Protect our judges, Lefkow implores
As she took an early look at the Senate committee room where she would testify about judicial security, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow glanced toward a bank of television cameras...
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Errant plane puts Capitol in flight
Fleeing senators streamed from the Capitol while Vice President Dick Cheney was hustled out of the White House. First Lady Laura Bush and a visiting Nancy Reagan were taken to...
Bush, Gonzales push Democrats on jurist votes
The Bush administration raised the volume Monday on the contentious subject of judicial nominations, with President Bush and Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales forcefully urging Democrats to give nominees an up...
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The destinations can be alluring: Paris, Grand Cayman Island, Las Vegas and Jackson Hole, Wyo. The hotels can be the finest: The Greenbrier resort, the Ritz or Mandalay Bay. The...
Task force snares 10,000 fugitives
Local, state and federal law-enforcement officers announced Thursday they have arrested more than 10,000 fugitives across the nation, including about 200 in the Chicago area, in what the U.S. Marshals...
Free hand urged for tribunal
Seeking to shore up an erosion of its authority over prisoners rounded up in the war on terrorism, a lawyer for the government Thursday told a federal appeals court panel...
Search is fruitless for killer’s family
As top officials in Washington called for hearings on judicial security Monday, the body of the man tied to the Chicago killings of a federal judge's mother and husband sat...
`This family is shattered’
In preparing a eulogy for the murdered husband of a federal judge, Rev. Jacqueline Schmitt struggled more than she has in 25 years as an Episcopalian minister. How do you...
Time Warner to pay $510 million to settle federal probes
In one of the largest corporate penalties ever, Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that it is agreeing to settle two cases with the federal government for $510 million, hoping to...
Ashcroft, Evans resign
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, whose unapologetic support for broader surveillance and investigative powers after the Sept. 11 attacks drew bitter criticism from civil liberties groups, resigned Tuesday. Commerce Secretary Don...