Government sources say Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program eight years ago that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June. ...more

July 11, 2009

Consumers looking to treat the most serious illnesses have a new way to compare local hospitals. ...more

May 30, 2008

A high-ranking Colombian rebel leader has given herself up, the latest defection to suggest that the government's efforts to strike at the group's leadership is succeeding. ...more

May 20, 2008

Israel's decision to attack Syria on Sept. 6, bombing a suspected nuclear site set up in apparent collaboration with North Korea, came after Israel shared intelligence with President Bush this summer indicating that North Korean nuclear personnel were in Syria, U.S. government sources said. ...more

September 21, 2007