Football team doctors are an extension of the coaching staff, not a medical advocate for players, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers president Gay Culverhouse told a House Judiciary Committee on NFL brain injuries Wednesday. ...more

October 28, 2009

Mike Ditka has a message for the NFL and Congressional leaders: More action, not studies. ...more

October 27, 2009

Commissioner Roger Goodell and Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith will both testify at a Congressional hearing on head injuries among NFL players. ...more

October 17, 2009

CNN says medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be the next surgeon general. ...more

March 5, 2009

Former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations of political interference that grew into a constitutional standoff between two branches of government. ...more

March 4, 2009

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

The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday. President-elect Barack Obama has been more cautious on the issue and has not endorsed such a recommendation. ...more

January 13, 2009

The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to open the first impeachment probe of a sitting judge in almost two decades. ...more

September 18, 2008

Voters did not hand Democrats control of Congress two years ago in order to impeach President Bush, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

Nearly 60 House Democrats on Saturday urged the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to examine whether top Bush administration officials may have committed crimes in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics against suspected terrorists. ...more

June 8, 2008