New York's currently: speeding up so we can speed back down Iran asks U.S. for direct talks on its nuclear program--and that letter still goes unanswered. Iraqi death squads may maintain loyalties to the government and the insurgency, and operate within the lawful bounds of Iraq&
New York's currently: reasserting itself Past week's fighting in Afghanistan "most intense" since 2001; dozens killed, concerns about strengthened Taliban. Corruption rampant throughout Iraq. Former CIA bin Laden unit chief on why intelligence in Iran is so poor. Burger King disgusts Muslim customers with
New York's currently: wishing the radiator would snap back on FBI accuses Rep. William J. Jefferson of Louisiana of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, finds $90K in his freezer. Air strikes on suspected Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan leave dozens of fighters, civilians dead. U.
New York's currently: constantly calibrating for marginally better outcomes Egypt resumes repression; State department "deeply troubled"; Bush hosts secret visit by Mubarak's son. Iraq's middle class doing everything it can to flee. Now that access is reduced to the minimum required, inspectors
New York's currently: not walking through that bunch of pigeons A peace treaty could clear the path toward new nuclear talks between North Korea and the U.S. Hamas deploys Palestinian security force--a move Abbas vetoed last month. Conflicts between Taliban fighters and police in Afghanistan take
New York's currently: hoping for more peaks, fewer valleys White House agrees to brief intel committees on wiretapping operation. Verizon denies turning over your local calls to the spooks--though it may be happy to share your long-distance bills. A moving defense of selling crack. FBI tracking
New York's currently: grilling reality stars New border deployment means National Guard units will swap training for border stints, where they won't provide military force. Op: In immigration address, Bush searches for the middle ground that's already on the Senate floor. [Transcript here.] Bush
New York's currently: got its fingers crossed on a number of fronts Bush to call for thousands of National Guard troops to play border patrol. Iraqi police, often suspected in Sunni killings, under close watch by U.S. troops. 200,000 slums in the world. Half of gadgets
New York's currently: breeding carrier pigeons, learning smoke signals Bush defends vast domestic telephone-record surveillance; says it's lawful, doesn't mention under what laws. "Considerable circumstantial evidence" now links al Qaeda to the July 7 London bombings. In foiled Australian threat, terrorists
New York's currently: serving in the rain NSA building "world's largest database" to contain every call ever made within the U.S. Skinny physicians in love evangelize thinning America. A.M. Rosenthal dies at 84. George Lutz dies at 59. The U.S. is
