The Pentagon’s completion of a hefty manual outlining procedures for terror trials has revived debate in Congress on the treatment of military detainees.

The chairman of the House of Representatives’ Armed Services Committee and two Republican colleagues have asked the Pentagon to remove embedded CNN reporters in Iraq after the network broadcast a video showing snipers targeting American soldiers.

The White house has finally agreed to a senator’s call for a law specifically banning cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of foreign terror suspects, congressional leaders said in Washington today.

A Republican Congressman wants to build a fence along the entire 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, a plan that could cost billions of dollars and one that critics say would do little to stop illegal immigration.

SUSPECTED terrorists will continue to be held in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Vice-President Dick Cheney says, amid concerns by some fellow Republicans that the situation may be counterproductive.

Suspected terrorists will continue to be held in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said US Vice President Dick Cheney, amid concerns by some fellow Republicans the situation may be counterproductive.

A US House committee has voted to prohibit women in the military from serving in direct ground combat roles as part of a bill setting Defence Department policy and spending plans for the coming budget year.

Four months after the September 11 commission urged drastic changes to protect the United States from another terror attack, Congress today neared final passage of far-reaching legislation overhauling the US intelligence network and instituting new border and aviation security safeguards.

US president George Bush is spelling out details tonight of the handover of power to an Iraqi government, in an attempt to calm fears about rising casualties and spreading violence.

US senators are pulling in top generals from Iraq to tell what they know about the prisoner abuse scandal over strong criticism from a Republican committee chairman in the House.

THE war in Iraq, which is costing the US $4.7 billion per month, is being pushed over budget by the increased violence, threatening a $4bn shortfall by late summer.

Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry pressured Congress and the Pentagon to fund a missile system on behalf of a San Diego contractor who, years later, pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to the senator and other politicians, according to the Los Angeles Times.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell will present photographs of mobile biological weapons and transcripts of overheard Iraqi conversations to convince allies that Saddam Hussein has potent arsenals in defiance of UN disarmament demands, an administration official said.

The Chinese fighter pilot who collided with a US spy plane had challenged the American plane on previous occasions, a US senator claimed today.