Pols pound 'Path'  —  Under fire, ABC mulls yanking mini  —  "The Path to 9/11" is looking a lot like "The Reagans, Part II."  —  Bill Clinton loyalists are demanding wholesale changes to the upcoming miniseries — and while ABC is making some snips, the alterations, insiders say, may not please the Dems.

Al-Qaeda video takes credit for 9/11  —  A new videotape aired on Aljazeera television has shown Osama bin Laden and senior Al-Qaeda members meeting with some of the men who carried out the September 11 attacks against the US in 2001.  —  The 90-minute video apparently shows Bin Laden …

Questions Raised About Bush's Primary Claims in Defense of Secret Detention System  —  In defending the Central Intelligence Agency's secret network of prisons on Wednesday, President Bush said the detention system had used lawful interrogation techniques, was fully described to select members …

Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal  —  The Bush administration's proposal to bring leading terrorism suspects before military tribunals met stiff resistance Thursday from key Republicans and top military lawyers who said some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny …

Conservatives Help Wal-Mart, and Vice Versa  —  As Wal-Mart Stores struggles to rebut criticism from unions and Democratic leaders, the company has discovered a reliable ally: prominent conservative research groups like the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation and the Manhattan Institute.

3,000 People Still Die  —  LIBERALS CAN'T CHANGE EVERY SCENE IN "THE PATH TO 9/11"  —  As reported earlier today, the Democratic Leadership of the United States Senate sent a threatening letter to the Walt Disney Company.  For what effect - and to what end - we will have to wait and see.

Iraq: A Civil War We Can Still Win  —  As the Democrats turn themselves into the antiwar party, as popular support for the war continues to sink, as some who initially signed on to the war now heap scorn on the entire Iraqi project, the question of immediate withdrawal must be confronted.

Down the Homestretch, the House Wanders Off Course  —  Let us stipulate, as the lawyers like to say, that horses should not be slaughtered for human consumption.  —  Let us further stipulate that there is nothing inherently offensive about minting coins to commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

Tennessee Senate: Ford Within 1  —  Corker (R) 45% Ford (D) 44%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows U.S. Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. closing in on Bob Corker in what has become one of the country's marquee Senate races.  Ford now trails Corker by a single point, 44% to 45% (see crosstabs).

JOHN BOLTON CONFIRMATION IS DEAD  —  Several well-placed sources close to the Bolton nomination process have reported to me that the Bolton confirmation process is now dead.  —  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is "highly unlikely" to reconsider Bolton's confirmation again as things now stand.

McCaskill Rallies Democrats, Aide Kicks Jeff Smith Out of Meeting  —  PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE  —  U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill met yesterday with several St. Louis area Democratic elected officials to emphasize the importance of the upcoming statewide elections and to heal whatever wounds …

Sen. Cantell helped lobbyist's clients  —  WASHINGTON - Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell (news, bio, voting record) helped arrange more than $11 million in federal money in the past year for projects benefiting clients of a lobbyist who is advising her re-election campaign and still owes her money from a personal loan.

Muslim fury after bikini model claimed to be Pakistan's entry  —  A prize winning bikini contest model who claimed she was the Pakistani representative has sparked outrage in the predominantly muslim country.  —  Stunning Mariyah Moten, 22, won the 'Best in Media' title …