Bush Era

Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties

By Amy Goldstein and Dan Eggen, Washington Post The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise in recent years in selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, […]

Bush Era

Senate takes politically charged vote on Gonzales Monday

CNN Political Ticker The Senate will hold a politically-charged vote Monday related to a no-confidence resolution in the embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In a statement issued Friday, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, an author […]

Bush Era

CIA Agents Go on Trial in Italy Before Bush Visit

By Phil Stewart, Reuters Hours before President George W. Bush visits Italy, 26 U.S. citizens go on trial in absentia in Milan on Friday accused of carrying out one of Washington’s most controversial policies in […]