Official: Radicals wanted to create carnage at Fort Dix … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The federal government charged five alleged Islamic radicals with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey.  —  A sixth was charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three of the others.

China finds two companies guilty in tainted pet food export  —  SHANGHAI: China said Tuesday that it had found two companies here guilty of intentionally exporting contaminated pet food ingredients to the United States.  —  The country's quality control investigator released a statement …

Poll: Most back Congress over Bush in war funding fight … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Most Americans disagree with President Bush's decision last week to veto the war funding bill that contained a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.  —  What do they think Congress should do now?

Glass Houses, Sheet-Covered Stones, Etc  —  The Carpetbagger Report linked to me earlier today and has sent a fair amount of traffic to an old post I wrote about the Ten Worst Americans in history.  I enjoyed that challenge and spent quite a bit of time on it, but found it curious that someone would link to it today.

Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign  —  Contact: Tommy Vietor or Robert Gibbs, 202-228-5511  —  Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign  —  In the past week, many of you have read a now thoroughly-debunked story by Insight Magazine, owned by the Washington Times …

Pelosi threat to sue Bush over Iraq bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.  —  Pelosi recently told a group of liberal bloggers …

Hamas 'Mickey Mouse' wants Islam takeover  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas militants have enlisted the iconic Mickey Mouse to broadcast their message of Islamic dominion and armed resistance to their most impressionable audience — little kids.  —  A giant black-and-white rodent — named …

So, Farewell Then, Jacques Chirac  —  TAKE YOUR SCORN FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD WITH YOU.  —  "All political careers end in failure," a British statesman once wisely said.  Judging by the wreckage of the famous political career that ended this week, he was even wiser than he knew.

Democrats To Widen Conflict With Bush  —  Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues — such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders …

Who's Afraid of the White House Attorneys Connection?  —  Tuesday, May. 08, 2007 By MASSIMO CALABRESI/WASHINGTON  —  If the White House did nothing improper in the controversial firing of eight U.S. Attorneys last year, why would top officials in the Justice Department …

Habeas Restoration: Move Quick  —  I'm told there's an outside shot that House Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will put a restoration of habeas corpus into the Defense Department Authorization Bill being marked up tomorrow and Thursday.  Apparently Chairman Skelton has the votes …

Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Hello.  —  Q Good afternoon.  —  MR. SNOW: Good afternoon.  The President tomorrow is going to be going to Greensburg, Kansas.  He'll spend the bulk of the day, as you know, in Kansas, taking a look at the devastation in that town.

Treasury Chief Supports Delay for Wolfowitz  —  Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. on Tuesday endorsed the request by Paul D. Wolfowitz, the World Bank president, for more time to defend himself against charges of misconduct, seeking a delay that could also give the Bush administration time to negotiate his voluntary resignation.

Netroots on shaky ground  —  An online liberal movement that seeks to imitate GOP tactics places too much emphasis on style over substance.  —  IT'S IRONIC.  At precisely the moment so many people think that the Republican Party and the conservative movement went off the rails, the people who hate the right the most want to copy it.

Witnessing an Interrogation At Camp Honor in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — The suspect, named Dheyaa, is surrounded by Iraqi soldiers, an American officer, a translator, and this reporter.  —  He sits Indian style on the floor against the door of one of the interrogation rooms inside Camp Honor …