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Karzai criticized for seeking Taliban deal
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KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23 (UPI) -- Party leaders in Afghanistan say President Hamid Karzai is making a fatal mistake in pursuing a peace deal with Taliban insurgents that could lead to civil war.
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Pentagon pressured to cut budget
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WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department finds itself pressured to rein in its spending for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, officials said.
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Former Nev. Gov. Kenny Guinn dies in fall
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Kenny Guinn, who served as governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007, died Thursday after falling from the roof of his Las Vegas home, a spokesman said. He was 73.
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Closing arguments set in Blagojevich trial
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July 22--Jurors sitting through his corruption trial may already hear the name "Rod Blagojevich" in their sleep, but they're in for one more daylong flurry of argument over whether he conspired to use his job as Illinois governor to enrich himself.
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Obama: Vilsack 'jumped the gun'
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WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack "jumped the gun" in firing department official Shirley Sherrod for alleged racism.
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Vilsack wants Sherrod back at USDA
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WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he has apologized to a department official he fired and hopes she "considers staying with the department."
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White House opposes hazard insurance bill
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WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The White House is opposing a bill that would put the U.S. government in the business of windstorm insurance, saying it's best left to the private sector.
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GOP's Boehner: Ready to lead House
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WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The top House Republican says one of the first things he'll do if his party takes over that chamber is repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform.
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Chicago ex-publisher to be released from prison
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CHICAGO -- A federal judge agreed Wednesday to release former publishing magnate Conrad Black on a $2 million unsecured bond.
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More states adopting education standards
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WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he's "ecstatic" 27 states have adopted national education standards and a dozen more are expected to do so.
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Chicago Tribune John Kass column: For Dead Meat, silence is (bleeping) golden
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July 21--What is the sound of Dead Meat?
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Chief says repeal Canada's Indian Act
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WINNIPEG, Ontario, July 20 (UPI) -- The national chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday the Indian Act has hurt the country's aboriginal people and must be repealed.
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Manchin announces he will run for the US Senate: Concerns over legal challenge likely to keep Capito out of race
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July 20--Gov. Joe Manchin made it official Tuesday he's running for the U.S. Senate, but chances that Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will take him on appear to be diminishing.
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Judge to decide on Arizona immigration law
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PHOENIX, July 20 (UPI) -- A federal judge is to weigh evidence on whether to block Arizona's tough new immigration law Thursday, a week before the measure is to take effect.
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NAACP: 'Snookered' by Fox, Tea Party
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ATLANTA, July 20 (UPI) -- The head of the NAACP says "we were snookered" by Fox News Channel and a Tea Party activist in the case of a U.S. official who resigned amid charges of racism.
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