Rove Won't Be Charged in C.I.A. Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON, June 13 — The prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case on Monday advised Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, that he would not be charged with any wrongdoing, effectively ending the nearly three-year criminal investigation that had at times focused intensely on Mr. Rove.

Bush Meets With Iraqi PM in Surprise Trip  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — President Bush, seeking to bolster support for Iraq's burgeoning goverment and U.S. war policy at home, made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday to meet newly named Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and discuss the next steps in the troubled 3-year-old war.

Bush May Meet Vow To Halve The Deficit Three Years Early  —  Aided by surging tax receipts, President Bush may make good on his pledge to cut the deficit in half in 2006 — three years early.  —  Tax revenues are running $176 billion, or 12.9%, over last year, the Treasury Department said Monday.

Panel: Churchill should be fired  —  Ward Churchill, the professor who called some of the World Trade Center victims "little Eichmanns," should be fired because of "repeated and deliberate" infractions of scholarship rules, a University of Colorado committee said today.

Probe: Hamas bomb, not IDF shell, caused Gaza deaths  —  An Israel Defense Forces committee investigating the deaths of seven Palestinians at a Gaza beach last Friday is close to concluding that the IDF was not responsible.  —  The committee, headed by Major General Meir Kalifi …

Sadistic iron  —  In the June 7 edition of its newspaper, The Arizona Republic published a repulsive cartoon by Steve Benson that desecrates the U.S. Marine Corps' Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem and defames the USMC as a collection of wanton murderers.  The source of Benson's vitriol?

U.S. court tosses lawsuit over "In God We Trust"  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. district court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a California atheist against the U.S. government for its use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on its coins and currency.

A Bush Aide's Blunt Words  —  New Adviser Pulled No Punches in His Magazine Pieces  —  Bill Clinton is a "virtuoso deceiver" and Hillary Rodham Clinton a "true chameleon" guilty of "self-serving behavior, comparative radicalism, and dubious personal morality."  —  Al Gore is a "mad dog" known to "foam at the mouth."

Help the Family of an LAPD Officer Paralyzed in the Line of Duty  —  As regular readers know, I generally do not actively solicit donations or hold pledge drives.  But I'd like to ask you to consider making a donation today — not to me, but to the family of an LAPD officer who has been shot and paralyzed.

To Make a Point, An Army Officer Helps Iraqi Convict  —  Rule of Law Should Apply  —  To All, Capt. Carter Says;  —  Confessions Won by Cable  —  'Grudge' of the 'Fat Woman'?  —  BAQUBAH, Iraq — Capt. Phillip Carter visits the filthy, overcrowded prison here at least twice a week …