Officials: Hastert "In the Mix" of Congressional Bribery Investigation  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  The Speaker of the House Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigtaion by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress …

Special counsel: Cheney may be called to testify  —  Prosecutor says vice president's 'state of mind' relevant in CIA leak case  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff, a special prosecutor said in a court filing Wednesday.

Fragile Senate Coalition Set To Pass Bill on Immigration  —  The Senate moved to the verge of passing landmark immigration legislation yesterday, scheduling a final vote for today on a bill that would tighten the borders while allowing millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and permitting new guest workers to come and go.

Ask Mr. Science  —  The moral flaws of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.  —  Relax: The Al Gore movie has no sex scene.  Gore is the only presidential candidate who has made out on national television, so this was a legitimate worry.  Otherwise, An Inconvenient Truth could use some action.

The Shadow of a Marriage  —  The two sides of Hillary Rodham Clinton — the opposites that make her potential presidential candidacy such a gamble — came into sharp focus Tuesday morning at the National Press Club.  —  For the better part of an hour, the senator from New York held forth …

Breach Was More of the Spirit, Not the Letter, of the Constitution  —  The FBI raid on Rep. William Jefferson's congressional office was an aggressive tactic that broke a long-standing political custom.  But while it might violate the spirit of the Constitution, it might not violate the letter …

Expanded Worker Checks Would Use Faulty System  —  A federal database program with a checkered track record could dramatically expand to affect every U.S. employer and worker under provisions of the immigration legislation being considered by Congress.  —  The program is intended …

The World's Snappiest Comebacks  —  If one will be remembered for a single remark, as the recently departed Lloyd Bentsen is, let it be for the perfect put-down.  Most of us never get to experience the joy of excoriating an opponent with a dead-on, devastating riposte.  We always think of it too late.

The Media: Dems Are Phony, GOP Authentic.  Here We Go Again  —  Who'd have thought a simple question posed to Sen. Hillary Clinton—What songs do you have on your iPod?—would be so revealing.  Not about her, but about the Beltway pundit culture which still insists it can read the minds …