The Inside Story Of How The Senate Immigration Bill Died  —  A GOP Aide, who's one of my sources in the Senate, gave me the rundown on what happened to the Senate bill today.  —  After the 2nd cloture vote failure at noon on Thursday, Harry Reid could not get unanimous consent to call …

Immigration dead  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just pulled the immigration overhaul bill from the floor after it failed to clear a procedural hurdle.  —  "We bent over backwards" to accomodate Republicans who disliked the bill, Reid said.  "We have to figure out a way to get this bill passed."

Is London's future Islamic?  —  It's the capital's fastest growing religion, based on noble traditions and compassionate principles, yet Islam can still be tainted by mistrust and misunderstanding.  Here Time Out argues that an Islamic London would be a better place

Attorney-general knew of BAE and the £1bn.  Then concealed it  —  Goldsmith hid secret money transfers from international anti-corruption organisation  —  British investigators were ordered by the attorney-general Lord Goldsmith to conceal from international anti-bribery watchdogs …

Clinton Names Florida Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Hastings National Campaign Co-Chairs  —  Clinton to Hold Conference Call Announcing Additional Florida Endorsement Today  —  The Clinton Campaign today announced that Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congressman Alcee Hastings have been named national Campaign Co-Chairs.

Re: Libby, Ctd.  —  I have been trying to stay out of the Libby fray (too many friends on both sides), and I want nowhere near an argument over Derb's comments.  But as someone who has the battle scars attendant to defending Pat Fitzgerald here on our friendly Corner, I feel constrained …

Targeting the Iranian "Secret Cells"  —  Qods Force logo, click to view.  —  Coalition and Iraqi security forces work to dismantle the Iranian run Sheibani and Qazali networks  —  Since the end of April, Multinational Forces Iraq has released a multitude of press releases noting the capture …

Democrats May Subpoena N.S.A. Documents  —  Senior House Democrats threatened Thursday to issue subpoenas to obtain secret legal opinions and other documents from the Justice Department related to the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program.  —  If the Democrats take that step …

Iran to release 3 Finns detained in Gulf  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iran seized three Finnish men on a fishing trip near a disputed Persian Gulf island and held them incommunicado for several days before agreeing Wednesday to release them, the men's employer said.  —  The three men working …

Lincoln's Wisdom  —  In the old days, historians—at least some of them—were patriotic and moralistic.  No longer.  We live in what Andrew Ferguson, in his brilliant new book, Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America, calls "a wised-up era."  Now, Ferguson explains, "skepticism about the country …