Edwards and Wife Plan News Conference  —  John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, announced late Wednesday night that he would hold a news conference Thursday, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards' doctor to assess her health following her recovery from breast cancer.

Mystery creator of anti-Clinton ad ID'd  —  WASHINGTON - The mystery creator of the Orwellian YouTube ad against Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Democratic operative who worked for a digital consulting firm with ties to rival Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record).

Democrats See a 'Document Gap' in Dismissals  —  The dismissal of eight United States attorneys has elicited a long and ever-growing list of theories by Democrats on Capitol Hill about ulterior motives and suspicious coincidences.  Now there is a new one: the document gap.

In Praise of Susan Estrich, and In Memory of the Loss of Cathy  —  We lost Cathy at 2:05 PM today.  May her memory last, her family persevere and her friends endure this terrible loss.  We'll all have more to write shortly, but for now I'd like to truly praise Susan Estrich.

Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case  —  The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case.

House Democrats Weigh Plan for Iraq Withdrawal  —  Representative Dan Boren is a Democrat, but after visiting Iraq last week he announced a decision that puts him at odds with his party's leaders: he intends to vote against their plan to set a deadline for troops to leave Iraq.

Boxer Slams Down Inhofe's Global Warming Filibuster: 'You Don't Make The Rules Anymore'  —  Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) has said Al Gore is "full of crap" and compared people who believe in global warming to "the Third Reich."  During today's Senate hearing, Inhofe used a considerable amount …

Was She Covert?  —  Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly believe what he heard on television Friday as he watched a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.  Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director, Michael Hayden.

Angola sends 'Ninja' paramilitaries to bolster Mugabe's security forces  —  About 2,500 Angolan paramilitary police, feared in their own country for their brutality, are to be deployed in Zimbabwe, raising concerns of an escalation in violence against those opposed to President Mugabe.