1100+ people create “Impeach!” on a CA Beach…

By Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor From the day it became law 34 years ago, the federal Endangered Species Act has been politically hot – a flash point of contention between defenders of nature and advocates of economic progress. Now, the ESA is embroiled in new controversy. Two different government entities are investigating decisions by…

By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t While Dick Cheney has been talking tough over the years about Iran’s alleged nuclear activities, the vice president has been quietly pursuing nuclear ambitions of his own. For more than two years, Cheney and a relatively unknown administration official, Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell,…

By Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein, Washington Post The Justice Department has launched an internal investigation into whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales’s former White House liaison illegally took party affiliation into account in hiring career federal prosecutors, officials said yesterday. The allegations against Monica M. Goodling represent a potential violation of federal law and…

Reuters President Bush lacks the power to detain an immigrant as an enemy combatant without charge, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The case involves a Qatari national and suspected al-Qaida operative who is the only person being held in the United States as an “enemy combatant.” In a major setback for the administration, the…