NASA inquiry changes pushed
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers increased their pressure yesterday on NASA's administrator for a more independent inquiry into the space shuttle disaster, saying the agency is too closely tied to the board...
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House Democrats urging changes in shuttle probe
WASHINGTON - A group of House Democrats called on President Bush yesterday to broaden NASA's inquiry into the loss of the Columbia space shuttle, voicing concerns that the agency's external...
Congress' probe to go beyond catastrophe
WASHINGTON - As investigators sort through the wreckage of the space shuttle Columbia, Congress is preparing a major re-evaluation of the space program's budget, its mission and its future course....
Politicians try to gauge fears as vote nears
WASHINGTON - Fear surrounding the sniper shootings is spreading across the country less than two weeks before Election Day, forcing political strategists to calculate the effect the killings are having...
House unanimously backs bill to improve gun-buyer screening
WASHINGTON - The sniper shootings have cast the politics of gun violence onto the national scene, sending Congress scrambling to address a fiercely partisan issue that has become a focus...