Anti-U.S. militia returns to Baghdad
Many Iraqis in areas where anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army once held sway say young men who had worn the militia’s signature black shirts have returned ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, albeit in smaller numbers and a low profile.
Many Sunnis in flashpoint neighborhoods say they are lying low or temporarily moving to safer areas [...]
Rare Death Penalty
Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist alleged to have killed 13 people at the massive Army installation in Texas last week, might [...]
Illinois Senate OKs Caps on Political Donations
The Illinois Senate signed off Friday on a compromise that would establish the state’s first limits on campaign donations, sending it to the governor despite Republican complaints that the bill concentrates power in the hands of a few political insiders.
The bill would cap the amount of money that people, interest groups and political committees can [...]