Plame was 'covert' agent at time of name leak  —  Newly released unclassified document details CIA employment  —  WASHINGTON - An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing …

Bush Takes On Conservatives Over Immigration  —  President Bush took on parts of his conservative base on Tuesday by accusing opponents of his proposed immigration measure of fear-mongering to defeat its passage in Congress.  —  "If you want to scare the American people …

Fred Thompson running for president  —  Fred Dalton Thompson is planning to enter the presidential race over the Fourth of July holiday, announcing that week that he has already raised several million dollars and is being backed by insiders from the past three Republican administrations, Thompson advisers told The Politico.

Advisers Fault Harsh Methods in Interrogation  —  As the Bush administration completes secret new rules governing interrogations, a group of experts advising the intelligence agencies argue that the harsh techniques used since the 2001 terrorist attacks are outmoded, amateurish and unreliable.

Justices' Ruling Limits Suits on Pay Disparity  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay, insisting in a 5-to-4 decision on a tight time frame to file such cases.  The dissenters said the ruling ignored workplace realities.

A Special Blogger Poll On The Senate Immigration Bill  —  Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 8 questions.  The following 51 blogs responded,  —  Aaron's CC, Absinthe & Cookies, The Absurd Report, Argghhhh!, Baldilocks, The Baseball Crank …

Los Angeles mayor to endorse Clinton's presidential bid  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a rising star in national Democratic politics and one of the nation's top Hispanic elected officials.

Security flaws confirmed on Flight 327  —  A newly released inspector general report (PDF) backs eyewitness accounts of suspicious behavior by 13 Middle Eastern men on a Northwest Airlines flight in 2004 and reveals several missteps by government officials, including failure to file …

Bernstein Book Directly Contradicts A Key Charge In Gerth And Van Natta's Book  —  Okay, the duel of the Hillary books just heated up big time.  —  We've just received our copy of Carl Bernstein's new book on Hillary, and something leaps right out at us.  —  Specifically: Bernstein's …

Introducing the McCain Campaign Dead Pool!  —  The general trend of the polls is unmistakable.  John McCain's campaign is sinking like the Titanic after having run into the iceberg of immigration "reform".  Oh sure, we can expect the McCain campaign and its misguided sympathizers to cling …

CHAVENEZUELA  —  How the Man Who Would Be Castro marked a new milestone on the path towards totalitarianism by shutting down the nation's most popular television station.  He will keep at it until there is no free press left and no one to report the fact that it disappeared.

NASA: Danger Point Closer Than Thought From Warming  —  'Disastrous Effects' of Global Warming Tipping Points Near, According to New Study  —  Even "moderate additional" greenhouse emissions are likely to push Earth past "critical tipping points" with "dangerous consequences for the planet …

Some Hitherto Staunch G.O.P. Voters Souring on Iraq  —  Through four elections, Debbie Thompson has supported Representative Mark Steven Kirk, a Republican and staunch backer of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq.  —  But Ms. Thompson, a mother of two from this affluent suburb of Chicago …

Kerry-Edwards overspent pimping planes  —  John Kerry spent $1.4 million more than federal rules allowed during his 2004 presidential bid, primarily on customizing two campaign planes, according to a draft audit by the Federal Election Commission.  —  If the commissioners approve …

US troops death in Iraq hits 2-year high  —  A series of fatalities announced on Tuesday in Iraq saw the US military's death toll rise to its highest monthly level in more than two years.  —  The US army reported that eight troops died in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash …

SAS team ready for Iraq hostage hunt  —  Michael Evans, Defence Editor of The Times  —  A British hostage-crisis team of up to 20 specialists, including SAS and police experts, is on standby in London ready to leave for Baghdad and help find the five Britons kidnapped by insurgents …