Edwards to Suspend Campaign  —  John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.

Oversight over the White House  —  Forgive the redundancy after having just mentioned this, but it's worth paying special attention to the new White House talking point.  —  Tony Snow on ABC: "The executive branch is under no compulsion to testify to Congress, because Congress in fact doesn't have oversight ability."

GOP Forces House Democrats To Pull DC Voting Bill  —  House Democrats pulled a bill to grant voting rights to Washington, D.C., after Republicans offered a motion that would repeal the gun ban for the District.  —  The move is a clear signal that Democrats have lost control of House floor …

Grazergate, the episode  —  David Hiller's decision to kill the Brian Grazer section this Sunday makes my continued tenure as Los Angeles Times editorial page editor untenable.  The person in this job needs to have an unimpeachable integrity, and Hiller's decision amounts to a vote of no confidence in my continued leadership.

Gonzales: I'm Staying For The Kids  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced this morning: "I'm not going to resign.  I'm going to stay focused on protecting our kids."  Speaking before a Project Safe Childhood event, Gonzales told reporters he plans "to go up to the Congress …

Grassley backs subpoenas for Rove, Miers  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) voted with Democrats Thursday to give Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) the authority to subpoena current and former White House officials, including presidential adviser Karl Rove, to get more information on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

REPORT: ALL CHARGES AGAINST DUKE LACROSSE PLAYERS TO BE DROPPED SOON  —  The remaining charges against three Duke University lacrosse players originally indicted for rape may be dropped sometime within the next few days, according to a report.  —  Inside Lacrosse Magazine writer Paul Caulfield told FOX News …

Republican Party loyalty in decline since 2002  —  WASHINGTON — Public allegiance to the Republican Party has plunged since the second year of George W. Bush's presidency, as attitudes have edged away from some of the conservative values that fueled GOP political dominance for more than a decade, a major new survey has found.

RUBS  —  The great difficulty in filing stories from Iraq is leading me to experiment.  We are into the fifth year of the war Iraq, yet no comprehensive system exists to help media communicate to people at home.  Raw information only trickles back from Iraq because the flow is strangled.

Musharraf at the Exit  —  LAHORE, Pakistan — In the rapidly unfolding crisis in Pakistan, no matter what happens to President Pervez Musharraf — whether he survives politically or not — he is a lame duck.  He is unable to rein in Talibanization in Pakistan or guide the country toward a more democratic future.