Exclusive: Bush Nixed Dem-DNI FISA Deal  —  Today, while standing with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, President Bush lamented the inability of Congressional Democrats to give McConnell the tools he needed to capture the communications of terrorists:

BEAUCHAMP INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED  —  After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegations made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been

DeLay blasts Democrats' rookie mistakes  —  The ruckus on the House floor last night that caused over 100 Republican members to storm from the chamber was an example of in-over-its-head Democratic majority trying to manage the floor, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said in an interview Friday afternoon.

EDWARDS IN A BIZ HATE & $WITCH  —  John Edwards, who yesterday demanded Democratic candidates return any campaign donations from Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., himself earned at least $800,000 for a book published by one of the media mogul's companies.  —  The Edwards campaign …

Tancredo: Threaten to bomb Muslim holy sites in retaliation  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo's campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good "deterrent" to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.

Forward or Back?  —  Recent steps on infrastructure issues  —  Senate Passes Infrastructure Improvement Act, the Senate late Thursday night passed the ASCE-endorsed National Infrastructure Improvement Act (S. 775), a bill that would establish a national commission to assess the physical condition …

ACID FLASHBACK  —  Last night the whole YearlyKos aggregation finally gathered in one place, a sort of cozy airplane hangar somewhere within McCormick Place.  The room was so spacious that the audience—something like fourteen hundred people—could be comfortably seated at big round tables rather than rows of seats.

Odd Replica Sub Intercepted Near Queen Mary II  —  Vessel Modeled After One Of United States' First Submarines  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  (CBS) NEW YORK It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a submarine?  —  It certainly was not a sight you see every day in New York.

Bush, Democrats struggle for spy deal  —  WASHINGTON - Congress and the White House struggled Friday over expanding authority to eavesdrop on suspected foreign terrorists in a high-stakes showdown over national security.  —  "We're still hopeful that something can be worked out," …

Romney: Hezbollah role model for U.S.  —  Urges emulating welfare projects used by terror group against Israel  —  JERUSALEM - Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has cited the social welfare network of the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group as a role model the U.S. should copy to help promote …

Rehberg: CHIP is "extremist political ideology"  —  Shane's got a great post on Max' CHIP bill, including where Dennis Rehberg stands on the issue: … Hahahahahahaha!  —  "...affordable, reliable health insurance..."?  —  Hahahahahahaha!  —  It's issues like this that remind …

Romney, Giuliani Change Tone on Bush's Iraq Buildup  —  Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) — For Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, the difference between ``real'' and ``reasonable'' is the distance he's traveled on President George W. Bush's Iraq war policy.  —  In April, Romney said Bush's plan …