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 …

Breaking News: Former Speaker Hastert to resign  —  The Roll Call newspaper in Washington reported on its website this evening that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois intends to resign his House seat later this year.  —  The subscription-only site said Hastert …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

DeMint Amendment Would Block Rangel's 'Monument to Me'  —  Sen. DeMint has offered an amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill to strike a wasteful, $2 million pork project being dubbed as Rep. Charlie Rangel's "Monument to Me."  As described by Roll Call this morning …

McConnell versus truth  —  Mitch McConnell can't have it both ways.  —  He can't luxuriate in a reputation for personal caution and political control, yet claim he knew nothing about the role his office tried to play in sliming a Baltimore boy and his family when they came forward in support of the SCHIP health care expansion.

Sources: Brownback to drop '08 bid  —  Visit msnbc.com's Candidates + Issues Matrix to rate Brownback's ideas about the key issues.  —  Web extra video  —  Sam Brownback, in his own words  —  Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, touches upon the primary themes of his presidential campaign — Iraq, immigration and abortion.

Judge orders TV reporter to do story or face contempt  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge ordered a TV news reporter Wednesday to produce a public-service story as a consequence for airing an interview with a potential juror before the recent trial of a polygamous-sect leader.

Flower-Power Pork  —  Will the Democratic-controlled Senate approve a $1 million earmark to celebrate Woodstock-era baby boomers, carved out of a bill funding health care and education?  It will, because it is sponsored by New York's influential Democratic senators, Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer.

The New Issue of TIME  —  There is only one American politician who sounds like this: "With my usual suicidal, masochistic tendencies, I spoke at the Detroit Economic Club last week and supported increased fuel-efficiency standards."  Yes, yes, it's John McCain, rising from the crypt, but not as a zombie.

Rangel launches tax war  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel had one message for the tax world: Rest up now, because next week a two-front war will begin.  —  Rangel said on Wednesday that he'll introduce not just one, but two, major tax proposals.