Strategist Says Gonzales Is "Finished"  —  Senate Investigation Heats Up Amid Calls For Attorney General Gonzales' Ouster  —  (CBS/AP) Pressure mounted on the White House Thursday to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. attorneys.

Rove Is Linked to Early Query Over Dismissals  —  Karl Rove, the senior presidential adviser, inquired about firing United States attorneys in January 2005, e-mail messages released Thursday show.  The request prompted a Justice Department aide to respond that Alberto R. Gonzales …

Second Republican suggests Gonzales should go  —  A second Senate Republican stepped forward today to suggest that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should leave his post because of the way the Justice Department handled the firings of eight federal prosecutors, USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely tells us.

CREW ASKS FOR HOUSE INVESTIGATION INTO WHITE HOUSE VIOLATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT  —  U.S. ATTORNEY FIRINGS AND ABRAMOFF-RELATED EMAILS SENT FROM RNC AND OTHER OUTSIDE ADDRESSES CIRCUMVENT MANDATORY RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEM  —  Washington, DC - In light of e-mails released …

E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings  —  White House Says E-Mails Are Consistent With Its Original Statements on the Controversy  —  New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show that the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised by White House Deputy Chief …

Email: Most USAs Are "Loyal Bushies"  —  As reported earlier on ABC News, here is the email that shows that the whole U.S. attorney purge scheme originated with Karl Rove.  It was released this evening by the Justice Department.  —  In the email, which has the subject line "Re …

Senate Rejects Measure for Iraq Pullout  —  In a largely party-line vote, the Senate today rejected a Democratic resolution aimed at withdrawing most American combat troops from Iraq in 2008.  But Democratic leaders vowed to keep raising the measure to escalate pressure on the Bush Administration …

Phony Fraud Charges  —  In its fumbling attempts to explain the purge of United States attorneys, the Bush administration has argued that the fired prosecutors were not aggressive enough about addressing voter fraud.  It is a phony argument; there is no evidence that any of them ignored real instances of voter fraud.