They may not seem as weighty as Iraq or security, but saving family farms, putting rapists on trial and teaching kids science are issues making noise also in election campaigns across the United States.
The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.
A Senate committee rebelled against President George W. Bush on Thursday, passing a bill it said would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects and repair a U.S. image damaged by harsh treatment of detainees.
Senate GOP leaders facing rebellion in their own ranks against President Bush’s plan to interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects will call for a vote on the proposal as early as next week.
Abandoning months of defiant denials, Rep. Bob Ney intends to admit guilt in the congressional corruption probe spawned by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to Republican officials.