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 …

Mutually Assured Dementia  —  Maybe it's just me, but I've been at least a little bit surprised by the relatively muted reaction to the news that the Cheney Administration and its Pentagon underlings are racing to put the finishing touches on plans for attacking Iran - plans which may include …

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 …

Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chariman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace  —  DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace from the Pentagon  —  SEC. RUMSFELD: Good afternoon, folks.  —  Reports from the military services, including the Army …

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 …

Busby, Bilbray in Runoff to Fill House Seat  —  Democrat is far ahead of two GOP rivals to finish term of ex-congressman, but fails to avoid a runoff.  —  SAN DIEGO — Democrat Francine Busby placed first in the race to fill the seat left by disgraced former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham …

Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection  —  Judges in several states have started to put up potentially insurmountable roadblocks to the use of lethal injections to execute condemned inmates.  —  Their decisions are based on new evidence suggesting that prisoners have endured agonizing executions.

Kennedy Tactics on Immigration Vex Democrats  —  WASHINGTON, April 11 — To Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the complex issue of immigration policy is simple enough.  —  "We are the land of opportunity," he said.  "Our streets may not be paved with gold, but they are paved with the promise …

The Two-Minute Haggadah  —  A Passover service for the impatient.  —  Opening prayers:  —  Thanks, God, for creating wine.  (Drink wine.)  —  Thanks for creating produce.  (Eat parsley.)  —  Overview: Once we were slaves in Egypt.  Now we're free.  That's why we're doing this.

Bush's Poll Numbers: The Real Reason  —  Over the course of the last few weeks I've come to a conclusion.  —  Contrary to conventional wisdom, Bush's lagging poll numbers do not indicate a leftward shift of the electorate.  His low approval ratings are not (entirely) the result of the daily beatings he receives from the media.

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 …

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 …