Poll: Bush Approval Rating At New Low  —  On Eve Of State Of Union, President's Approval Rating Falls To 28%, A New Low  —  (CBS) President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a nation that's strongly opposed to his plan for increasing troops in Iraq …

CNN debunks false report about Obama  —  JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) — Allegations that Sen. Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a "madrassa" are not accurate, according to CNN reporting.  —  Insight Magazine, which is owned by the same company as The Washington Times …

Three More Senators Say They Oppose More Troops in Iraq  —  Three senators offered a new resolution today against President Bush's Iraq policy, in which they declared their opposition to Mr. Bush's plans to increase the American troop force there by 21,500.  —  The resolution …

Details Emerge About Possible Terror Threat  —  Suspects, Reportedly Tied to Al Qaeda in Iraq, Sought Student Visas  —  Mimicking the hijackers who executed the Sept. 11 attacks, insurgents reportedly tied to al Qaeda in Iraq considered using student visas to slip terrorists into the United States …

New al Qaeda Video: Zawahiri Taunts Bush  —  UPDATE: Laura Mansfield, who first discovered the video, has graciously agreed to let us upload the video to Google Video.  Thanks to Howie for uploading it.  You can watch the entire video by scrolling down, or go to Laura's website and download it.

Playing the Electability Card  —  This isn't cool: … Even though there is currently no candidate in the 2008 field who I back strongly enough to actually advocate on his or her behalf, there are still many things I would like to accomplish during the primary season.

Baby Killing as a Civil Right  —  "As to abortion.  I can speak as to what is wrong with it because I had one.  If some asks now if I have children, I say none living.  If they dare ask what happened, I tell them I murdered my children.  I say children but I only had one abortion.

Or  —  You could just sign everyone up and pay for it out of taxes one way or another.  I'm flexible about how exactly it's implemented after that, but the biggest absurdity in all of these plans it that you have to add additional complexity to the tax code, and a ridiculous additional layer of adminstration/bureaucracy.

Pondering legacy is left to others  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush talked to USA TODAY's White House reporter David Jackson in advance of Tuesday's State of the Union address.  Here are excerpts from the interview.  —  State of the Union  —  Bush began the conversation …

The Invisible Enemy in Iraq  —  A homemade bomb exploded under a Humvee in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 21, 2004.  The blast flipped the vehicle into the air, killing two US marines and wounding another - a soft-spoken 20-year-old named Jonathan Gadsden who was near the end of his second tour of duty.

Bush's Health Plan  —  Let me do the unpopular thing today and tentatively suggest that George Bush's rumored health legislation will be a good thing.  If early reports are to be believed, tomorrow night's State of the Union will see Bush set a limit on the deductibility of employer-based health care …

New Coalition Aims to Keep Dems in Check  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers who stray too far from the party line could find themselves facing primary opponents financed by unions, trial lawyers and political activists eager to put the new congressional majority to the test.

Giuliani Hires E-Campaign Expert  —  As Dan Balz and I wrote in today's Post, presidential candidates on both sides are focused heavily on bolstering their Internet presence through a variety of new tools, including video, podcasts and even online video chats.

Jamilgate: Eerie silence from E&P about Hot Air's Hurriya mosques report  —  I don't get it.  They're interested in the story, aren't they?  For instance, when Marc Danziger reported on December 16th that he might have found Jamil Hussein at the Yarmouk police station, right where the AP had said he was …

Man kicked off flight for Bush-bashing T-shirt  —  CANBERRA, Jan 22 (Reuters Life!)  - An airline passenger barred from a flight for wearing a T-shirt labeling President Bush a terrorist has threatened legal action against Australia's flag carrier Qantas.  —  Allen Jasson, 55 …