Approval of Congress lowest in a decade  —  Only about a quarter of Americans approve of how it's doing its job, a poll shows; most see 'business as usual.'  —  WASHINGTON — Fueled by disappointment at the pace of change since Democrats assumed the majority on Capitol Hill …

U.S. Officials Deny Bush Lost Wristwatch in Albania  —  TIRANA, Albania — Whatever happened to the president's watch?  —  One moment President George W. Bush was glad-handing Albanians on Sunday, proudly sporting a watch with a dark strap on his left wrist.  Moments later, it was gone.

Fact vs. Fiction: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales  —  Americans have lost confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.  Below are some of the reasons why Senators should vote today to express a lack of confidence in the Attorney General.  On issue after issue, Gonzales's statements leave Americans …

CAIR membership falls 90% since 9/11  —  Membership in the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has declined more than 90 percent since the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to tax documents obtained by The Washington Times.  —  The number of reported members spiraled …

CHAMBLISS, ISAKSON SEND A MESSAGE ON IMMIGRATION TO PRESIDENT BUSH: SHOW COMMITMENT TO BORDER SECURITY  —  SENATORS CALL ON PRESIDENT TO IMMEDIATELY FUND BORDER SECURITY THROUGH EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) …

Clinton Owes Lead in Poll To Support From Women  —  The consistent lead that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has maintained over Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and others in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination is due largely to one factor: her support from women.

"TEAR DOWN THIS WALL"  —  Twenty years ago today Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and gave the speech heard 'round the world.  Our friend Peter Robinson was the man who wrote the speech.  He tells the story behind the speech in his terrific book How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life.

In Parting Shot, Blair Calls Press a 'Feral Beast'  —  In the land that produced "Scoop," Evelyn Waugh's novel of journalistic ambition and ineptitude, it would seem unsurprising for politicians to criticize reporters on occasion.  But was it justified, as Prime Minister Tony Blair did today, to call the press a "feral beast"?

McCain camp enters campaign 'dog days'  —  Bracing for a fundraising report at the end of the month that is unlikely to alleviate the headaches that have plagued his campaign, Arizona Sen. John McCain and his top advisers have fashioned a survival plan they hope will steady his GOP nomination run.

David Chase speaks!  —  What do you do when your TV world ends?  You go to dinner, then keep quiet.  Sunday night, "Sopranos" creator David Chase took his wife out for dinner in France, where he's fled to avoid "all the Monday morning quarterbacking" about the show's finale.

Mueller Often Uses FBI Jet Bought for Counterterrorism  —  When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications gear …

Virginia's GOP chairman will serve as Bush counselor  —  Gillespie leaving job to replace Bartlett at White House  —  Edward W. Gillespie will step down as Republican Party of Virginia chairman today to become counselor to President Bush in the White House.

Judges Say U.S. Can't Hold Man as 'Combatant'  —  The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that the president may not declare civilians in this country to be "enemy combatants" and have the military hold them indefinitely.  The ruling was a stinging rejection …

High-profile Tancredo presidential campaign staffer outed  —  Tyler Whitney, the webmaster for the right-wing antigay Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo's presidential campaign, has been outed by the Michigan gay paper Between the Lines.  I had reporter Todd Heywood on the show today.

YouTube Fuels — and Foils — Campaigns  —  WASHINGTON — For months, the presidential wannabes have been churning out serious, talking-to-the-camera videos for YouTube.  So far, viewers prefer the spontaneous, unauthorized, less flattering fare.  —  Traffic on YouTube related …

Report: Contracting head illegally political  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the main federal contracting agency, a longtime GOP supporter, should be "punished to the fullest extent" for violating a ban on political advocacy on government time, a watchdog agency concluded.