Rep. Adam Putnam: Time for Gonzales to Go  —  A congressional Republican leader on Friday joined bipartisan calls for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign but the White House reaffirmed its confidence in President George W. Bush's long-time friend.

Hank Paulson "Needs More" to Knife Wolfowitz: How About Wolfowitz's Employment Contract that He Be Allowed to Take Speaker Fees?  —  Secretary of the Treasury "Hank Paulson can easily control his enthusiasm for Paul Wolfowitz," according to a source close to Paulson, "but he does not have enough yet to stick the final knife in."

Candidate Giuliani Shifts His Tone on Immigration  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani is a long way from Ellis Island.  —  A decade ago, as mayor of New York, Mr. Giuliani used that historic backdrop to champion the cause of immigrants, calling attacks on people who came here legally a blow to "the heart and soul of America."

The Plot Against the First Amendment  —  In June, a case is slated to go to trial in Northern Virginia that will mark a first step in a plan to silence press coverage of essential national security issues.  The plan was hatched by Alberto Gonzales and his deputy, Paul J. McNulty …

Bush Doesn't Joke at WHCA Dinner Due to Virginia Tech Killings — But Rich Little Says 'Nuts'  —  WASHINGTON What would the White House Correspondents Association dinner do for an encore on Saturday night in Washington following last year's controversial Stephen Colbert routine?

Iraqi insurgents now fighting each other  —  MUQDADIYAH, Iraq — At least two major insurgent groups are battling al-Qaida in provinces outside Baghdad, American military commanders said Friday, an indication of a deepening rift between Sunni guerrilla groups in Iraq.

The New 5-to-4 Supreme Court  —  AFTER the 5-to-4 decision last week in which the Supreme Court reversed course on abortion, upholding the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, many court watchers were wondering what to expect next.  —  For guidance, law professors and Supreme Court specialists looked …

Blue Angels jet crashes during air show, killing aviator … (CNN) — A jet flying in formation with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flying team crashed into a Beaufort, South Carolina, neighborhood, causing an "enormous fireball" during an air show, authorities said.

U.S. Erects Baghdad Wall to Keep Sects Apart  —  American military commanders in Baghdad are trying a radical new strategy to quell the widening sectarian violence by building a 12-foot-high, three-mile-long wall separating a historic Sunni enclave from Shiite neighborhoods.

Matthew Yglesias rightly chastises the media for failing to ask whether Harry Reid is substantively right or wrong in his assertion that the war is "lost."  But perhaps we should be careful what we wish for.  —  Here, for instance, is CNN's Kyra Phillips explaining in a surprisingly cutting way that Reid is in fact wrong.

50% Good News Is the Bad News in Russian Radio  —  At their first meeting with journalists since taking over Russia's largest independent radio news network, the managers had startling news of their own: from now on, they said, at least 50 percent of the reports about Russia must be "positive."

Zero Tolerance for Humans  —  John McCain singing "Bomb bomb bomb, Iran" to the  —  tune of "Barbara Ann" wasn't even exactly a joke.  He  —  was clarifying a question from the audience that  —  used euphemisms and circumlocutions to urge him to  —  bomb Iran.  Being famously quirky and ready to blurt

EXCLUSIVE: Townhall.com sits down with Gov. Romney  —  MKH: Thanks, Gov. Romney, for taking some time to hang out with us at Townhall today.  I'm in D.C. Where are you today?  —  MR: I'm in Iowa City, IA, which is the home of the University of Iowa, and I just met with 3 or 400 people …

Iraqi doctor who disputes official death tolls is denied visa to visit UW  —  An Iraqi doctor who made international headlines after stating that civilian deaths in the Iraq war far exceeded officially reported numbers is not being allowed to travel to North America to meet other academics.