Prosecutor Weighs Charges Against Rove in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON, April 27 — Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case, is expected to decide in the next two to three weeks whether to bring perjury charges against Karl Rove, the powerful adviser to President Bush …

Red Lights on Capitol Hill?  —  The Wall Street Journal reported today that indicted former California Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham may not have limited his good times to partying on a rented yacht.  It turns out the FBI is currently investigating two defense contractors …

White House scribe asks for the remote  —  Press corps asks to watch CNN on Air Force One  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — It wasn't the price of gasoline, Darfur or the rebuilding effort in New Orleans that preoccupied the White House press corps Thursday aboard a flight on Air Force One.

Join The 101st Fighting Keyboardists!  —  Our friends on the port side of the blogosphere have had quite a time tossing around funny little nicknames for those of us who support the war on terror and use our blogs to express our convictions about it.  We've seen the names here at CQ …

U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace  —  Gas prices are rising, as are mortgage rates.  House prices in many once-hot markets have started slipping.  The American automobile industry shows no sign of recovery.  And the paychecks of most workers have not even kept up with inflation over the last four years.

'Atlas' pic mapped  —  Ayn Rand's most ambitious novel may finally be brought to the bigscreen after years of false starts.  —  Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to "Atlas Shrugged" from Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray"), who will produce with John Aglialoro.

State Senate Supports Immigrant Walkout On Monday  —  (AP) SACRAMENTO California's state senators on Thursday endorsed Monday's boycott of schools, jobs and stores by illegal immigrants and their allies as supporters equated the protest with great social movements in American history.

State Contractor Files Federal Lawsuit Against Me  —  Warren Kremer Paino Advertising has filed a 3 count multi-million dollar federal lawsuit against me for the reporting I've done in this blog.  They are claiming defamation, libel, and copyright infringement.

A Day in Court  —  Scalia floats and Breyer rocks.  —  On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Roe v. Wade, creating the right to an abortion.  This column is not about abortion.  It is about the Supreme Court.  —  The preceding two sentences would strike some as a contradiction.

Russia and China warn UN not to antagonise Iran  —  Russia and China on Thursday warned against escalating the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme.  The call came on the eve of an eagerly awaited report on whether the country has met United Nations demands.

Rockefeller did you "teller" - XVII - Profit under the Palms  —  The most excellent Douglas Hanson of American Thinker reinforces the theme of my previous post with an article that shows that the war against Bush isn't about just a difference of opinion.

Duke Lacrosse Accuser Made Previous Report  —  The woman who says she was raped by three members of Duke's lacrosse team also told police 10 years ago she was raped by three men, filing a 1996 complaint claiming she had been assaulted three years earlier when she was 14.

G.O.P. Senators Hurry to Quell Furor Over Gas  —  WASHINGTON, April 27 — Senate Republicans tried on Thursday to get the upper hand in the escalating political battle over high gasoline prices by proposing a $100 rebate for taxpayers and by suggesting that they might increase taxes on oil-industry profits.