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 …

BREAKING: Sen. John Warner To Introduce Resolution Opposing Iraq Escalation  —  Sen. John Warner (R-VA) will introduce a resolution today "making clear that he does not support the President on increasing the troop levels in Iraq" and calling escalation "a mistake," CNN's Dana Bash reports.

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 …

Court finalizes jury for CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON — A jury that includes four critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policies was seated Monday to try former White House aide "Scooter" Libby on charges of lying about what he told reporters concerning the wife of a prominent war opponent.

Anyone but a Bush or a Clinton  —  The U.S. needs a leader in 2008 who doesn't inherit the office because of a last name.  —  HAVING REFUSED a third term as president, George Washington offered the nation a farewell address in 1796, urging Americans to cherish the Union and to avoid the "baneful effects" of political partisanship.

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.

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.

Hillary Care, Bush Care, Wyden Care  —  I'm going to have a lot more to say in a few weeks about the importance of proposing a universal health insurance plan if you're running for President.  But if you are going to make a health care proposal, certain minimal parameters seem obvious, especially The Two Mandatorys:

Bush Hails Abortion Foes at Annual Rally  —  Bush Gives Pep Talk to Opponents of Abortion Rights, Targets Embryonic Stem-Cell Advances  —  President Bush marked the 34th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision Monday, telling thousands of abortion foes he shares their goal of seeing …

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.

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 …

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 …

A calling card for death and destruction on recruiting day  —  Fallujah, Iraq - Editor's note: Blogger Bill Ardolino is embedded with a U.S. Marine unit in Iraq.  He's there to find out the truth about the U.S. war effort on the ground in Iraq.  Unlike the vast majority of mainstream media journalists …