Schumer, Feinstein Announce Support for Mukasey  —  Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced this afternoon that they will vote in favor of confirming Michael B. Mukasey as attorney general, effectively ending a growing revolt by fellow Democrats that had threatened Mukasey's confirmation.

HRC White House papers will go public in 08  —  The Clinton library is readying a trove of detail about Hillary Rodham Clinton's eight years as first lady in the White House for release in late January, government lawyers said in a court filing.  —  But Bill Clinton's lawyer will have the final …

Even Harvard Finds The Media Biased  —  Journalism: The debate is over.  A consensus has been reached.  On global warming?  No, on how Democrats are favored on television, radio and in the newspapers.  —  Just like so many reports before it, a joint survey by the Project for Excellence …

US Air Force struck Syrian nuclear site  —  The September 6 raid over Syria was carried out by the US Air Force, the Al-Jazeera Web site reported Friday.  The Web site quoted Israeli and Arab sources as saying that two strategic US jets armed with tactical nuclear weapons carried out an attack on a nuclear site under construction.

Clinton's 'Pile-On Politics'  —  Nearly three days after the Democratic debate Tuesday night, Senator Hillary Clinton's post-forum tactics — complete with her video titled "The Politics of Pile On" and her remarks about the all-men's club of politics — have reverberated with more buzz …

Rice to face subpoena in espionage case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and more than a dozen other current and former intelligence officials must testify about their conversations with pro-Israel lobbyists, a federal judge ruled Friday in an espionage case.

Goodbye to All That  —  T he logic behind the candidacy of Barack Obama is not, in the end, about Barack Obama.  It has little to do with his policy proposals, which are very close to his Democratic rivals' and which, with a few exceptions, exist firmly within the conventions of our politics.

Authorities: Suspicious item at Palo Verde a pipe bomb  —  A suspicious item seized Friday morning from the truck of a contract worker at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station was an apparent pipe bomb, plant operator Arizona Public Service Co. said.  —  The worker has been detained and questioned.

NSA Sought Data Before 9/11  —  Beginning in February 2001, almost seven months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the government's top electronic eavesdropping organization, the National Security Agency, asked a major U.S. telecommunications carrier for information about its customers …

Is (His) Biography (Our) Destiny?  —  "If I am the face of American foreign policy and American power," Barack Obama mused not long ago aboard his campaign plane, "as long as we are also making prudent strategic decisions, handling emergencies, crises and opportunities in the world in an intelligent and sober way. . . ." He stopped.

The Girl's Got Game  —  Well, well, well ... 166,000 new jobs.  Twice the consensus view.  Did somebody say Goldilocks?  Did somebody say the greatest story never told?  —  U.S. businesses and entrepreneurs are in very good shape.  These are the real job creators.

Prostates and Prejudices  —  "My chance of surviving prostate cancer — and thank God I was cured of it — in the United States?  Eighty-two percent," says Rudy Giuliani in a new radio ad attacking Democratic plans for universal health care.  "My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England?

Hiring strong despite housing woes  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job growth surged in October at twice the rate expected and factory orders edged up, suggesting the world's largest economy was strong enough to handle a deep housing slump without falling into recession.