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Senate report: CIA torture produced ‘fabricated’ intel, thwarted no plots
President Obama, politicians react to Senate CIA torture report
U.S. top court rejects worker pay for security-screening time
Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State
Tennessee couple get 35 years in prison in girl's soda death
Lawmakers agree on $1.1 trillion spending bill
CIA torture report: The most stunning findings
Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work
Iraqi leader asks U.S. for more air power, weaponry
Senate report condemns CIA's post 9/11 methods
FBI probe Into Eric Garner death 'will take months'
U.S. on alert ahead of torture report's release

Senate report: CIA torture produced ‘fabricated’ intel, thwarted no plots

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:20 PM PST

After waterboarding, a 9/11 mastermind told interrogators what "he thought they wanted to hear."

President Obama, politicians react to Senate CIA torture report

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 11:41 AM PST

Some reaction to the Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks.

U.S. top court rejects worker pay for security-screening time

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 12:32 PM PST

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to employers over worker compensation, ruling that companies do not have to pay employees for the time they spend undergoing security checks at the end of their shifts in a case involving an Amazon.com Inc warehousing contractor. ...

Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 02:56 PM PST

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any congressional authorization of U.S. military force against Islamic State should be flexible and not limit the fight to Iraq and Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. The authorization should also not restrict U.S. President Barack Obama in deploying combat troops against the militant group if needed, Kerry told a Senate committee debating the need for an Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF. ...

Tennessee couple get 35 years in prison in girl's soda death

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:39 PM PST

By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - An eastern Tennessee father and stepmother of a 5-year-old girl who died after being forced to drink large amounts of grape soda and water as a form of punishment have been sentenced to 35 years in prison, authorities said. Randall Vaughn, 42, and Mary Vaughn, 59, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child neglect and were sentenced on Monday in Rogersville, Tennessee, District Attorney General Dan Armstrong said on Tuesday. ...

Lawmakers agree on $1.1 trillion spending bill

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:59 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama's new immigration policy until the new year.

CIA torture report: The most stunning findings

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 12:51 PM PST

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today released a controversial report on the CIA's interrogation practices.

Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 11:36 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a damning indictment of CIA practices, Senate investigators on Tuesday accused the spy agency of inflicting pain and suffering on al-Qaida prisoners far beyond its legal boundaries and then deceiving the nation with narratives of useful interrogations unsubstantiated by its own records.

Iraqi leader asks U.S. for more air power, weaponry

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 06:09 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday that his army is taking the offensive against the Islamic State group but needs more air power and heavy weaponry to prevail.

Senate report condemns CIA's post 9/11 methods

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 02:02 PM PST

The agency misled the public and policymakers about its interrogation techniques.

FBI probe Into Eric Garner death 'will take months'

Posted: 08 Dec 2014 02:31 PM PST

The FBI investigation into the choke hold death of Eric Garner is now in the most preliminary of stages, a law enforcement official briefed of the situation told ABC News.There is no set timeline for how long the investigation will take, but the law enforcement official said "it will take months."The federal investigation was launched after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo on any criminal charges stemming from Garner's death on July 17.The Staten Island district attorney's office has already begun handing over evidence to the FBI. ...