House Committee Authorizes Subpoena for Goodling  —  The House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 32-6, just authorized a subpoena for Monica Goodling's testimony and an offer of immunity.  —  As former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias pointed out yesterday, Goodling should prove …

Meet the Iraqi Police in Kirkuk  —  This is the second in a two part article.  Read Part One, Where Kurdistan Meets the Red Zone, here.  Scroll down for video.  —  KIRKUK, IRAQ - Kirkuk, like Baghdad, is one of the most dangerous places in the world.  Car bombs, suicide attacks, shootings …

Exclusive: O'Donnell Leaving 'The View'  —  Rosie O'Donnell Is Set to Announce Today Her Departure From 'The View'  —  Rosie O'Donnell is leaving "The View."  ABC has been unable to come to a contractual agreement with "The View" co-host.  As a result, her duties on the show will come to an end mid-June.

Oh, man.  You won't be surprised to hear that Rupert Murdoch's New York Post is willing to stoop to extraordinary depths of dishonesty to smear Dems, but this one is quite remarkable.  —  Check out the rewrite that The Post has done on an AP story it ran today.

Harvard: How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah  —  During Israel's war against Hizballah, at LGF we were continually outraged by the media's uncritical promulgation of terrorist propaganda, and their overwhelming bias against Israel.  The barrage of staged and manipulated disinformation culminated …

The Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch frauds  —  It is difficult to watch these clips from yesterday's House hearings investigating the absolute, deliberate lies regarding Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch fed to the American public by the U.S. military — with an eager and accommodating assist …

Longer Iraq Tours Good for "Army Stress," Pentagon Says  —  You have got to be kidding me.  Check out this pure-propaganda pronouncement, from the Pentagon's official news organ, the "American Forces Press Service": … Yeah, yeah.  Water is dry, ice is warm, and up is down, too.

The McGreevey Effect: Is Your Husband Gay?  —  Along With Jim McGreevey's Ex-Wife, There are Plenty of Women and Men Married to Gay Spouses  —  It sounds like the typical American family.  —  George, a 49-year-old market researcher, has been married for 28 years.  He and his wife are proud of their two daughters.

Analysis: "Blackout" on campaign ads in doubt  —  With Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Antonin Scalia exhibiting considerable distaste for a key provision of federal campaign finance law, Congress' latest attempt to reduce the flow of corporate and union money …

Laura Bush wants you to know that when it comes to Iraq, no one is suffering more than the First Couple.  No one.  —  Listen, you Americans, Laura Bush wants you to know the President is suffering over Iraq.  In fact, Laura told Anne Curry on the Today Show, that the American people need to know that …

Dow Closes Above 13,000 for First Time  —  Dow Ends Above 13,000 for First Time As Earnings Reports Push Stock Market to Historic Heights  —  NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like a cause for celebration: The Dow Jones industrial average surged from 12,000 to 13,000 in just six months.

Bin Laden overseeing Iraq, Afghanistan ops: Taliban  —  DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is orchestrating militants' operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior commander of Afghan Islamist group Taliban said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday.

Getting to 60 in the Senate  —  Controlling 60 seats is the holy grail in the Senate.  It allows the majority party to block filibusters from the minority and truly run the chamber.  —  The last time a party held 60 or more seats was three decades ago when Democrats had 61 seats in the 95th Congress (1977-1979).