Ron Wyden

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis signed into law Tuesday a groundbreaking bill aimed at banning often offensive "spam" advertisements from the online mailboxes of millions of California computer users. The measure, by state Sen. Kevin Murray (D-...

WASHINGTON - Investigators said that they have "substantive leads" about the origins of the anthrax that was mailed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and triggered a partial shutdown yesterday on Capitol Hill. Congressional leaders closed the House...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is looking at setting up a commodity market-style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political or even terrorist events, such as whether terrorists could strike Israel with biological weapons. Defense...

WASHINGTON - A Pentagon proposal to start a "futures" market that would have let thousands of investors wager on the likelihood of terrorist attacks or coups in the Middle East was canceled yesterday. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told...

WASHINGTON - Terri Schiavo's feeding tube will be removed today at 1 p.m. unless a House committee succeeds in a last-minute effort to issue subpoenas that would stop doctors from doing so. An extraordinary legislative maneuver announced early today...

By the numbers, air travel stinks. And predictions are that it's likely to be particularly pungent this summer. The tally of delays, cancellations and complaints grows daily, while another set of numbers declines -- fewer meals, less leg room,...

WASHINGTON - As the House opened a bipartisan review of pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction yesterday, Senate Democrats and Republicans disagreed sharply over what kind of inquiry to conduct. Republicans say they are willing to...

Although repeated alarms about the inadequacy of U.S. airport safety have been ignored in the past, congressional leaders on Thursday called for a federal takeover of airport security checks. Other steps under consideration include reinforcing cockpit...