Bush Asserts Shield Could've Blocked Missile  —  WASHINGTON, July 7 — President Bush said again today that North Korea should renounce its missile ambitions, and he said he was fairly confident the United States could have intercepted a North Korean rocket headed for America.

Plotters Plan Mass Suicide on Train on 9/11/06  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  Federal law enforcement officials tell ABC News a plot designed to use 15 to 20 suicide bombers on one commuter train as close to Sept. 11 as possible was well underway.  —  The specific target was the PATH commuter trains …

Why are Bush supporters celebrating today's leak of classified information?  —  (updated below)  —  John Amato astutely asks an excellent question: why are all of the Bush supporters celebrating the unauthorized leak to the Daily News of the FBI's arrests of alleged terrorists who were talking …

The Morning After  —  We're not in the business of judging winners and losers; there are plenty of well-informed Nutmeg State voters who can make up their own minds.  But putting aside the (curiously ironic) blogger charge that Sen. Joe Lieberman's strong performance in last night's debate …

Man indicted in phone jamming case will argue Administration approved election scheme  —  The fourth man indicted in a New Hampshire phone-jamming scheme — in which Republican operatives jammed the phone lines of Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts in a 2002 Senate race …

George W. Bush Is Dead To Me Nation cringes as the worst president ever continues long, painful slog to the end  —  It is like some sort of virus.  It is like some sort of weird and painful rash on your face that makes you embarrassed to walk out the door and so you sit there day after day …

Media Matters asks Random House to investigate Coulter plagiarism allegations  —  Tina Constable, Vice President, Executive Director of Publicity  —  Dear Mr. Olson, Mr. Applebaum, Ms. Frost, and Ms. Constable:  —  I am writing to bring to your attention troubling evidence that one of your authors …

The high court's Hamdan power grab  —  The justices are hampering the president's ability to fight terrorists, says an architect of Bush's legal strategy.  —  A PRESIDENT responds to an unprecedented war with unprecedented measures that test the limits of his constitutional authority.

Safe at Any Speed  —  With higher speed limits, our highways have been getting safer.  —  It's another summer weekend, when millions of families pack up the minivan or SUV and hit the road.  So this is also an apt moment to trumpet some good, and underreported, news: Driving on the highways is safer today than ever before.

The Fragile Kennedy Court  —  The Supreme Court has nominally been the Roberts Court since last fall, when John Roberts arrived as chief justice.  But as a practical matter, the recently completed term marked the start of the Kennedy Court.  With the departure of Sandra Day O'Connor …

Ahmadinejad warns of Islamic 'explosion'  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president warned Friday that continued Israeli strikes against Palestinians could lead to an Islamic "explosion" targeting Israel and its Western supporters.  —  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told thousands of demonstrators gathered …

Whither the Women?  —  After Decades on Rise, Labor Participation Rate Is Down  —  The trend was clear and consistent.  Since the end of World War II and stretching to the start of the current millennium, the percentage of American women entering the labor force rose steadily …

You Can Quote Them on That, Maybe  —  On-the-record comments from top White House officials have been precious few throughout this administration.  Lately, though, national security adviser Stephen Hadley , legislative affairs chief Candida Wolff and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten …

'Breast ironing' to stunt girls' growth widespread  —  1 in 4 girls in Cameroon suffer this abuse to protect against rape  —  YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) — Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene …