Jeremy Scahill, national security reporter for The Nation, appeared on Current TV’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann Thursday night to discuss the latest revelations about waterboarding and other “water treatment” torture...

Americans have a more positive view of President Barack Obama than Members of Congress after the contentious federal debt ceiling debate, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday. Although Americans remain divided over...

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell gave Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey a standing ovation on Thursday night for his impassioned defense of a Muslim judge. “Sharia law has nothing to do with this at all,” the...

WACO, Texas — A US soldier of Palestinian descent had collected everything he needed to build a bomb and attack the area around a sprawling Texas military base, FBI agents told a court Thursday. Army Private Naser Abdo, 21, had gathered...

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The leader of a polygamist sect, who made headlines in 2008 when police raided his Texas compound and took away over 450 children, was Thursday found guilty of sexually assaulting two young girls. Warren Jeffs, the spiritual...

LAS VEGAS — Japanese entertainment titan Sony had the dubious honor of winning a “Most Epic Fail” award Thursday at a prestigious Black Hat gathering of computer security professions in Las Vegas. Sony and hacked computer security...

NEW YORK — The gleaming World Trade Center rising from Ground Zero in New York will be more sophisticated and impressive than the destroyed Twin Towers it replaces, project leaders said Thursday. “When the buildings are built we will look...

LAS VEGAS — Computer security star Dan Kaminsky has revealed plans to release software that will track whether Internet service providers are favoring some websites or content over others. Kaminsky crafted his free “N00ter” software...

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) angrily attacked the government of Sudan during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, calling them war criminals and comparing them to the Nazis. “They are fundamentally evil, and until you remove...

The Department of Justice filed on legal brief on Monday that indicated the federal government would not prosecute state employees for implementing state medical marijuana programs, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. The brief asks for a...

Despite recent bloodshed caused by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian continue to demonstrate against the government. Meanwhile, the European Union has agreed to extend sanctions against Damascus and Russian President Dmitri...

Thursday on the Fox Business Network, Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) described the 12 member bipartisan special joint committee of Congress created by the Budget Control Act of 2011 as “unconstitutional” and “monstrous.”...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces are harassing journalists, especially television crews, media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Thursday, calling for such actions to stop. “Reporters Without Borders is concerned about...

MADRID — Spanish riot police said Thursday that the long hours they have been required to work this week to prevent protesters from gaining access to Madrid’s main square “is not tolerable for much longer”. Over 200 police were...

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has not yet decided whether to step down, the White House said Thursday, amid fresh indications the top economic pointman is under rising pressure to stay. Geithner, who has led President Barack...