GOP Plans Hearings on Issue of Immigrants  —  In a move that could bury President Bush's high-profile effort to overhaul immigration law until after the midterm elections, House GOP leaders yesterday announced a series of field hearings during the August recess, pushing off final negotiations on a bill until fall at the earliest.

Bush Accuses Iran of Dragging Its Feet  —  President Bush on Wednesday accused Iran of dragging its feet on a Western incentive package aimed at getting Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment activity.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said earlier in the day that his country will respond …

On Iraq, Kerry Again Leaves Democrats Fuming  —  WASHINGTON, June 20 — When Senator John Kerry was their presidential nominee in 2004, Democrats fervently wished he would express himself firmly about the Iraq war.  —  Mr. Kerry has found his resolve.  But it has not made his fellow Democrats any happier.

Troops echo frustration over war in Iraq  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - While Staff Sgt. Randy Myers was dodging roadside bombs in Iraq, his congressman was calling the war a lost cause.  —  Sixteen-term Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), a decorated Vietnam veteran and military hawk …

Murder & Media Manipulation: Al-Qaeda's Strategy in Iraq  —  Since I first learned of the murder of the two U.S. soldiers whose booby-trapped bodies were recovered earlier today, I've been trying to find words to express my outrage at this atrocity.  Simply put, it shows the barbarity of our adversary …

Shill Wind  —  All of Washington's political reporters read ABC's The Note.  That's why they keep missing the story.  —  In the spring of 2005, a story came along that was so important, so history-altering that it threatened to revive a killer press instinct that had been dormant for the previous four years.

The Wages of Sin … I have to admit, even I didn't think the political pimps in control of our national whorehouse would have the gall to sneak through a pay raise for themselves, then turn around a week later and kill the first increase in the minimum wage in almost ten years.

Lieberman Vs. the Democrats  —  Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman is as seasoned a pol as anyone can find, but he seems to have forgotten the very purpose of elections.  —  In a remarkable interview he recently gave to The Post's David S. Broder [op-ed, June 18], the Democrats' 2000 vice …

Iraq Views Improve, Small Bounce for Bush  —  After Zarqawi's Death...  Navigate this report  —  Summary of Findings  —  Summary of Findings  —  Americans are now more positive about the way things are going in Iraq than in the past few months, following the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi …

Human rights groups silent on death of Americans  —  Two American soldiers, missing since an insurgent ambush at the checkpoint they were manning last Friday, were found dead Monday night on a street just south of Baghdad.  An Iraqi General confirmed to the Associated Press that the soldiers' bodies showed …

An A-to-Z Book of Conservatism Now Weighs In  —  WASHINGTON, June 20 — It has red states and blond pundits; home schoolers and The Human Life Review; originalists, monetarists, federalists and evangelists; and no shortage of people named Kristol.  —  Now American conservatism can claim another mark …

Jeralyn Merritt: Bloggers, Karl Rove and the presumption of guilt  —  WASHINGTON - As a criminal defense lawyer, I don't blame Robert Luskin for attacking liberal bloggers in a recent New York Observer interview.  —  Mr. Rove, Mr. Luskin said, had fallen victim to partisans and …

Ex-Aide To Bush Found Guilty  —  A federal jury found former White House aide David H. Safavian guilty yesterday of lying and obstructing justice, making him the highest-ranking government official to be convicted in the spreading scandal involving disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Lawyer Representing Saddam Hussein Killed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers was shot to death Wednesday after he was abducted from his home by men wearing police uniforms in Baghdad, court and police officials said.  —  Khamis al-Obeidi, who represented Saddam …

Rahm nixes second term  —  Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will step down from the House Democrats' campaign operation after the November elections to spend more time with his family, he told The Hill yesterday.  —  Emanuel has been a leading strategist, fundraiser, cheerleader and recruiter …

Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?  —  Salon exclusive: Two former AT&T employees say the telecom giant has maintained a secret, highly secure room in St. Louis since 2002.  Intelligence experts say it bears the earmarks of a National Security Agency operation.