Iraqi: U.S. Bodies Showed Signs of Torture  —  An Iraqi military official said Tuesday that the bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers showed signs of torture, and that men appeared to have been killed "in a barbaric way."  Also, the umbrella group for Iraqi insurgents claimed responsibility for the soldiers' deaths.

U.S. weighs shootdown of N. Korea missile  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is weighing responses to a possible North Korean missile test that include attempting to shoot it down in flight over the Pacific, defense officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The Cheney Supremacy  —  The part of Ron Suskind's new book that's getting all the attention this morning is his chilling disclosure that al-Qaeda apparently planned, then called off, a hydrogen cyanide gas attack in New York's subway in 2003.  —  But the longer-term significance of Suskind's new book …

New Details on Al Masri  —  Guest post by Alexis Debat, terrorism consultant for ABC News, a senior fellow at The Nixon Center and a contributing editor to The National Interest  —  The mystery man named again today by US authorities as a successor to Abu Musab al Zarqawi is an Egyptian …

High Infidelity  —  What if three admitted adulterers run for president and no one cares?  —  Last month, The New York Times published a 2,000-word, front-page dissection of Bill and Hillary Clinton's marriage.  It contained no real news, few named sources, and plenty of gossip masquerading as political coverage.

GOP leaders: No immigration bill this year  —  WASHINGTON - In a defeat for President Bush, Republican congressional leaders said Tuesday that broad immigration legislation is all but doomed for the year, a victim of election-year concerns in the House and conservatives' implacable opposition …

THE SAUDI 9/11 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM  —  This is not a joke: Saudis Offered Scholarships for Aviation Courses in US. … Do they get summer internships with the Air Marshals program, too?  —  Flashback from March 2006...Thank President Bush: … And don't forget The Diversity, The Diversity!

Revived Taliban waging 'full-blown insurgency'  —  PANJWAI DISTRICT, Afghanistan — In their biggest show of strength in nearly five years, pro-Taliban fighters are terrorizing southern Afghanistan — ambushing military patrols, assassinating opponents and even enforcing the law in remote villages where they operate with near impunity.

Kerry extends troop withdrawal date  —  Pushes 2007 deadline in proposal to remove US soldiers from Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John F. Kerry is pushing back by six months the deadline he wants to set for removing combat troops from Iraq, as he seeks to build support in the Senate for his plan for troop withdrawal.

AQI Top 5 Terrorist Killed (Update: Confirmed, Perhaps Plus Another AQI Leader Captured)  —  CENTCOM announced minutes ago that one of the men expected to take the place of the now-room temperature Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has also reached thermal equilibrium near Baghdad.

TruthNot Explains All  —  TruthNot, having promised "a more comprehensive accounting" of their "Rove Indicted" debacle from last May 13, delivers a compelling graphic explaining why Special Counsel Fitzgerald can't be stopped in his pursuit of the Evildoers.

Remarks by the President at the 2006 President's Dinner  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  (Applause.)  Thank you, please be seated.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  (Applause.)  —  Jim, thanks very much for your introduction.  Thanks for your leadership for this incredibly successful dinner.

Jesus Is Not a Republican  —  In November 2002, 30 years after my previous visit to Wheaton College to hear George McGovern, I approached the podium in Edman Chapel to address the student body.  At evangelical colleges like Wheaton, in Illinois, there are two kinds of required gatherings: chapel and convocation.

Democrats Look to Keep Minimum Wage on Table  —  Republicans Likely to Face  —  Election-Year Fight on Calls  —  To Raise the Federal Rate  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats aim to make the minimum wage a maximum political problem for Republicans this election year.