Yesterday it was the Senate, today the House: Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be back before Congress today, this time before the House Armed Services Committee. Yesterday, Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving Iraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued…

One of the guys videotaped the cops removing the device and didn’t tell them that it wasn’t a bomb. Nice: One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city and causing a terrorism scare videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the devices, but did not tell the officers…

Oh those evil Zionists! Palestinian victims of bitter Gaza fighting between Fatah and Hamas loyalists are being given medical care at the hands of their traditional enemy – Israel. A total of 10 people wounded in fighting have come to Israel for treatment, including eight recovering at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. The southern coastal…

Here is what the Republicans wanted: Senate Republicans yesterday blocked an up-or-down vote on the non-binding resolution offered by Sen. John Warner using a filibuster, a legislative maneuver that forces backers of the measure to round up 60 votes to end debate. The Los Angeles Times reports Republicans complained that Majority Leader Harry Reid “was…

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