The AC-130 gunship is capable of firing thousands of rounds per second.  —  (CBS/AP) A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively.  —  The targets included …

Exclusive: Bush Picks a Replacement for Harriet Miers  —  In a signal that he could be open to working more closely with congressional Democrats rather than stonewalling, President Bush plans to name the widely respected Republican lawyer Fred F. Fielding as White House counsel this week, party sources tell TIME.

Lieberman on Surge: What's "The Worst that Could Happen"?  —  [UPDATE: Welcome Atrios, C&L readers.]  —  Over the weekend, I caught a snippet of CSPAN's coverage of the McCain/Lieberman "surge" party at the American Enterprise Institute.  It was after all the speeches, with the Senators kibitzing with reporters as the hour ran down.

Authorities: Miami package was harmless  —  MIAMI - The Port of Miami was hit by its second terrorism scare in two days Monday when a package that was to be loaded onto a cruise ship tested positive for plastic explosives.  Authorities later determined it was just a box of sprinkler parts.

Investments in the Red  —  Investors normally don't like to hear that their investments are "in the red," but there's a new exception for Republican investors who want their investing strategy to support their political point of view.  From the New York Times comes this story (also online here) …

New Saddam Execution Video  —  A video showing Saddam Hussein shortly after he was executed has emerged on the internet.  The video and images from it are shown below.  The first uncut, uncensored, unedited video showing Saddam Hussein executed caused quite a stir.

Bush and Abramoff have met.  Here is the photo.  —  As we saw as recently as last Friday, the Bush Administration has gone to great lengths to prevent any access to information documenting a relationship with Jack Abramoff.  But that relationship exists.  CREW was provided a photo …

CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Coverage of Democrats on the Hill; Should Networks Show Footage of Saddam's Execution?  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): Here come the Democrats.

Dead U.S. Soldier in Anti-War Video 'Alive and Well'  —  Rhonda Schwartz and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  An Iraqi insurgent propaganda video, containing what is described as a Christmas message from a U.S. soldier taped just before he was killed, appeared on dozens of Web sites and on the al Jazeera network.

A Candidate's Not-So-Candid Camera?  —  John Edwards is ridiculing his political consultants.  —  "You know, they gave me a really great memo," he says, waving the document, which advises him to highlight the importance of public education when addressing teachers.

The holy blitz rolls on  —  The Christian right is a "deeply anti-democratic movement" that gains force by exploiting Americans' fears, argues Chris Hedges.  Salon talks with the former New York Times reporter about his fearless new book, "American Fascists."  —  Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church

Murtha: We Have The Power of The Purse  —  Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), appearing just now on Hardball and gifted as always with the ability to speak plainly, couldn't have been clearer on the controversial issue as to whether Democrats have the ability to restrict the Bush administration's funding of a troop increase in Iraq.

The War Against Global Jihadism  —  President Bush has said that the war against global jihadism is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century.  We are still in the early years of the struggle.  The civilized world will either rise to the challenge …