WASHINGTON -- Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey said today the president doesn't have the authority to use torture techniques against terrorism suspects, a stance not taken by predecessor Alberto Gonzales and considered key to the nominee's...

House races, not just Obama, put spotlight on Illinois A presidential race with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in the pack of Democrats isn't the only election putting the spotlight on this blue state. Three GOP House veterans, including former Speaker ...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection Monday, a person familiar with the president's decision said Sunda...

Don't expect a new Naperville Park District executive director to start until next year. Two timeline options submitted to the park board by its recently hired search firm suggest a start date of either Jan. 1 or Feb. 1 for the new director. But boa...

WASHINGTON -- White House political adviser Karl Rove said Sunday he sees encouraging signs for the GOP in the public's strong negative opinions of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Democratic-run Congress. "I do th...

WASHINGTON -- White House political adviser Karl Rove said Sunday he sees encouraging signs for the GOP in the public's strong negative opinions of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Democratic-run Congress. "I do th...