Leahy issues subpoena for Rove  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys.  —  "The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives …

Granite Status: Romney no fan of CNN/YouTube debate antics  —  Republican Mitt Romney isn't sure yet whether he'll participate in the CNN/YouTube.com Republican debate in September, but he's no fan of the format.  —  "I think the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having …

Source: TNR Is A Lot More Worried Than They're Letting On; Scott Thomas Got His Job For Plame-ish Reasons  —  There's actually more to this.  Let's just say TNR are playing the hard guys.  As a for instance, someone was searching for all of "Gracie's" posts at discarded lies last night.

AP: New Details on Tillman's Death  —  SAN FRANCISCO -  —  Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman's forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player's death amounted to a crime …

Hazleton Immigration Decision  —  Most Americans want something to be done about the illegal immigration problem we have in this country.  They've been expecting the federal government to enforce the immigration laws already on the books.  The federal government hasn't done that …

Matalin Sticking With Fred Thompson  —  Rumors are flying about more senior level departures from the unofficial presidential campaign of former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).  —  But The Fix can knock down one of the major ones: Mary Matalin, a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney …

O'Reilly cuts Hall's mic to get the last word about BilloReilly.com's HATE comments  —  As O'Reilly smeared Kos and YKos yet again, Jane Hall told Bill that his own website had hate comments on it.  BillO called her a liar and then they cut her mic off so he was sure to get the last word in …

Immigration.  Again.  —  Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship.  —  "It might be the equivalent of a green card," Specter said Thursday.

Clinton calls Bush-Cheney comparison 'silly'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton sharply dismissed Thursday a recent suggestion from chief rival Barack Obama that she is "Bush-Cheney light," telling CNN the comparison is "silly."

U.S. Officials Voice Frustrations With Saudis, Citing Role in Iraq  —  During a high-level meeting in Riyadh in January, Saudi officials confronted a top American envoy with documents that seemed to suggest that Iraq's prime minister could not be trusted.  —  One purported to be an early alert …