Cited as Symbol of Abu Ghraib, Man Admits He Is Not in Photo  —  In the summer of 2004, a group of former detainees of Abu Ghraib prison filed a lawsuit claiming that they had been the victims of the abuse captured in photographs that incited outrage around the world.

Saddam's Philippines Terror Connection  —  SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME PROVIDED FINANCIAL support to Abu Sayyaf, the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group founded by Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law in the Philippines in the late 1990s, according to documents captured in postwar Iraq.

Before and After Abu Ghraib, a U.S. Unit Abused Detainees  —  As the Iraqi insurgency intensified in early 2004, an elite Special Operations forces unit converted one of Saddam Hussein's former military bases near Baghdad into a top-secret detention center.  There, American soldiers …

Looser Emission Rules Rejected  —  Court Says Changes By EPA Violated Clean Air Act  —  A federal appeals court blocked the Bush administration's four-year effort to loosen emission rules for aging coal-fired power plants, unanimously ruling yesterday that the changes violated the Clean Air Act …

Losing Ground  —  A NEWSWEEK poll shows President Bush's approval rating dropping to new lows on domestic issues and rising public anger over Iraq and homeland security.  —  U.S. troops evacuate a wounded soldier from Balad to Kuwait on March 17.  A NEWSWEEK poll shows that only 29 percent …

Advance Workers for Bush Impersonated Reporters  —  The White House said yesterday that it will discipline two government employees who masqueraded as journalists this month while scouting locations for a presidential visit to the Gulf Coast.  —  A Mississippi couple whose home was destroyed …

House GOP Leader Well Traveled  —  House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (Ohio), who rose to power in the wake of a congressional lobbying scandal, spent the equivalent of nearly six months on privately funded trips over the past six years, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research group.

Pentagon hired contractor to advise on collecting information on churches, mosques, other U.S. sites - 3/17/2006 07:38 PM EST  —  WASHINGTON - A Pentagon intelligence agency that kept files on American anti-war activists hired one of the contractors who bribed former Rep. Randy "Duke" …

How I Learned to Love the Wall  —  ON March 28, Israelis will elect a new prime minister to replace the ailing Ariel Sharon.  But I'd bet my last shekel that I'll continue to hear the phrase "Ariel Sharon's apartheid wall."  It's a phrase spoken — make that spewed — on almost every university campus …

Operation Swarmer Not Intended As 'Torch II'  —  Sometimes the press demonstrates such incompetence as to be actually dangerous.  The coverage of the latest effort in Samarra in clearing out the terrorists is just the latest example.  Operation Swarmer is a significant operation in its scope …

Mad Science  —  No question is too crazy to snare a prize  —  We're entering the science fair season, when schools teach children about science by making their parents conduct experiments.  Across America, grown men and women will be watching crystals grow, grapes shrivel …

Lesson Learned  —  Dear HuffPost Readers, Commenters and Bloggers :  —  I've read all your insightful feedback over the last few days and realized something I did not see right away but should have.  —  At the beginning of the week, I was so focused on making it crystal clear that we did indeed …

U.S. Senate primary could be a plus  —  Ned Lamont, take a bow.  By challenging Joseph Lieberman for the Connecticut Democratic Party's nomination for U.S. senator, Mr. Lamont is encouraging a debate that his party and this state need to have.  —  This is not to suggest that Mr. Lamont …

Senate passes funeral-protest bill 58-1  —  Only Sen. Becky Lourey, mother of a fallen soldier, dissented.  The bill may go to a conference committee.  —  With a lone dissenting vote from Sen. Becky Lourey, the Senate approved restrictions Thursday on funeral protests such as one that marred …

Rep. Sabo to end his long career in Congress  —  The Minneapolis Democrat will retire one of the nation's safest seats for an incumbent, setting off a DFL scramble to replace him.  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Martin Sabo, a lion of Minneapolis DFL politics for four decades, is expected to announce …

Countdown: Warrantless physical searches  —  Countdown: Warrantless physical searches  —  It never stops with this administration.  Turley is up in arms over this one, calling it horrific-saying it removes the 4th amendment from the Constitution.  He also rips Congress for laying …