Justice Weighed Firing 1 in 4  —  26 Prosecutors Were Listed As Candidates  —  The Justice Department considered dismissing many more U.S. attorneys than officials have previously acknowledged, with at least 26 prosecutors suggested for termination between February 2005 and December 2006 …

Cast Your Vote for Hillary's Campaign Song  —  Hillary Clinton is getting the 2008 voting started early, posting a YouTube video on her website this afternoon in which she urges supporters to cast their vote for her official campaign theme song.  —  Coming on the heels of her text messaging …

For '08 Résumés, Don't Ask Them to Fill in Blanks  —  Stealing a page from the Soviet playbook, the current crop of presidential candidates has taken to eliminating whole chapters of their histories.  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's turbulent final years as first lady?

Gaza lurches towards civil war as leaders lose control of gunmen battling on street  —  Sonia Verma in Jerusalem and Azmi Keshawi in Gaza  —  Gaza was on the brink of civil war last night as violent clashes between Palestinian factions spiralled out of control.

Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason  —  Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: "This chamber is, for the most part, silent—ominously, dreadfully silent.

A Disaster: The GOP Caves On Border Security  —  Word is leaking that the GOP in the Senate are on the verge of agreeing to an immigration bill that has —as a concession to the GOP— less than half of the fencing promised by law last year.  —  White flag time on the border, and a national security and thus a political disaster.

Rove's Worrisome Witness  —  On the day presidential senior adviser Karl Rove administered a tongue-lashing to a Republican congressman, disturbing news about his former executive assistant was spread on Capitol Hill.  GOP House members learned that Susan Ralston is requesting immunity …

It's Our Cage, Too  —  Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies  —  Fear can be a strong motivator.  It led Franklin Roosevelt to intern tens of thousands of innocent U.S. citizens during World War II; it led to Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt, which ruined the lives of hundreds of Americans.

Plame Seeks Showdown With Cheney  —  A lawsuit brought by a CIA agent whose cover was blown by Bush administration officials, Valerie Plame, is expected to face a withering attack this morning at a court hearing in Washington.  —  Through their attorneys, the defendants in the case …

Democrats seek diversity in advisers  —  WASHINGTON - When the leading Republican presidential candidates sit down with their top advisers, those with a seat at the table don't exactly look like America, to use the phrase popularized by former President Clinton.

Reports Show Wealth as a Common Factor Among 2008 Contenders  —  Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, who just six years ago told a divorce court he had only $7,000 in assets under his control, has amassed a net worth of more than $30 million, much of it from paid speeches.

New Demographic Racial Gap Emerges  —  With the number of nonwhite Americans above 100 million for the first time, demographers are identifying an emerging racial generation gap.  —  That development may portend a nation split between an older, whiter electorate and a younger overall population …

'Islamophobia Worst Form of Terrorism'  —  Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) yesterday expressed grave concern at the rising tide of discrimination and intolerance against Muslims, especially in Europe and North America.  "It is something that has assumed xenophobic proportions," they said in unison.