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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Newt Gingrich: War Pimp  —  I understand the eagerness of some to welcome Newt Gingrich to the "this war was really bad idea" camp.  After all, it's not going to be possible to get our collective ass out of there until the people in power, the people who got us into this mess, the GOP, decide to do something about it.

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.

Busby Finishes Under 50% in CA 50  —  Last night Democratic candidate Francine Busby failed to reach the 50% + 1 mark in her quest to take the seat formerly held by Republican Duke Cunningham.  She finished in the low- to mid-40's.  —  Judging by the early reports on the election …

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 …

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.

Pentagon admits spying on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' protests  —  The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that the Defense Department surveilled groups opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law banning openly lesbian, gay and bisexual service members, RAW STORY has learned.