Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus Says  —  The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.

In a First, a Candidate Forum in Translation  —  Democratic Event on Latino Issues Is Exceptional More for Format Than Responses  —  The first presidential forum to be conducted in Spanish placed a couple of the Democratic participants in an uncomfortable position Sunday night …

Listening to Petraeus  —  The president had the courage to change course on Iraq.  Does Congress?  —  Today, Gen. David Petraeus—commander of our forces in Iraq—returns to Washington to report on the war in Iraq and the new counterinsurgency strategy he has been implementing there.

Thompson climbs in GOP poll  —  WASHINGTON — Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson has gotten a modest bump in support after finally announcing he's running for the Republican presidential nomination, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.  And Arizona Sen. John McCain may have started to turn around his beleaguered campaign.

Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain  —  Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show.  —  Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.

The Senate's Ethics Sleight of Hand  —  The final version of the widely celebrated ethics bill, approved by overwhelming margins in both the House and Senate a month ago, finally and quietly made its way last week from Capitol Hill to the White House.  It surely will soon be signed into law by President Bush.

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Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries  —  Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries.  —  The chaplains were directed by the Bureau …

The sleazy tactics of George Soros  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - It appears that lurking in the political shadows with billionaire philanthropist and Democratic financier George Soros is a tar pit of old-fashioned sleaze.  It's hard to conclude otherwise in view of two recent election fraud verdicts …

U.S. to Target Iranian Arms Entering Iraq  —  BARDA, Iraq — The Pentagon is preparing to build its first base for U.S. forces near the Iraqi-Iranian border, in a major new effort to curb the flow of advanced Iranian weaponry to Shiite militants across Iraq.

For China's Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier  —  DANZHOU, China — Li Hua was outraged.  The public high school where he had been teaching civics for six years was about to be swallowed up by a fancy private institution.  The merger had been ordered by local officials …

US surge has failed - Iraq poll  —  About 70% of Iraqis believe security has deteriorated in the area covered by the US military "surge" of the past six months, an opinion poll suggests.  —  The survey by the BBC, ABC News and NHK of more than 2,000 people across Iraq also suggests …

Anti-war leaders stymied, frustrated  —  A well-known anti-war leader has gone public with the transcript of a private conference call that shows peace activists are exasperated with the Democratic congressional leadership and at a loss for a long-term strategy.