Supreme Court agrees to hear Guantanamo cases in surprising reversal of a February decision. Review panel finds only convicted suspect in 1988's Lockerbie bombing may not be guilty after all. Protesting a possible Murdoch buy-out, Wall Street Journal reporters stage half-day walk-out. (In their own
Police disable car bomb found in central London; incident bore all the "hallmarks" of a failed suicide bomb attempt. Egyptian billionaire suspected of spying for Israel found dead--where else, if a spy--in London. Supreme Court bans use of students' race to maintain public schools'
Bush invokes executive privilege and refuses to hand over wiretapping files subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committees. The grisly latest from Iraq, including 20 decapitated bodies. U.S. plans withdrawal of 30,000 troops--from Europe. Hamas goes marginally underground in the West Bank. Brother of a British suicide bomber finally
White House subpoenaed on wiretapping, and perhaps finally we'll see a showdown. Op: A conservative's case for impeaching Dick Cheney. Blair to work on economics, not peace in the Middle East--because Condoleeza's got that wrapped up. Iranians revolt against new gas-rationing plan.
New U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown (snidely) answers readers' questions. Thirteen years of Tony Blair cartoons explained. Catching up with P.S. 36's kindergarten class of 1995. Clinton criticized by Giuliani for response to 1993 World Trade Center bombing. U.N. predicts radical growth in urban
Republican senators hop on the Lugar express, cheeping "me too" to the nearest camera. Tony Blair hands in his resignation to the Queen. Bush: Maybe our men and women in uniform just aren't what they're cracked up to be. Research notes as an intelligence
In a "gesture of goodwill," Israel to release 250 Palestinian prisoners. Zimbabwe government orders all prices halved to fight a soaring inflation rate--3,700 percent at last check. Delegitimization of state, factionalized elites: The Failed States Index doesn't leave much to the imagination. Chatty doctors
Supreme Court significantly weakens McCain-Feingold's restrictions on special-interest-funded ads. What America knows, a Newsweek poll suggesting that John Roberts could be hotter. This week's must reads: The Post's "Angler" series about Cheney's term. George Packer's
Suicide bombings kill 40 in Iraq today, including six U.S.-allied sheikhs and eight police cadets. California wildfires destroy 200 homes and near Tahoe city limits. Hamas releases audio message from Israeli soldier captured one year ago. Army of Islam releases a video message from kidnapped BBC reporter, now
Bomb kills six U.N. peacekepers in south Lebanon, the type of attack Hezbollah has feared it will be blamed for. Rice and Sarkozy find common ground in blaming the world for being soft with Sudan. Terrific, frightening summary of Iran's current crackdown on dissenters. Patriotism, testosterone plummets
