Ret. General hits three network morning shows calling for Rumsfeld's ouster  —  Retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who led the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, appeared on the morning talk shows of all three major networks on Friday calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation.

Whites Take Flight on Election Day  —  Bad news for Michael S. Steele, the leading Maryland Republican candidate for Senate in November: The scuttling noise he hears on Election Day could be the sound of tens of thousands of white Republicans crossing over to vote for the Democrat.

White House Mulls How to Move Immigration Bill Through Congress  —  WASHINGTON, April 13 — The White House is fast at work recalibrating how best to use the power of the presidency to save immigration legislation from languishing for the rest of the year, eager for a victory …

Iran Leader: Israel Will Be Annihilated  —  The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.

Display on abortion destroyed  —  400 crosses removed; NKU prof investigated  —  HIGHLAND HEIGHTS - A professor at Northern Kentucky University said she invited students in one of her classes to destroy an anti-abortion display on campus Wednesday evening.

Bill Clinton and CIA Gave Iranians Blueprint for Nuclear Bomb  —  Last night, radio talk show host and former US Justice Department official Mark Levin shocked many listeners when he reported that President Bill Clinton gave nuclear technology to the Iranians in a harebrained scheme.

Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report, Libby Says  —  Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility …

Omaha Schools Split Along Race Lines  —  In a move decried by some as state-sponsored segregation, the Legislature voted Thursday to divide the Omaha school system into three districts _ one mostly black, one predominantly white and one largely Hispanic.  —  Supporters said the plan …

'A Rich History of Corruption'  —  Voter fraud in Pennsylvania?  Gov. Rendell isn't worried.  —  HARRISBURG, Pa.—Over five years after the near meltdown of the Florida presidential recount, politicians are still arguing over how best to reform state election laws.

Trial Unnerves Some U.S. Jewish Leaders  —  As Ex-Lobbyists of Pro-Israel Group Face  —  Court, Article Queries Sway on Mideast Policy  —  WASHINGTON — The coming trial of two former representatives of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee for alleged violations of the Espionage Act …

Setting Iran Straight  —  The precedents are somewhat discouraging.  —  So, after more than half a century of active meddling—protecting our interests, promoting our values, encouraging democracy, fighting terrorism, seeking stability, defending human rights, pushing peace—it's come to this.

Waste in Katrina Response Is Cited  —  Housing Aid Called Inefficient in Audits  —  Nearly eight months after Hurricane Katrina triggered the nation's largest housing crisis since the Second World War, a hastily improvised $10 billion effort by the federal government has produced vast sums …

DeLay on short list for OMB job  —  The White House is looking at a list of cost-cutting candidates to head the Office of Management and Budget, and Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, may be on it.  —  The former House majority leader, who announced he will resign from Congress and is under …

The Neighbors Are Nervous, and Suddenly Helpful  —  April 13, 2006: The rising threat of a sectarian civil war appears to be helping to avert one.  Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and some other nations bordering Iraq are increasing measures to curb extremist support in Iraq, and are curbing assistance …

'Catch immigrant' game raises an outcry at PSU  —  The College Republicans at Penn State University wanted to enter the debate about the nation's borders by playing a "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game."  —  People would be invited to "catch" group members wearing orange shirts symbolizing illegal aliens.

Republicans' losses are Dems' gains  —  For months, the polls showed voters with a pox-on-both-your-houses attitude.  The surveys would show the public souring on the administration and Republicans in Congress, but simultaneously show that they weren't all that crazy about Dems either.

Third Party Blues  —  Glenn Reynolds looks at our immigration problem, and concludes: … I'd wager I'm a lot less sober than The Blogfaddah, so I'm certain I know exactly who would be hurt more.  Going further out on a limb then Glenn, there's a better chance I'll fall off.

Talking Trailer Trash  —  So those Iraqi mobile bioweapons labs, or weather-balloon hydrogen plants, or EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicles, or whatever they were, are back in the news.  The Washington Post suggested that when President Bush declared that they were biological weapons factories …

Heard the one about the president?  —  The misdirected email or text message is a hazard of our age.  It can sour relationships and upset the closest of our friends.  But now a stray electronic missive has been blamed for a spate of arrests, a national scandal and a very grumpy president of Iran.

3 Deaths in China Reveal Disparity in Price of Lives  —  GUOJIATUO, China — He Qingzhi's teenage daughter, Yuan, and her two friends lived on the same street near the Yangtze River, attended the same middle school and were crushed to death in the same traffic accident late last year.