Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War  —  Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary  —  On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured …

Prosecutor in CIA Leak Case Corrects Part of Court Filing  —  The federal prosecutor overseeing the indictment of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, yesterday corrected a claim in an earlier court filing that Libby had misrepresented the significance placed …

Immigrant Bill Fallout May Hurt House GOP  —  In the wake of this week's massive demonstrations, many House Republicans are worried that a tough anti-illegal-immigration bill they thought would please their political base has earned them little benefit while becoming a lightning rod …

Iran Reports Big Advance in Enrichment of Uranium  —  TEHRAN, April 11 — Iran announced Tuesday that its nuclear engineers had advanced to a new phase in the enrichment of uranium, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a series of the country's ruling clerics declared that the nation would now speed ahead …

Top general defends Rumsfeld  —  Retired brass has called for the defense secretary's resignation  —  (CNN) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff defended Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from new criticism by former Pentagon brass Tuesday, telling reporters that "nobody works harder than he does."

Disastrous  —  Brilliant improvisers as they are, Italians will be hard put to find a way through the horrible bog in which the elections have now landed them.  Not just bad, things are disastrous, virtually intractable.  Italy's national debt is one of the highest in the world, far exceeding the limits that the European Union allows.

Climate of Fear  —  Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence.  —  There have been repeated claims that this past year's hurricane activity was another sign of human-induced climate change.  Everything from the heat wave in Paris to heavy snows in Buffalo …

Norquist seeks trademark on 'K Street Project' name  —  Conservative activist Grover Norquist is seeking a trademark on "K Street Project," saying Democrats and Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) have wrongfully acquired the term to describe unethical practices that have nothing to do with his organization.

Deaths of U.S. Soldiers Climb Again in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 12 - The death toll for American troops is rising steeply this month, with the military today announcing the deaths of two more soldiers, bringing the number of troops killed this month to at least 33.

Company Finds Clinton Useful, and Vice Versa  —  Corning Inc., one of upstate New York's largest and oldest employers, has supported Republican candidates for so long that its chairman once joked that it had not raised money for a Democrat since 1812.  —  But since Hillary Rodham Clinton …

Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests  —  Alan Moldawer's adopted twins, Matt and Andrew, had always thought of themselves as white.  But when it came time for them to apply to college last year, Mr. Moldawer thought it might be worth investigating the origins of their slightly tan-tinted skin …

Billionaire and his wife in dogfight?  —  Billionaire right-wing godfather Richard Mellon Scaife — who famously funded an investigation of Bill Clinton's sex life that resulted in a presidential impeachment — is having female troubles of his own.  —  Police responded to a call last week …

Dispelling myths about American soldiers  —  Myths abound when it comes to military personnel in the modern American armed forces.  Most are in some way related to recruiting new soldiers, who's fighting, and who's dying.  —  Five of the biggest myths include: