Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill  —  Some Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity  —  Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program …

IowaPolitics.com: Giuliani says Dem victory would leave U.S. 'to the left of France'  —  DES MOINES — Rudy Giuliani's speech Wednesday afternoon at Drake University had a general election feel as the contender for the Republican presidential nomination drew significant contrasts between himself and Democratic Oval Office hopefuls.

Posted by: Lallye of she changes movement's why!  8:19am today  —  As soon as the page opened, I immediately and definitely saw clockwise, even before I saw the question.  I tried for several minutes to see anit-clockwise.  Could almost catch a glimpse by looking to the right or left …

Hastert to resign early  —  Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is expected to announce that he plans to leave the House later this year, setting up the widely anticipated prospect of a special election to replace him, Republican sources on Capitol Hill confirmed.

Poll: Most Back Dems In Kids' Health Fight  —  81 Percent Support Expanding S-CHIP, Including A Majority Of Republicans  —  (CBS) As Democrats try to rally support to override President Bush's veto, a CBS News poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans support legislation that would expand …

KDFW Suspends Rebecca Aguilar After Controversial "Ambush"  —  Monday night, KDFW-Channel 4 ran a piece about 70-year-old James Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in West Dallas, who, early Sunday morning, shot and killed and man trying to break into his business.

HOW 'GENOCIDE' VOTE LOST STEAM  —  A House vote to condemn mass killings of Armenians as 'genocide' has stumbled on pragmatic concerns. … The sudden misgivings about a popular House resolution condemning as "genocide" the large-scale killings of Armenians more than nine decades ago illustrate …

Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners  —  The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.

Law Firm's Gifts Bring Questions After Guilty Pleas  —  Over the years, as it became Exhibit A for critics of shareholders' class-action lawsuits, the law firm of Milberg Weiss often enjoyed the support of Democrats who called the suits an invaluable weapon in the universal conflict between big business and the little guy.

Republican to Democrats: Watch Out  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — What does a special election in Massachusetts have to do with next year's battle for Congress?  —  A lot, Republicans hope.  The Democrat beat the Republican in Tuesday's contest, but the GOP sees victory in defeat.

Father delivered baby after partner was turned away from NHS hospital - TWICE  —  During a difficult pregnancy, Elizabeth Jones was monitored every day because doctors were worried about the health of her baby.  —  But on the day of the birth, she was twice turned away from the hospital …

'Fragging' Is Rare in Iraq, Afghanistan  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — American troops killed their own commanders so often during the Vietnam War that the crime earned its own name - "fragging."  —  But since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military has charged only one soldier …

TB-tainted man crosses border 76 times  —  A Mexican national infected with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis crossed the U.S. border 76 times and took multiple domestic flights in the last year, according to Customs and Border Protection interviews and documents obtained by The Washington Times.

Cameras, Crooks, and Deterrence  —  Constant surveillance seems to have had little effect on Britain's sky-high crime.  —  After the North Koreans, the British are probably the most highly surveyed people in the world.  Around 10,000 publicly funded closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras …

Anti-Gay Church Says Thompson Agreed  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church are urging Fred Thompson to support their stance on homosexuality — a position on which they say the Republican presidential candidate once "saw eye to eye" with them.

The Case for Open Immigration: A Q&A With Philippe Legrain  —  A British economist and journalist, Philippe Legrain has served as special adviser to the director-general of the World Trade Organization and worked as the trade and economics correspondent for the Economist.