Transcript: Third G.O.P. Debate  —  The following is a transcript of the 2008 Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, WMUR-TV and The New Hampshire Union Leader.  The participants were Senator Sam Brownback, the former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore, the former …

Steven Gilliard Jr., 42, Dies; Founder of Liberal Political Blog  —  Steven Gilliard Jr., a political journalist who found his calling as a combative and influential blogger on the left, died on Saturday in Manhattan.  He was 42.  —  He died after having been hospitalized …

Democrats Hope to Expand Rights at Guantánamo  —  A day after two military judges ruled against the Bush administration's system for trying terrorism detainees, Democrats seized on the rulings on Tuesday as evidence that Congress should restore the right of those held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detentions.

Conservative Candidates All Support Banning Gays From The Military  —  At CNN's Democratic presidential debate on Sunday, host Wolf Blitzer asked the candidates, by show of hands, to say whether they would get rid of the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' ban on gays in the U.S. military.

The Republican Debate: Open Borders Isn't A Statement About The Condition Of A Bookstore  —  Debates are "won" and "lost" on moments — what professional wrestling writers call "spots."  —  There were no real moments of frission , except for perhaps the several occasions when God sent lightning …

Associated Press' Crappy Reporting Makes Obama's Rhetoric Sound Racially Threatening  —  This is some really, really rank journalism.  The Associated Press is badly distorting a speech Barack Obama gave today, giving his words a scary and racially-threatening cast that they simply didn't have in reality.

Exclusive: Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Resolution That May Force End to Occupation  —  War on Iraq: While Washington lawmakers play procedural games with an out-of-control executive branch, Iraqi legislators are working to bring an end to the occupation of their country.

Debate winners!  Guaranteed accurate!  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Here are the winners and losers of Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, accurate to three decimal places.  —  FIRST PLACE: Mitt Romney  —  Analysis: Strong, clear, gives good soundbite and has shoulders you could land a 737 on.

Same-sex unions OKd by Assembly  —  The bill passes 42-34 after respectful debate that contrasts with the heated discussion of 2005.  If it survives the Senate a veto is likely.  —  SACRAMENTO — A measure to legalize marriage for gay couples easily passed the California Assembly …

Bloomberg On JFK Plot: 'Stop Worrying, Get A Life'  —  (CBS) NEW YORK While questions continue to arise about the alleged plot to blow up a fuel pipeline beneath JFK Airport and surrounding neighborhoods, some are questioning why New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn't had a louder voice since the plot was foiled on Saturday.

Is U.S. Safer Since 9/11?  Clinton and Rivals Spar  —  The Bush administration's efforts to thwart terrorism at home have created a fissure among the three leading Democratic presidential candidates, with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton coming under attack for saying that America is safer …

The Carmela Soprano primary  —  Tony Soprano's odyssey is nearly at an end.  Certain brutish and Brutus death at the hands of his own goons, right?  We'll know soon enough.  But Carmela Soprano's own odyssey chugs along.  And it's a quite different journey from that of her husband.

Graying duo keep passenger in check  —  Shortly before landing, Bob Hayden and a flight attendant had agreed on a signal: When she waved the plastic handcuffs, he would discreetly leave his seat and restrain an unruly passenger who had frightened some of the 150 people on board a Minneapolis …

Fred's Founders seek $4.6M  —  They're called the First-Day Founders, and they constitute the initial fundraising infrastructure for ex-Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-Tenn.) White House bid.  —  The founding group is made up of 100 people, each of whom ponied up the primary maximum $2,300 on June 1, the day

Ron Paul's One-Man Band in the Granite State  —  Young Staffer Hopes to Put Candidate on N.H. Map  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — "Two days was not enough," Jared Chicoine says, standing in the lobby of a Holiday Inn Express on the eve of Tuesday's third Republican presidential debate.

Sen. Sessions Releases List of 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released a list of 20 loopholes in the comprehensive immigration bill today which reveals that the bill is fatally flawed and will not establish a functioning immigration system in the future.