Murtha: Iraq killings may hurt war effort  —  WASHINGTON - The deaths of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians and an ensuing cover-up threaten to do more harm to U.S. efforts in Iraq than even the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, a prominent congressman and war critic says.

Blair Bowed to U.S. Pressure in Speech, Paper Says  —  British Leader Said to Make 'Significant' Changes on Iran, Global Warming in Address at Georgetown  —  LONDON, May 29 — Prime Minister Tony Blair caved in to White House pressure by sharpening language on Iran and softening …

Frist Backs Search of Congressman's Office  —  WASHINGTON — In a break with his counterparts in the House, the Senate's leader said Sunday the FBI was within its right to search the office of a congressman under investigation in a bribery case.  —  "No House member, no senator …

Gingrich revolutionaries turn into arrogant elite  —  Of all the many marvelous Ronald Reagan lines, this is my favorite: ''We are a nation that has a government — not the other way around.''  —  He said it in his inaugural address in 1981, and, despite a Democrat-controlled Congress, he lived it.

Iran: U.S. Will Fail to Provoke Ethnic Strife... Oh, Really?!!  —  By the look of the mass protests and ethnic violence throughout the country, it doesn't look like the US will have to!  —  J.T.W. Network has several pictures from the massive and violent protests against the regime from northwest Iran this past week.

Pentagon Seeks Nonnuclear Tip for Sub Missiles  —  WASHINGTON, May 28 — The Pentagon is pressing Congress to approve the development of a new weapon that would enable the United States to carry out nonnuclear missile strikes against distant targets within an hour.

A Few Years, and Then Another Bush?  —  WASHINGTON — Bush III?  Or has the dynasty run its course?  —  Those are the questions some Republicans are asking themselves as political talk bubbles up yet again about President Bush's brother Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and his interest in the White House.

Analysis: Bush lands in same hole as dad  —  WASHINGTON - Through his presidency, George W. Bush has worked hard to avoid repeating the mistakes of his father.  He has done almost everything differently, yet now finds himself in the same hole despite trumping his dad by winning a second term.

Tester, Morrison deadlocked  —  HELENA — John Morrison and Jon Tester are running neck-and-neck in their race for the June 7 Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Conrad Burns, a Lee Newspapers poll taken last week shows.  —  Morrison received 42 percent …

China Syndrome  —  The Limits of Developmental Autocracy by Minxin Pei  —  A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR.  At first, he finds nothing unusual about the noisy, convivial atmosphere, but then he realizes something is a little different.  Numbers are being called out, one at a time, eliciting laughter from the patrons.

If Power Shifts In 2008  —  A Democrat Might Not Be as Different as You Would Think  —  Could the United States be better off with a Democrat in the White House in 2009?  Here are a couple of reasons the answer might be yes, even if you're not a Democrat.

A Constitutional Crisis of Cheney's Making?  —  The Boston Globe's Charlie Savage has a follow-up article on Presidential signing statements — building on his previous piece of fantastic reporting on the issue — and this one concentrates on the role of Dick Cheney and David Addington …

Iraq Is the Republic of Fear  —  Every morning the streets of Baghdad are littered with dozens of bodies, bruised, torn, mutilated, executed only because they are Sunni or because they are Shiite.  Power drills are an especially popular torture device.  —  I have spent nearly two of the three years since Baghdad fell in Iraq.

MI5 at full stretch as 20 Islamist terror plots revealed  —  TWENTY "major conspiracies" by Islamist terrorists in Britain have been uncovered by the security services, John Reid, the home secretary, has disclosed.  —  Reid said that the existence of so many plots means that the police …