by Frank James
A quick guided tour to some of the morning’s most important or interesting Washington-related stories.
The recently averted British car bombing plot, in which doctors and other health-care workers were alleged participants, has shaken the notion of who is a terrorist.
Federal food regulators lack the power to force the recall of foods that sicken consumers and even when recalls occur only a fraction of the tainted food is ever recovered.
Conservationists and preservationists fear a federal law gave federal regulators new power over the siting of power transmission lines threatens wildlife and historic enclaves. Democratic presidential candidates are increasingly airing a populist economic message on the campaign trail, signaling a break from the economic centrism of the Clinton years.
U.S. plans to give $750 million to Pakistan’s tribal areas over five years have raised concerns that the assistance could eventually wind up helping Islamic extremists and terrorists.
The new alliances between the U.S. military and Sunni groups that were part of the insurgency have created tensions between Sunnis and Shiite-dominated units of the Iraqi army and often placing U.S. forces in the role of intermediaries.
Local Taliban leaders in the lawless areas of northwestern Pakistan declared the end of a truce with the Pakistani government in the area which is a known safe haven for al Qaeda.
Presidential candidates are raising record amounts of cash but are also spending record amounts, putting some of the second and third-tier candidates near the point where they may be forced from the race.
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Pentagon officials ignored requests from U.S. commanders on the ground in Iraq for more bomb-resistant vehicles to better protect U.S. troops until well into the war, adding unnecessarily to the casualties, critics say.
The proliferation of free wireless Internet access has greatly increased the challenges for law enforcement officials attempting to chase down traffickers in child pornography.