G.O.P. Senators and Bush Reach Wiretap Accord  —  WASHINGTON, March 7 — Moving to tamp down Democratic calls for an investigation of the administration's domestic eavesdropping program, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that they had reached agreement with the White House …

Rumsfeld Says Media Exaggerating Iraqi Civilian Deaths  —  Defense Secretary Suggests Misreporting Swaying Public Opinion  —  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today presented an upbeat report of the conflict in Iraq and said he agrees with the commander of the U.S.-led coalition …

Democrats' Data Mining Stirs an Intraparty Battle  —  With Private Effort on Voter Information, Ickes and Soros Challenge Dean and DNC  —  A group of well-connected Democrats led by a former top aide to Bill Clinton is raising millions of dollars to start a private firm that plans …

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 22  —  He prevails over three in spite of legal troubles  —  Still facing legal battles, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay won a pivotal political fight Tuesday by defeating three challengers in the Republican primary for his Houston-area seat.  —  Opponent Tom Campbell …

House Agrees To Vote On Ports  —  Efforts by the White House to hold off legislation challenging a Dubai-owned company's acquisition of operations at six major U.S. ports collapsed yesterday when House Republican leaders agreed to allow a vote next week that could kill the deal.

Cheney: Iran must not have nuclear weapons  —  Russia appears to close ranks with U.S. position  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that Iran will not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and warned "the United States is keeping all options on the table in addressing the irresponsible conduct of the regime."

Congress Votes to Renew Patriot Act, With Changes  —  Congress voted yesterday to renew a four-year-old anti-terrorism law that makes it easier for federal agents to secretly obtain Americans' records and communications, even as some lawmakers warned that voters are growing increasingly concerned …

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Cuellar leads Rodriguez in congressional grudge match  —  SAN ANTONIO - With thousands of votes yet to be counted in his home county, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar held a small lead over former congressman Ciro Rodriguez early Wednesday in the Democratic primary in House District 28.

At Conservative Forum on Bush, Everybody's a Critic  —  If the ancient political wisdom is correct that a charge unanswered is a charge agreed to, the Bush White House pleaded guilty yesterday at the Cato Institute to some extraordinary allegations.  —  "We did ask a few members …

Missed Tributes  —  Now for a few humble thoughts about the Oscars.  —  I did not see every second of it, but my wife did, and she joins me in noting that there was not one word of tribute, not one breath, to our fighting men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan or to their families or their widows or orphans.

The Crappiest Invention of All Time  —  Why the auto-flushing toilet must die.  —  After a stint of telecommuting, I recently returned to working in a large downtown building.  My office shares a men's room with everyone who works on our level.  The bathroom sports three stalls …

Professors of Pretense  —  The institutional vanity and intellectual slovenliness of America's campus-based intelligentsia have made academia more peripheral to civic life than at any time since the 19th century.  On Monday its place at the periphery was underscored as the Supreme Court …

Elite Troops Get Expanded Role on Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON, March 7 — The military is placing small teams of Special Operations troops in a growing number of American embassies to gather intelligence on terrorists in unstable parts of the world and to prepare for potential missions to disrupt, capture or kill them.