Call to Censure Bush Is Answered by a Mostly Empty Echo  —  WASHINGTON, MARCH 31 — The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should censure President Bush for his domestic eavesdropping program.  —  Although few Senate Democrats …

Jill Carroll forced to make propaganda video as price of freedom  —  CAIRO - The night before journalist Jill Carroll's release, her captors said they had one final demand as the price of her freedom: She would have to make a video praising her captors and attacking the United States, according to Jim Carroll.

NOW and NAACP make fools of themselves defending wackjob Rep. McKinney's ridiculous racial complaint  —  Good God.  If you ever needed proof of how irrelevant the big-monied liberal advocacy groups have become, we got a lovely demonstration today when the NAACP and the National Organization …

WSJ Fails to Credit Online Reporter Who Broke Story  —  The Wall Street Journal today published article by Brody Mullins on Michael Scanlon and his former fiance Emily Miller.  It fails to credit investigative journalist Jason Leopold who broke the story in January.

Cranky Franken's 'Today' Appearance: Tells Conservative Guest To "Screw You"  —  A very tired and very cranky Al Franken appeared on the March 31 edition of the Today show.  The segment, which aired at 7:12AM EST, saw Franken respond to a barb from fellow radio talk show host Michael Smerconish with this witty barb: "Screw you."

'I Am Not Running Away'  —  Meet Benon Sevan, the man at the center of the Oil for Food scandal.  —  NICOSIA, Cyprus—"Medium or sweet?" asks Benon Sevan.  He is inquiring how much sugar I would like in the Turkish coffee he's boiling up for us on his kitchen stove, and I am torn between thanking …

'Tactical Errors' Made In Iraq, Rice Concedes  —  BLACKBURN, England, March 31 — Greeted by antiwar protesters at almost every stop in a tour of a working-class region of England, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the Bush administration has probably made thousands of …

New Poll: Americans Favor a Guest Worker Plan  —  79% say illegal immigrants should have the chance to work here, but most want tougher enforcement too  —  Americans polled by TIME magazine show strong support for a guest-worker program and a process for undocumented workers to become citizens …

The GOP's Stake In Checking The President  —  Russ Feingold is a U.S. senator from Wisconsin.  —  During the Watergate hearings, then-Senator Howard Baker, a Republican, showed tremendous courage, and a deep sense of Congress's duty to hold President Nixon accountable …

OPERATION STEEL GAZELLE: A SMART, MULTI-SLIDE PLAN FOR TOUGHENING AMERICAN SECURITY WITH SMARTNESS  —  Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)  —  HARRY: Hello, I'm Harry Reid, leader of the Democrats in the United States Senate.  —  NANCY: And me Nancy Pelosi.

03.31.06 - Democrat Ethics Breakdown: News For The Week Of March 27th  —  03.31.06 - RNC Releases New Web Ad Entitled, "Censure?  Impeachment?"  —  In November 2000 Mark Kennedy defeated a four term incumbent to earn the honor for representing the sixth district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.