Deputy A.G. McNulty Announces Resignation  —  Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty announced his resignation today, saying he is leaving the Justice Department later this summer to enter the private sector, officials said.  —  McNulty announced his plans to leave in a letter …

No. 582-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE … I don't think I knew whether Bacevich had a son.  But he comes from that class of career military where professional military service is often an intergenerational endeavor.  Age sounds about right.  And I just had a hard time seeing how many Andrew J. Baceviches there would be in Massachusetts.

« |  MAIN |  »  —  THE ANSWER TO THE EXAMINER'S QUESTION IS SIMPLE: It's because people are afraid they'll blow things up.  —  Sooner or later, you know, fundamentalist Christians are going to pick up on this lesson, engage in similar behavior, and make similar demands.

Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration  —  Bipartisan Plan in Danger as McCain Pulls Away, Romney Shifts Stance and Giuliani Is Silent  —  Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform, having joined forces …

Bloomberg poised for third-party campaign  —  New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is prepared to spend an unprecedented $1 billion of his own $5.5 billion personal fortune for a third-party presidential campaign, personal friends of the mayor tell The Washington Times.

Atomic Agency Concludes Iran Is Stepping Up Nuclear Work  —  Inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency have concluded that Iran appears to have solved most of its technological problems and is now beginning to enrich uranium on a far larger scale than before, according to the agency's top officials.

World Bank Jobbery  —  More evidence the Wolfowitz accusers chose to ignore.  —  The World Bank board meets today to consider the fate of President Paul Wolfowitz, and the truth is that the verdict may already be in.  The board will consider the report of an investigating committee dominated …

GOP torn: Clean house or shield members?  —  House Minority Leader John A. Boehner took his job last year with a pledge to cleanse his party's scandal-stained reputation on Capitol Hill.  In recent weeks, Boehner has been getting an unpleasant education in how hard that turns out to be.

Reid To Allow Vote On Feingold Measure To End Iraq War  —  Good news for war foes: Harry Reid just spoke on the Senate floor, revealing that he'll allow a vote this week on the Feingold-Reid amendment, which would cut off funding for the war by March 31, 2008.

Who Killed Kennedy?  One Man's Answer  —  The prosecutor who put Charles Manson behind bars now wants to solve another crime — a really simple one, he insists.  So simple that it takes only 1,612 pages to prove his case.  —  Vincent Bugliosi, whose prosecution of Charles Manson in 1970 led …

Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%  —  Both ratings are slightly lower than 2007 averages  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush.  Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress …

New Detainees Strain Iraq's Jails  —  Sharp Rise Follows Start of Security Plan; Suspects Housed With Convicts  —  BAGHDAD — The capture of thousands of new suspects under the three-month-old Baghdad security plan has overwhelmed the Iraqi government's detention system …

U.S. Embassy employees fearful over Green Zone attacks  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Embassy employees in Iraq are growing increasingly angry over what they say are inadequate security precautions in the heavily fortified Green Zone, where recent mortar and rocket attacks have claimed the lives of six people, including two U.S. citizens.

Suicide bomber kills 24 in Pakistan  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said.  —  The blast deepened instability in Pakistan …