Representatives from all six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy emerged from a daylong conference here Wednesday to say they are forming a united front to resist state encroachment on their treaty rights. The participants offered no specifics about the options they might employ to counter state attempts to tax cigarettes sold on reservation land and restrict their commerce in other ways—aside from the lawsuits the nations already have filed o ... Jump to full article >>

David Letterman read a Top 10 list on his talk show about U.S. President Barack Obama’s meeting with BP President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward. Hayward apologized Thursday to a U.S. House panel, stating, “The explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon and the resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico never should have happened, and I am deeply sorry that they did.” Hayward and other BP officials met Obama and ... Jump to full article >>