Court strikes down school integration plans, ends Term  —  UPDATED to 11 a.m.  —  Concluding its current Term with a historic ruling on race in public policy, the Supreme Court divided 5-4 on Thursday in striking down voluntary integration plans in the public schools of Seattle and Louisville.

Bush asserts executive privilege  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the firing of U.S. attorneys.  —  His decision was denounced as …

Senate Hands Down a Major Defeat on Immigration Bill  —  The most dramatic overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation was trounced this morning by a bipartisan filibuster, with the political right and left overwhelming a coalition of Republicans and Democrats who had been seeking compromise …

Ann Coulter Loses It, Calls Elizabeth Edwards A "Harridan"  —  Boy, it looks like the pressure from Elizabeth Edwards is really getting to Ann Coulter.  Seems to be really rattling her badly.  Give this a watch, from MSNBC this morning:  —  Woah.  —  Incidentally, the Coulter column …

'I assume Cheney will get a Katrina trailer,' Republican mocks  —  A group of Democrats made their case Thursday afternoon to cut all funding for the executive branch office of Vice President Dick Cheney on the floor of the House of Representatives.  The move prompted a Republican Congressman …

46-53, immigration bill goes down in defeat  —  The comprehensive immigration reform bill that has dodged attacks from the left and right for weeks, survived "poison pill" amendments, and was once pulled from the Senate schedule failed its most important test Thursday.  Passage of the legislation now appears unlikely.

Shaheen/Sununu 2008 Senate Ballot  —  The following results are based on 553 completed telephone interviews among a statewide random sample of registered voters in New Hampshire.  Of the 553 interviews, 166 were anmong registered Republicans, 155 among registered Democrats, and 232 among undeclared (independent) voters.

President Bush Disappointed by Congress's Failure to Act on Comprehensive Immigration Reform  —  THE PRESIDENT: I thank the members of the Senate and members of my administration who worked so hard on the border security and immigration reform bill.  I'm sorry the Senate was unable to reach agreement on the bill this morning.

A Strong Second Quarter  —  Simply put, this has been a great quarter for us.  —  Hillary won both debates, demonstrating an enormous command of the issues and the unique ability to take on tough challenges and achieve real results.  Millions of Americans saw that Hillary has the strength …

Today in History  —  Today's defeat of the Senate amnesty bill was more than a run-of-the-mill legislative victory, representing as it did a self-organizing public's defeat of combined force of Big Business, (some of) Big Labor, Big Media, Big Religion, Big Philanthropy, Big Academia, and Big Government.