A senior House Republican says the Christmas day attempt to attack a Northwest Airlines plane reinforces his party's stand that terrorists should be treated as war criminals and tried in military courts. Rep. Peter King of New York said in the GOP's weekly radio address that the Obama ...

An Obama administration official and a congressional critic disagreed Wednesday on whether someone should be immediately ousted after failure to intercept a man who tried to blow up a U.S.-bound airplane. Denis McDonough, the National Security Council's chief of staff, said in a nationally ...

The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts. The chemical — PETN — is small, powerful and appealing to terrorists. The Saudi government said it was used ...

Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment. His success in smuggling and partially ...