Spate of Good News Gives White House a Chance to Regroup  —  In a White House that had virtually forgotten what good news looks like, the past few weeks have been refreshing.  A Republican won a much-watched special congressional election.  President Bush recruited a Wall Street heavy hitter as Treasury secretary.

Liberal Activists Boo Clinton  —  Rejection of Iraq Timetable Gets Cool Reception at Conference  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew boos and hisses from an audience of liberal activists yesterday as she defended her opposition to a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq …

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Orders U.S. Reporters to Exit Guantanamo  —  NEW YORK In the aftermath of the three suicides at the notorious Guantanamo prison facility in Cuba last Saturday, reporters with the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald were ordered by the office of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to leave the island today.

Marine says song he wrote about killing Iraqi was a 'joke'  —  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Marine Corps corporal seen in a video signing about killing members of an Iraqi family says the song was only a joke and not tied in any way to allegations that Marines killed as many as two dozen unarmed civilians in Haditha last year.

'New Direction' is new theme for Democratic plan  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic House and Senate leaders are planning to reduce the cost of student loans and prescription drugs, raise the minimum wage and launch an effort to develop alternative fuels if they win back control of Congress.

Robert Luskin Sends Bush's Brain Message on Plane: 'Case Over'; Attacks Blogosphere  —  The message reached Karl Rove on his BlackBerry: "FITZGERALD CALLED.  CASE OVER."  —  Strapped into his seat, his cell phone darkened in preparation for takeoff on a flight to New Hampshire …

RUDY GOES NUCLEAR  —  FORMULA FOR '08 SUCCESS  —  June 14, 2006 — A small gathering in Mid town yesterday got a sneak peek at Rudy Giuliani's formula as he gears up for a likely 2008 presidential run.  That formula: one-third leadership, one-third technocratic centrist and one-third radical conservative reformer.

FEMA Funds Spent on Divorce, Sex Change  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Houston divorce lawyer Mark Lipkin says he can't recall anyone paying for his services with a FEMA debit card, but congressional investigators say one of his clients did just that.  —  The $1,000 payment was just one example cited …

Press Conference of the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  Thank you.  I've just returned from Baghdad, and I was inspired to be able to visit the capital of a free and democratic Iraq.  —  It was a pleasure to meet face-to-face with the Prime Minister.

Detainees in Despair  —  I WAS released from the United States military's prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in July 2004.  As I was about to board a plane that would take me home to France, the last detainee I saw was a young Yemeni.  He was overwhelmed by emotion.

RWN's Ann Coulter Interview #3  —  John Hawkins: Do you think teachers are underpaid?  —  Ann Coulter: The good ones are, that's why they deserve merit pay.  The bad ones are  —  overpaid.  Too bad their unions don't let us distinguish between the two.  —  John Hawkins: Is global warming occurring and caused by mankind?

The Price of Day Care Can Be High  —  THERE is one place in North America where parents of young children don't have to worry about child care.  In Quebec, full-time day care costs just $7 a day — Canadian dollars, at that — thanks to a government program aimed at one of the thorniest problems …

Could a 15-Year-Old With a Laptop Be the New Campaign Media Guru?  —  Daily Kos's convention — the in-person gathering of the nation's most-read online political blog — was practically carpeted with presidential candidates.  But perhaps the most notable presentation came from Ava Lowery …