G.O.P. Sets Aside Work on Immigration  —  As they prepare for a critical pre-election legislative stretch, Congressional Republican leaders have all but abandoned a broad overhaul of immigration laws and instead will concentrate on national security issues they believe play to their political strength.

Lieberman marches alone as former allies surround Lamont  —  HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman continues to go it alone.  —  While prominent Connecticut Democrats surrounded U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont at an annual Labor Day parade Monday in Newtown, the three-term incumbent …

Voters are anti-incumbent and angry, new poll finds  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Most Americans are angry about "something" when it comes to how the country is run, and they are more likely than in previous years to vote for a challenger this November, a new poll suggests.

United House and Senate Democratic Leaders Urge President to Change Course in Iraq; Call for Changes to Iraq Policy  —  Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner (Harry Reid), 202-255-3736 or 202-281-5425; Brendan Daly (Nancy Pelosi), 202-225-3225  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /U.S. Newswire …

Iraq follows Al Qaeda coup with mass arrests  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces killed 14 "terrorists" and arrested almost 200 suspects, the government said Monday, in a spectacular follow-up to their earlier capture of an alleged top-level Al Qaeda leader.

President Bush Honors American Work Force on Labor Day  —  Paul Haul Center for Maritime Training and Education  —  Presidential Message: Labor Day, 2006  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  Happy Labor Day.  —  AUDIENCE: Happy Labor Day.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Yes, thanks.

Dissent at Dartmouth  —  Ivy League liberals try to stifle democracy.  —  The left-leaning faction that dominates American higher education doesn't take kindly to strangers—particularly those who challenge the prevailing academic orthodoxies.  Just ask Harvard's Larry Summers.

Who Are the Real Victims of Religious Hate Crimes?  —  Are Muslims the New Jews... as Daily Kos claims?  —  Are US Muslims Plagued by Discrimination since 9-11?  —  Little Green Footballs has news of the "whitewashing of radical Islam" HERE and HERE.  —  With the 5 Year Anniversary …

This Can't Be Love  —  Across the eastern United States, a gruesome ritual is in full swing.  The praying mantis and its relative, the Chinese mantis, are in their courtship season.  A male mantis approaches a female, flapping his wings and swaying his abdomen.  Leaping on her back, he begins to mate.

Many Entry-Level Workers Find a Rough Market  —  This Labor Day, the 45 million young people in the nation's work force face a choppy job market in which entry-level wages have often trailed inflation, making it hard for many to cope with high housing costs and rising college debt loads.

Hands Off Constitutions  —  This Isn't the Way to Ban Same-Sex Marriage  —  The chief casualty in the struggle over same-sex marriage has been the American constitutional tradition.  Liberals and conservatives — judges and legislators — bear responsibility for this sad state of affairs.

U.N. to mediate Israeli soldier release  —  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday he would appoint a mediator for indirect talks between Israel and Hezbollah on the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers, the first public word of negotiations between the bitter enemies since fighting in Lebanon ended.

33 bodies found scattered across Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found the tortured, blindfolded bodies of 33 men scattered across the capital Monday and the U.S.-led coalition reported combat deaths of seven servicemen, a day after Iraqi leaders said the capture of a top terror suspect would reduce violence.

Sudan's Offensive Comes at Key Time  —  The Sudanese government has dramatically intensified the war in Darfur in a bid to finish off a tenacious, three-year-old rebellion before a U.N. peacekeeping force can deploy there, say analysts, rebels and officials from the African Union monitoring mission.

IA soldiers seize weapons cache in mosque, MND-B Soldiers detain 4 suspected terrorists  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  RELEASE No. 20060904-09  —  IA soldiers seize weapons cache in mosque, MND-B Soldiers detain 4 suspected terrorists  —  Multi-National Division - Baghdad PAO

Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony  —  9/11 Spurred Action, Helped Define Beliefs  —  Standing in the small, fluorescent-lighted room that served as George Washington University's Muslim prayer area, Amin Al-Sarraf pointed to the six-foot-high plastic partition dividing the space.