A growing chorus of critics is demanding the creation of a special commission to "investigate" the Bush administration's alleged abuses of power, especially prosecution of the war on terrorism. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy called for a "truth commission," and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has introduced legislation to establish a National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties. ...more

February 23, 2009

Randy Nowak's own words will be the most important evidence in his trial on charges he tried to hire a hit man to kill an IRS officer, a federal prosecutor told jurors this morning. Nowak, 49, of Mulberry, is accused of hiring a man he knew as "Reaper" to kill an IRS revenue officer for a total of $20,000 because he was afraid of going to prison for tax evasion. ...more

December 15, 2008

Investigators have broken up a Tampa-based drug trafficking organization responsible for the sale of up to 17.5 ounces of heroin a week, Tampa police say. ...more

December 2, 2008

Prosecutors have decided not to file formal charges against a Rays relief pitcher who was arrested outside the Hyde Park Cafe in April. ...more

July 16, 2008

President Bush appealed Saturday for swift congressional action on an economic rescue initiative and an electronic surveillance law that soon expires. ...more

January 27, 2008

A year ago, all the news from Iraq and Afghanistan was "gloom and doom," U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez said Wednesday. ...more

January 17, 2008

Michael B. Mukasey, the retired federal judge from New York chosen by President Bush as his third attorney general, is nobody's idea of a movement conservative. ...more

September 18, 2007