GOP Backers Offer Immigration Bill Change  —  Provision Would Require Illegal Residents to Return Home to Gain Legal Status  —  With a crucial test vote scheduled for today, Republican supporters of a sweeping immigration bill threw their weight yesterday behind a significant change …

Out-of-Afghanistan rumblings on the Hill  —  When they won control of Congress in November, Democrats pressed their case to withdraw troops from Iraq and refocus on Afghanistan, but some are growing impatient with U.S. operations in Afghanistan as well.  —  A few congressional Democrats …

Iranian forces crossed Iraqi border: report  —  Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.  —  Britain's defence ministry would not confirm or deny the report, with a spokesman declining to comment on "intelligence matters".

Court Tightens Limits on Student Speech  —  The Supreme Court affirmed wide authority for school administrators to regulate students' speech today, allowing principals to punish pupils who make any in-school speech or demonstration that may "reasonably be viewed" as promoting illegal drug use.

Matthews explains Coulter segment: 'She sells books.'  —  MSNBC is heavily promoting an appearance by Ann Coulter on tomorrow's Hardball.  Coulter hasn't appeared on Hardball since July 27, 2006 when she called Vice President Al Gore a "total fag."  Tonight, host Chris Matthews …

A Strong Push From Back Stage  —  Air Force Two touched down at the Greenbrier Valley Airport in West Virginia on Feb. 6, 2003, carrying Vice President Cheney to the annual retreat of Republican House and Senate leaders.  He had come to sell them on the economic centerpiece of President Bush's first term: a $674 billion tax cut.

Lugar: U.S. Must Reduce Military Presence In Iraq  —  Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), the senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, tonight announced his support for an immediate shift in Iraq policy, calling on President Bush "to downsize the U.S. military's role in Iraq and place …

The Implications of the $54 Million Missing Pants Verdict  —  Remember the case in which Roy Pearson, a federal administrative law judge, sued his dry cleaner for millions of dollars for losing his pants?  Of course you do.  In reality, the claim that went to trial was consumer fraud.

ALERT: PBS Selects Luntz for Democratic forum analysis...  Email from David Brock, June 25, 2007.  —  Dear Friend:  —  I'm sure you've already heard that PBS will be hosting the next Democratic presidential forum on Thursday, June 28, at Howard University in Washington …

"For a Mohammedan-Free Denmark"  —  I mentioned on Saturday that a group in Denmark was planning to burn an effigy of Mohammed (instead of a witch) at the traditional midsummer festival.  —  Since then the group that burned the Prophet has contacted SIAD, who kindly uploaded the video for us.

McCain To Hold Fundraiser With Swift Boater  —  To what depths is John McCain willing to go to bring money into a presidential campaign that is to a large extent based on the perception of him as a man of honor and integrity?  —  On Tuesday, McCain will attend a $1,000-per-person fundraiser hosted …

Rudy's New SC Co-Chair Has History Of "Racially Charged" Remarks  —  At this point, we can make it official: Rudy Giuliani really, really, really has bad luck with members of South Carolina's Ravenel clan.  —  Earlier this month, Rudy's former South Carolina chair, Thomas Ravenel …

Romney to Tap Own Money for Campaign  —  Mitt Romney said yesterday he had once more turned to his personal fortune to help finance his presidential campaign and might do so again, suggesting that his fund-raising has fallen off since the first three months of the year.