Obama Takes Lead In Money Raised  —  Pressure on Clinton Is Expected to Grow  —  Sen. Barack Obama raised $31 million for his presidential primary campaign over the past three months, surging past Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's fundraising machine by nearly $10 million for the quarter …

Secret Document: U.S. Fears Terror 'Spectacular' Planned  —  Official Cites Resemblance to Warnings and Intelligence Before 9/11  —  A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer …

In Hunt for Bomb Plotters, Britain Sees a Qaeda Link  —  With their investigation moving at breakneck speed, the police expanded their hunt on Sunday for the plotters of attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow that the British government called the work of terrorists linked to Al Qaeda.

A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease  —  Bush, Grasping for Answers and Fixated on Iraq, Remains Resolute  —  At the nadir of his presidency, George W. Bush is looking for answers.  One at a time or in small groups, he summons leading authors, historians, philosophers and theologians …

U.S. Ties Iranians to Iraq Attack That Killed G.I.'s  —  Iranian operatives helped plan a January raid in Karbala in which five American soldiers were killed, an American military spokesman in Iraq said today.  —  Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner, the military spokesman, also said that Iran's …

ISNA - Tehran  —  TEHRAN, July 02 (ISNA)-Writer, producer and director, Michael Moore is to come to Iran for the screening of his new production SICKO in the first international documentary film festival held here.  —  This festival will be held from the 15th to the 19th of October in Tehran.

Al Gore's Top-Secret Access for the Final 'Sopranos' Episode  —  Who knew that tree-hugging ex-politicians loved "The Sopranos"?  It turns out that Al Gore is a die-hard fan, but when the series finale loomed in early June, he and his wife, Tipper, had to be on a plane for an appearance in Istanbul.

Just Getting Warmed Up  —  MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Scarborough, Undiluted in the A.M.  —  SECAUCUS, N.J. — At a horseshoe-shaped desk in an aircraft hangar of a studio, Joe Scarborough jokes with his sidekicks during the commercial breaks, and when the red light comes on, keeps chatting without so much as a "welcome back."

As Senator Rose, Lobbying Became Family Affair  —  On Christmas Eve 1994, Fred D. Thompson Jr. was out of a job.  A 34-year-old self-described late bloomer, Mr. Thompson had graduated from law school just two years before and practiced law only for his father, Fred D. Thompson Sr. …

TALKING UP IMUS  —  RADIO SIGNALS OF A WFAN COMEBACK  —  Imus may be hitting the FAN again.  —  The radio rumor mill has turned the volume way up on reports that the return of Don Imus to WFAN is just around the corner.  —  And WFAN itself is fueling the reports.

Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey; Commanded Submarine Attacks on Japanese Shipping  —  Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, one of the greatest naval heroes of World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for his daring submarine attacks on Japanese shipping, died June 28 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.