal government should create a corps of AIDS specialists and deploy them in the hard-hit countries targeted by the Bush administration's five-year, $15-billion global AIDS program, according to a panel of experts.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The proposed acquisitions of AT&T Corp. by SBC Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. by Verizon Communications Inc. raise questions about how smaller players will be able to compete, critics told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights.-The Washington Post

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The Transportation Security Administration has failed to stop excessive spending, raising concerns of "unethical and possibly illegal activities" by employees, according to a government report.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick went to Khartoum last week to prod the Sudanese government to stop the genocide in Darfur. But a top Sudanese government official apparently had his own diplomatic message about westerners getting mixed up in Sudan's affairs.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The first hearing of the Commission on Federal Election Reform held Monday made it clear that the 2004 election was not without problems.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The State Department announced that it will no longer publish statistics for international terrorism, a year after it was forced to correct its assertion that terrorist acts had declined in 2003 when in fact they were at their highest level in years.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

The prescription drug benefit available next year will cost senior citizens an average of $722 annually, but retirees with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease can expect to pay about double that amount and face gaps in their coverage, a new study finds.

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:20:28 GMT

NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin says the space shuttle may be launched even if it is not in full compliance with safety recommendations made in the aftermath of the Columbia disaster.