President Bush signed legislation that intensifies the antiterrorism effort at home, shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding scrutiny of air and sea cargo.
WASHINGTON — The Republican who will lead the chief investigative committee in the House is planning to vastly expand scrutiny of the Obama administration by seeking new subpoena powers for dozens of federal agency watchdogs in hopes of using their investigations and his own in an aggressive push to cut spending and shrink the government.
The Vatican is continuing and expanding scrutiny on orders of nuns that had begun before the health care issue.
Now, some of the methods Adelson used in Macau to save his company and help build a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion have come under expanding scrutiny by federal and Nevada investigators, according to people familiar with both inquiries.
As part of the expanding Congressional scrutiny of for-profit colleges, Senator Tom Harkin announced at a hearing on Wednesday that he plans to examine their accreditation process.
With heart disease, investigators have long focused on the role of diet and heart disease, but expanding the scrutiny to bacteria adds a new dimension.
If the F.D.A. expands its scrutiny to include all food and drinks with these herbs, many companies will suffer a significant economic blow.
The legislation, called the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, requires the State Department to expand its scrutiny of news media restrictions and intimidation as part of its annual review of human rights in each country.
Bolstered by the investigation of UBS, the Justice Department and the I.R.S. are expanding their scrutiny of other banks that offer questionable offshore accounts, not just in common tax havens like Switzerland and Liechtenstein, but other places as well, like Hong Kong.
Air travelers, whose plans have already been disrupted by thousands of canceled flights recently, may face continued chaos in coming weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes.
