Full coverage: Virginia Tech massacre  —  April 18: NBC News releases a picture of Cho Seung-Hui that was in the package the Virginia Tech gunman sent to NBC between the two shootings on Monday.  —  Photos & audio  —  Virginia Tech students, faculty come to terms with the horror of the mass shooting at the Blacksburg, Va., school.

Court Backs Ban on Abortion Procedure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long- awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.  —  The 5-4 ruling said the Partial …

Breaking: FBI Raids Rep. Doolittle's Home  —  Roll Call reports, "The FBI has raided the Northern Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.), according to Congressional sources.  No details are publicly available yet about the circumstances of the raid, but Doolittle and his wife …

Fred Thompson 2008: A Matter of When — Not If  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Fred Thompson's top cheerleader on Capitol Hill — Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn. — said Wednesday that the former Republican senator's entrance into the 2008 presidential race is a matter of when — not if.

Poll reveals most negative assessment of Iraq war yet  —  In the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, taken April 10-12, 69 percent of Americans say things are going badly for the United States in Iraq.  That's the most negative assessment yet recorded, up from 54 percent …

Democratic Race Tightens as Views of Clinton Become More Negative  —  Forty-five percent favorable rating one of lowest ever for Clinton  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of Americans have an unfavorable image of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Who Placed a Secret Hold on Sunlight?  —  Yet again an anonymous Senator has placed a secret hold on legislation that would increase transparency.  This time a secret hold has been placed on a bill, S. 223, that would mandate that Senators file their campaign finance reports electronically.

This may look like a UN plane... but Sudan used it to bomb Darfur  —  Britain and America threatened yesterday to impose new sanctions on Khartoum after a United Nations report accused Sudan of disguising its military planes and helicopters as UN aircraft and using them to attack villages in Darfur.

Video: Eisner says it's time to get the public "emotional" about gun control  —  Appeals to reason are so passe.  Or so suggested the former Disney CEO during his appearance this afternoon on CNBC's "Power Lunch," in which he called explicitly for the abolition of handguns in America.

Don't Reward Failure By Giving Money to NARAL  —  I'm sure Nancy Keenan is licking her sweet chops over the latest SCOTUS decision.  It is, after all, probably going to be the biggest fundraising opportunity she's had during her tenure at NARAL.  Bigger even than Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.

Experts: Force increases may not be enough  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday that increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps may not resolve severe and growing personnel problems.  There was even talk of returning to the draft to fill the ranks.

A New Threat In Iraq  —  While the Bush administration struggles to stabilize Baghdad, a major new threat is emerging in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.  If it isn't defused, this crisis could further erode U.S. goals in Iraq — drawing foreign military intervention …