2007

June

• Gore faces public clamour to run for White House

• U.S. Tightens Security at Some Airports

• Senate leader blames Republicans for legislative gridlock

• Bush, Putin meet in Maine to shore up troubled U.S.-Russian relations

• THE FRENCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

• Bush: Give Iraq strategy chance

• U.S. Bars Entry of Those Undermining Lebanon Peace

• Whites Faced Election Bias In Mississippi, Judge Rules

• Presidential Commission to Survey Veterans’ Health Care

• Justices to Weigh Detainee Rights

• Bush Is Told to Justify Executive Privilege

• 2 GIs charged with premeditated murder

• Democrats plan to press GOP on Iraq

• Analysis: A reversal of political fortune for President Bush

• Democrats move to cut Guantanamo funding

• Four indicted in plot to blow up N.Y. airport

• Obama pads his pocketbook, polishes his pitch at Minneapolis rally

• High court to hear Guantanamo detainees case

• General: Half of Baghdad is now under U.S. and Iraqi control

• Dem convention host committee $1.5 million short

• GOP inflicts Bush’s latest wounds

• Bush Defends War at Naval College as Senate Republicans Show Increasing Impatience

• Democrats See Chance to Fault Deficits and Pork

• Justices reject school integration efforts

• Senate buries immigration bill

• Mullen, Cartwright New Chairmen

• Poll: Support for Dems in Congress wavering, GOP still in disfavor

• Democrats lose bid to cut Cheney funds

• Blunt talk from Biden. . . and Obama

• Courting the black vote

• Schneider: A yes vote for ‘amnesty’ was a freightening prospect for 2008 senators

• Senators declare immigration bill ‘dead’

• Clinton: Court turned its back on ‘Brown v. Board’

• Bush Won’t Supply Subpoenaed Documents

• Senate Blocks Immigration Bill

• House OKs cost-of-living raise after a year of going without one

• Meeting With U.S. Campaign Aides Shows China’s Interest in the Race

• Pentagon Splits War-Support Contract 3 Ways

• Poll: Distrust of U.S., China rises around world

• Admiral Pushes Network Centric Warfare

• MN State’s drug law goes to Congress

• House Democrats at Odds Over Energy Bill Provisions

• Immigration Measure Appears Imperiled Again

• New Tack for Terror-Fighting Spec Ops

• Texas court refuses to reinstate DeLay conspiracy charge

• Clinton helps launch new think tank

• Richardson: Diplomacy path to progress with Iran

• Cheney’s office, White House subpoenaed

• Plan to send immigrants home is defeated

• Lugar shakes Capitol, calls Bush Iraq strategy a failure

• Obama: Bill, not Hillary, prepared to be president on ‘day one’

• House Report Faults Pentagon Accounting of Iraqi Forces

• Bush prompts rare ‘what-he-meant-to say’ e-mail

• ACLU supporters join Day of Action on Capitol Hill

• Buffett Slams Tax System Disparities

• Amending environmental laws to help business

• CIA reveals Cold War secrets

• Immigration bill’s support slipping

• Army Seeks Body Armor for Deadlier Threat

• GOP Support for Iraq War Slips

• Cheney Aide Explains Stance on Classified Material

• GOP Skepticism On Iraq Growing

• Feds announce party convention grants

• Poll: Support for Iraq war reaches new low

• Steven Thomma: Which branch of government was that, Mr. Cheney?

• Key elements of immigration bill

• Judge doubles Interior official’s prison sentence

• Senate Votes to Resume Immigration Debate

• Bush mistakenly calls immigration bill ‘amnesty’

• Senate Republicans Block Union Bill

• Students press Bush about alleged torture of detainees

• Whitman on hot seat over 9/11 aftermath

• U.S. anti-terror strategy abroad questioned

• In House, a Bottom-Up Immigration Push

• Ex-Aides Break With Bush on ‘No Child’

• A Strong Push From Backstage

• Fred Thompson is no outsider; he has worked the inside track

• At Supreme Court, two big GOP wins

• GOP Senator Says Iraq Plan not Working

• Lax and Lazy At Los Alamos

• McCain calls Supreme Court ruling ‘regrettable’

• CNN to partner with LA Times, Politico for final GOP debate before Super Tuesday

• Poll: Bloomberg could have Perot-like effect

• Cheney reshaped limits on interrogation

• Court Bars Suit Against Faith-Based Plan

• Supreme Court Allows ‘Issue Ads’ Near Elections

• The silent influence of Dick Cheney

• Edwards’s Wife Says She Backs Gay Marriage

• In Second Term, Roberts Court Defines Itself

• Pushing the Envelope on Presidential Power

• Senate Energy Bill Positive for Rural America

• Immigration Outcome Too Close to Call

• Military sees drop in black recruits

• 70s’ Documents Portray a Lawless CIA

• Hutchinson: Stem cell research “right thing to do”

• Senators debate Cheney flap over securing information

• Edwards defends nonprofit center

• Senate seeks support for immigration bill

• Passions high on immigration ahead of Senate vote

• Bill’s supporters facing an uphill battle

• Pssst! Campaigns peddle opposition research

• Big change falls short in Senate energy bill

• General’s Iraq Progress Report Has Competition

• Democrats Cautious on Gay Rights Issues

• Ex-Surveillance Judge Criticizes Warrantless Taps

• ‘A Different Understanding With the President’

• Immigration bill ignites grass-roots fire

• The Struggle to Care for Wounded GI’s

• Mileage Vote Reveals New Configuration in Senate

• Bush, Senate Head for Showdown on Domestic Spying

• Bush Claims Oversight Exemption Too

• Iraq push revives criticism of force size

• Democrats praise veterans health care bill

• Dodd makes national call to service

• Bush pushes Congress on immigration bill

• Obama: Some religious leaders have ‘hijacked’ faith

• Lowering Flag for War’s Dead Brings a New Rift

• White House defends Cheney

• Army Officer Says Gitmo Panels Flawed

• More Measures on Stem Cells Expected

• US to Send Some at Gitmo to Afghanistan

• White House Wants Spying Lawsuits Tossed

• GOP Seeks More Immigration Enforcement

• U.S. may reduce forces in Iraq by spring 2008

• Reid has a place for Bush’s veto stamp

• Shuttle lands safely in California desert

• Romney: Closing Guantanamo ‘wrong course’

• Democrats Propose New Tax Rate on Investment Funds

• Wyoming Governor Picks Surgeon for Senate Seat

• Third-in-Command at Justice Dept. Resigns

• White House is debating future of Guantanamo

• Senate passes energy bill, boosting mileage standards

• In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008

• Cheney Defiant on Classified Material

• Senators Deride Justice Reassignments

• Kidnapped GIs’ Leader Disputes Report

• NASA Tries to Land Space Shuttle Again

• Senate passes energy bill, boosting mileage standards

• Former Mexican Governor Could Face U.S. Drug Trial

• CIA to Air Decades of Its Dirty Laundry

• Guantanamo Splits Administration

• Richardson: Frank conversation needed with Mexico

• Vice presidency part of legislature, Cheney says

• House Votes to Revive Iraq Study Group

• On the Rio Grande, Anger Swells Over Plans for Fence

• House OKs Lifting Contraception Aid Ban

• Ashcroft: Officials Fought Over Snooping

• White House Near Decision to Close Gitmo

• Gates: Longer Iraq Deployments Unlikely

• Pelosi ‘optimistic’ on immigration bill

• Cheney accused of effort to abolish oversight panel

• Ashcroft discusses Comey visit

• Appeal of Bush Assassination Plot Heard

• Gates Vows to Fix Mental Health System

• Senators compromise on raising auto mileage rules

• Liberals blast Lieberman over fundraiser

• Dole vs. Dole

• Bush plugs nuclear power at reactivated Alabama plant

• Exposed: The Anatomy of a Torture Scandal

• Weather Delays Shuttle Landing

• Republicans block tax increases for oil companies

• Immigration Lifts Wages, Report Says

• Student Loan Overhaul Advances

• Political Hiring in Justice Division Probed

• Atlantis Prepares for Return

• How easy is it to cross the U.S.-Mexico border?

• No Child Left Behind leaves schools in a bind

• Democrats offer liberals embarrassment of riches

• Senators Question CIA Nominee on Torture

• Clinton vows progressive vision at ‘Take Back’ conference

• Clinton addresses Iraq critics

• U.S. Passport Rule Delayed for Land and Sea Travel

• Bush vetoes stem cell bill

• Bush Eyes Blair for Mideast Peace Role

• Poll: More than half of Americans wouldn’t support Bloomberg

• Clinton Draws Cheers From Liberal Group

• Behind the New Iraq Offensive

• Richardson Differentiates Himself With Rival Candidates over Iraq

• At 89, Sen. Byrd looks ahead

• Senate panel adds $29 billion in taxes to energy proposal

• Bush challenged on ignoring parts of laws

• Bush Moving to Bolster Stem Cell Alternatives

• House Vote Stops Appropriation for New Generation of Nuclear Weapons

• State Dept. Promises Passport Solutions

• Report Slams Small’s Tenure

• Bloomberg leaves Republican Party

• DHS Acknowledges Computer Break-Ins

• U.S. Transfers 6 From Gitmo

• Final Inspection for Atlantis

• Army Again Weighs Longer Iraq Tours

• Justice Official Accused of Blocking Suits Into Alleged Violations

• Obama calls Clinton memo ‘dumb mistake’

• Army Considers Longer Combat Tours Again

• Clinton mum on Libby pardon

• Congressmen Back Off Bid That Delayed Energy Bill

• Paulose fills top jobs in U.S. attorney’s office

• Bush’s budget chief to resign

• Clinton family takes on Sopranos in announcing campaign song

• Newly Empowered Democrats Draw Wrath of Voters

• Enron Internet Chief Gets 27-Month Prison Term

• Group: Agency Wrongfully Suspended Security Clearances

• Military Psychiatric-Care Overhaul Urged

• State Dept. Faulted on Hill for Passport Delays

• Embassy Staff In Baghdad Inadequate, Rice Is Told

• Administration Struggles With Interrogation Specifics

• ‘Signing Statements’ Study Finds Administration Has Ignored Laws

• Lawmakers Look Out for Own

• Help Sought for Hurt Soldiers’ Families

• Shuttle Prepares to Depart Space Station

• Sicko Film Clips

• Army Recruiter Gets Jail for Sex Crime

• U.S. Open to Cluster Bomb Negotiations

• Ethanol could keep price of gas high

• Clintons to campaign in Iowa

• Supreme Court affirms rights of passengers in cars stopped by police

• Bush Officials Used RNC Server for Private E-mails

• White House Press corps evacuated

• Laura Bush asks for birthday cash

• Sen. Graham finds himself in hot water back home

• U.S. attorneys fallout seeps into courts

• The ‘Pull and Strike’ Democrats

• Lindsay Graham Lays It On The Line to GOP

• Congress Seeks New Direction for Nuclear Strategy

• Employers, Not Family, Drive Area Immigration

• Democrats seek to reduce energy tax breaks

• Report: Veteran Homelessness on the Rise

• Space Station Computers Get Last Test

• President Clinton speaks in Minneapolis today

• The Gaza Effect

• Petraeus: Iraq ‘Challenges’ to Last for Years

• McConnell: Immigration bill still faces uncertain future

• The General’s Report

• Southern Baptists split over politics

• A Democrat in ‘08! But not that one

• Biden takes issue with Lieberman stance on Iran

• Immigration, war grip Georgia race for Congress

• Democrats Call for Higher Mileage Standards

• Abu Ghraib Investigator Points to Pentagon

• For U.S. and Key Allies in Region, Mideast Morass Just Gets Deeper

• In U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Help Wanted

• Edwards outlines winning strategy for eventual nominee

• Nations might take on U.S. after tax ruling

• Democrats: Motorists deserve more fuel efficient cars

• Bush says he’ll veto excessive spending bills

• Prison Time Is Urged for Griles

• Bill OKs Lowering Flags When Troops Die

• Space Station Computers Up and Running

• Mail Undelivered at Walter Reed

• Progress Seen at Space Station

• First spending bill clears House, only to face veto threat

• In Iraq, Gates Says Progress Toward Peace Is Lagging

• Democrat Richardson makes campaign stop in state

• Edwards, It all comes down to Iowa

• Another top Justice official quits

• Economy could trump Iraq as campaign issue

• House votes to delay passport requirement for Western Hemisphere travel

• VA Ignored Seattle Hospital’s Problems

• Army Brass Losing Influence

• Polls show Americans support path to citizenship

• Pace Says He Refused to Quit Voluntarily

• Jason Leopold: My Interview With Mikey Weinstein

• Clintons liquidate all stocks in their blind trust

• Blackstone IPO Faces Roadblock In Senate

• Senate Leader Criticizes Performance of Joint Chiefs Leader

• Forensic Experts Testify That 4 Iraqis Killed by Marines Were Shot From a Few Feet Away

• Pace Failed on Iraq War Assessment

• U.S. Missile Plan in Europe a Go

• Army Plans for Improved Health Care

• Oil hits $70 as US gasoline stockpiles show no increase

• Renewable energy bill hits impasse in Senate

• Senate to resume debate on stalled immigration bill

• More income disclosure reports

• Judge: Libby must serve time while appealing case

• White House on Libby: President will not intervene

• Libby is denied bail; defense plans appeal

• War Wounded Underpaid

• Officer Charged With Aiding the Enemy

• The skinny on CNN, YouTube’s presidential debates

• Marine says he killed Iraqis after they aimed AK-47s at him

• FBI Drafts Rules to Curb Privacy Abuse

• Justice Dept. Investigates if Gonzales Tried to Influence Aide’s Testimony

• McCain calls Reid comments ‘inappropriate and regrettable’

• How low can his ratings go?

• Libby Judge says he’s received threats

• Lawmakers disclose outside earnings

• Immigration deal struck?

• GSA Head Tells House Panel She Has No Political Agenda

• Libby heads back to court today

• Frank Critical Of Bush On Suits

• Senators Try to Limit Fuel-Efficiency Rules

• Battle Rises Over China

• Alito Calls Free-Speech Limits ‘Dangerous’ as Court Considers Cases

• House Leaders Near Agreement on Managing Earmarks in Spending Bills

• For Democratic Leaders, a Fear That the Focus on the War Has Blurred

• Angry About Illegal Immigration and Marching ‘for America’

• FBI finds it overstepped in collecting data

• Coast Guard Urged to Slow on Deepwater

• Pentagon Accuses China of Deception

• Bill Would Improve Care for Veterans

• Army Celebrates 232nd Birthday

• White House figures subpoenaed by Congress

• Republicans abandoning Bush

• Democrats propose U.S. generate 15% of electricity with renewable energy sources

• Why wasn’t Rove subpoenaed?

• Miers subpoenaed in fired attorneys probe

• House passes bill to strengthen check system for guns

• Tommy Thompson to compete in straw poll

• Tommy Thompson set for ‘major announcement’

• Navy Bans Private Body Armor

• Bush Picks Gillespie for New White House Counselor

• GOP senators press Bush on border security

• Libby seeks to delay prison sentence

• More subpoenas in fired prosecuter case

• Army Reservists Ordered for Screenings

• VA Acknowledges Problems With Bonuses

• Fort Hood Searchers Find Dead Soldier

• Bush Aides Helped Respond to Firings, E-Mails Show

• Earmark Dispute Bogs Down Homeland Security Bill

• U.S. Inquiry Hampered by Iraq Violence, Investigators Say

• Bureaucracy Hampers Terror War

• Senate passes Coleman-backed provision aimed at oil use

• Senate rolls out broad energy legislation

• Two detailed health proposals

• Bearing scars, Clinton cautious on universal plan

• Greg Palast on the Battle to End Vulture Funds

• Sessions backs off ‘back off’ comment

• Senate GOP Urges Bush to Secure Borders

• Repairs Extend Space Shuttle Mission

• Bush: ‘Now is the time’ for immigration bill

• Reid: ‘We’ve done our job on immigration’

• U.S. adds 7 nations to human trafficking blacklist

• Giuliani outlines his ‘twelve commitments’

• Mystery surrounding Bush’s watch solved

• Senators: Key parts of immigration bill doable under current law

• Blue Dogs Take Aim At Record Deficits

• Senate, House Turn Focus to Energy Bills

• Dean to Dems: Court evangelical Christians

• Prosecutor Wants Libby Imprisoned Now

• Disappearance of Bush’s watch a mystery

• Sessions: Bush needs to ‘back off’ on immigration

• House Democrat Warns GOP on Earmarks

• Approval of Congress lowest in a decade

• Bush, GOP Senators to Meet on Immigration

• Mueller Often Uses FBI Jet Bought for Counterterrorism

• Clinton Owes Lead in Poll To Support From Women

• Bush Is Asked to Discipline GSA Chief in Hatch Act Inquiry

• New York’s terror worries expand to trucks

• Shuttle’s mission extended for repairs

• Boomers will put off retiring, since they have to

• Climate looks ripe for fuel-economy bills

• Navy Takes Aim at Roadside Bombs

• House OKs ‘Stop Arming Iran Act’

• Bono fronts anti-poverty effort aimed at ‘08 election

• Senate roll vote on Gonzales no-confidence vote

• Politics at the pump

• GOP blocks Senate no-confidence vote on Gonzales

• Coleman, Klobuchar vote for no-confidence resolution

• Fort Leavenworth Chaplains Accused of Anti-Semitic Publishing

• Army misses May recruiting goal

• Guardsmen Accused of Alien Smuggling

• Court Rules in Favor of Enemy Combatant

• Supreme Court says wage rules don’t apply to home healthcare workers

• Sen. Tim Johnson can return to work, doctor says

• A pledge to go green at Capitol complex

• Senate to force ‘no confidence’ vote on Gonzales

• Gonzales No Confidence Vote Today

• Bush Calls Vote on Attorney General `Meaningless’

• Troops Struggle With Finding Therapists

• Candidates’ fault lines on issues emerge

• Thousands Hail Bush in Visit to Albania

• Bush to cite border security in push for immigration bill

• Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties

• Breach Shows Borders Still Vulnerable

• Powell Calls for Closure of Military Prison at Guantanamo

• ETHICS OVERHAUL OVER?

• Dozen Top Legal Scholars Line Up for Libby Appeal

• From the Local News To a Higher Calling

• Atlantis Docks With Space Station

• Gingrich’s Ideas Benefit Contributors

• Inspector General Announces Resignation

• Bush hopes to revive immigration bill by emphasizing border security

• Bush: ‘Time is now’ for Kosovo independence

• Lieberman says U.S. should prepare to strike Iran

• Military envisions longer stay in Iraq

• Officer Advises Dropping Haditha Charges

• Nevada’s gambling industry raises its presidential ante

• Protesting for Peace With a Vivid Hue and Cry

• Giuliani’s Ties to Black New York Troubled

• Democrats, NRA Reach Deal on Background-Check Bill

• Conservatives Worry About Court Vacancies

• Bush Is Losing Credibility On Democracy, Activists Say

• Police fire tear gas at anti-Bush protesters

• Clinton says trade deal would cost U.S. jobs

• Hispanic Voters Enjoy New Clout With Democrats

• Bush: Immigration bill not ‘perfect’, but give it a chance

• Dean: Democrats must end war, or lose majority

• Bush defends humanitarian record with pope

• Gingrich Forecasts GOP Losses in 2008

• Computer failure causes delays, canceled flights

• Bush Criticized in Immigration Defeat

• Cities Take Lead On Environment As Debate Drags At Federal Level

• Besieged White House Reinforces Counsel’s Office

• Talk of Resurrecting Immigration Bill Begins as Autopsy Goes On

• Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off

• Bush to Listen to Pontiff About Iraq

• Request for More Troops not Being Met

• European agency report details alleged CIA ‘renditions’

• Sen. Johnson Expected to Return in Sept.

• First CIA extraordinary rendition trial opens

• Indicted lawmaker Jefferson pleads not guilty

• Probe Exposes CIA’s Secret Prisons

• Mullen to Replace Ousted Pace

• Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress The

• GOP Senators play blame game on immigration bill

• Senate set to take politically charged vote on Gonzales

• CIA jails in Europe ‘confirmed’

• Condoleezza Rice: America Is Not in Decline

• MIA From the Immigration Debate, Creating Economic Opportunity in Mexico

• A Failure of Leadership in a Flawed Political Culture

• Foreign Policy, In Two Words

• Edwards Says Bush’s Anti-Terror Campaign Is Just Three Little Words

• ‘War czar’ duties may signal policy shift

• Marine Corps Settles Rape Lawsuit

• Europe probe finds ‘spider’s web’ of CIA abuses

• You no longer need passport to visit Canada, Mexico

• Immigration compromise suffers crushing blow in Senate

• House OKs bill loosening stem cell rules

• Senate may try to remove ‘poison pill’ from immigration bill

• Reid warns immigration bill might be ‘over with’

• War Czar Doubts Iraqi Success

• Congress approves bill easing restrictions on stem cell research, despite veto threat

• Bush approval matches all-time low in AP-Ipsos poll

• Cheney blocked Justice official’s promotion

• Immigration Bill Suffers Setback in Senate Vote

• Immigrant Measure Survives Challenges

• Nuke warhead dismantlement is on fast track, feds say

• Immigration bill in doubt after Senate’s overnight vote

• Dragon Skin Backers Hammered on Hill

• Report: 39 Secretly Imprisoned by U.S.

• Anti-War Marine Loses Appeal

• Troops Shortchanged on Disability Benefits

• Fired U.S. attorneys interviewed by DOJ investigators

• 2 GOP leaders will skip Iowa straw poll

• Competition for immigrant labor threatens bill

• Immigrant Measure Survives Challenges

• Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps

• Libby pardon poses quandary for GOP hopefuls

• New Charges Filed in Abramoff Probe

• “Serious Jeopardy” for US Climate Studies

• GOP Prods Bush on Iraq Study Group Plan

• DoD Blasts Lockheed Missile Program

• Scores rise since ‘No Child Left Behind’ signed - Reasons Uncertain

• House approves speedy Jefferson probe

• Bush talks of U.S. climate plan at G-8 summit

• Libby moves to delay prison term

• Immigration reform on Capitol Hill

• U.S. Senate is front line of debate on immigration

• The Wounded Return Home, and Another Battle Begins

• Missouri: Veteran Faces Discharge Downgrade

• Russia Has ‘Derailed’ Its Reforms, Bush States

• Clinton Overhauls, but Doesn’t Exit, in Iowa

• Flight 93 Memorial Land in Dispute

• Six Suspects Indicted in Fort Dix Plot

• Gates Honors D-Day Troops

• Obama: ‘Quiet riot’ could erupt like L.A. riots

• Ex-Prosecutor Says He Didn’t Think Charges Would Affect Election

• Standing by Their Man

• Peering Through Chinks in the Armor of High-Tech Elections

• 3,000 trees: Obama responds to your call

• Doug Grow: Through his work for Wellstone Act, son is adding to his father’s legacy

• Bush Faces Libby Pardon Dilemma

• Fourth man arrested in JFK terror plot

• Discontent Over Iraq Increasing, Poll Finds

• Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas dies

• Democrats fear a wider Black Caucus-Pelosi rift

• White House Criticizes Guantanamo Trial Ruling

• Libby sentenced to 30 months in prison

• GOP Candidates to Debate on War, Social Issues

• GOP Seeks to Expel Jefferson From House

• Bush Goes to Europe in Wake of Putin’s Threat

• Feds: Informant key to foiling alleged JFK plot

• Jury Indicts Rep. Jefferson in Bribery Probe

• Charges Against Gitmo Prisoner Dropped

• What If Our Mercenaries Turn on Us?

• Congress Weighs Using Nest Eggs as Agents of Change

• Cheney’s Mystery Visitors

• Funding Cut for Data on Economic Well-Being

• Backers of immigration bill more optimistic

• The tortured lives of interrogators

• Democrats Clash on Iraq

• Fourteen Soldiers Killed in 3 Days

• API Runs Ads Against Price-Gouging, Windfall Profits Tax

• White House Follows New Path to Secrecy

• Congress Wants Ashcroft’s Testimony

• Democratic Candidate Debate Tonite 7pm EST

• House keeps pet projects from scrutiny

• Shuttle workers at Kennedy Center OK strike

• Edwards: ‘I will be strong’

• Gingrich: Bush administration dysfunctional

• Many Return to War; Many Never Go