Court decides endangered species, religion, student speech, campaign finance cases; four new grants  —  Amid several 5-4 rulings on the merits, the Supreme Court on Monday granted four cases for review next Term, including a significant test case on the use of references to the O.J. Simpson …

McCain could pull out of race by autumn  —  Presidential hopeful drops campaign staff as Republican consultants predict he'll be gone by September  —  THE former presidential front-runner, John McCain, may drop out of the 2008 race by September if his fundraising dries up and his poll ratings continue …

Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East  —  With the Iraq war well into its fifth year, the Bush administration still lacks a realistic plan for the Middle East and Iraq.  The United States must reclaim control of its core national security interests by taking active steps …

Too little, too late: Gore blames scientists for climate crisis  —  US could have acted sooner if experts had reached consensus  —  In an extraordinary outburst aimed at America's failure to tackle global warming, Al Gore says that if scientific agreement on the climate crisis had been reached sooner …

Drilling for Justice  —  Army officers have been pleased with Michael Gordon's portrayal of the events in Baqubah.  —  On 19 June American forces sealed off Baqubah and began attacking targets within the city.  The immediate goal of Arrowhead Ripper was to free Baqubah of al Qaeda …

Obama Iowa TV Ads … Choices

Murdoch Reaches Out for Even More  —  In the fall of 2003, a piece of Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media empire was in jeopardy.  —  Congress was on the verge of limiting any company from owning local television stations that reached more than 35 percent of American homes.

Plaintiff Gets Nothing in $54M Case of Missing Pants  —  Ruling for Dry Cleaner May Spell Bigger Woes for D.C. Judge Roy Pearson  —  The D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaner for $54 million over a pair of lost pants found out this morning what he's going to get for all his troubles.

Sessions says support for immigration bill is eroding  —  Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a key opponent to the bipartisan immigration bill that will be taken up again next week, said Sunday that support for the legislation "continues to erode."  —  Sessions noted that some of the senators …

Winds of War  —  Iran is making a mistake that may lead the Middle East into a broader conflict.  —  Several conflicts of various intensities are raging in the Middle East.  But a bigger war, involving more states—Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the Palestinian Authority and perhaps …

Reality Check for the Antiwar Crowd  —  As an Iraq war veteran who participated in combat operations and political reconciliation efforts, I take issue with some of the arguments repeatedly being made on Capitol Hill.  Most recently I was bothered by statements from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) …