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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on Wednesday delayed consideration of President Askar Akayev‘s (search) resignation one more day, scheduling a special session that lawmakers hope will bring a public end to the political turmoil that has engulfed this ex-Soviet republic. Parliamentary speaker Omurbek Tekebayev agreed with lawmakers who called for …

WASHINGTON – Sen. Saxby Chambliss (search) said Thursday that the United States lacks human spies in North Korea and Iran, providing more detail than last week’s presidential commission did about U.S. intelligence capabilities inside the two countries. Aides to the Georgia Republican, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, insisted …

The uproar over the federal bench: Should judges be held to account? And will either side flinch on Bush’s judicial nominations? We’ll get a fair and balanced debate from Senate Judiciary Committee members Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. And, we’ll get powerful political punditry from Brit Hume, …