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Mar 22, 2007 8:14 AM CDT

House Vote: Make Rove Testify

Senate expected to approve subpoenas today in prosecutor firing flap

(Newser) - A House panel authorized subpoenas yesterday and the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to do so today in an effort to force Karl Rove and other top administration figures to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors. With the White House offering only private interviews, not under oath, the scene...

Dems Score
With Subpoenas

Mar 20, 2007 9:03 AM CDT

Dems Score With Subpoenas

They can't pass bills, but they can sure hold hearings

(Newser) - Democrats haven't managed to score with a single one of the bills drafted in their giddy first 100 hours, but playing hardball with hearings has proved more fruitful. In cranking up the congressional oversight machinery, write Richard Simon and Noam Levey, they've dominated headlines and applied pressure to the administration.

Kelley: Bush Offspring
Should Be Serving in Iraq

Mar 19, 2007 3:40 PM CDT

Kelley: Bush Offspring Should Be Serving in Iraq

(Newser) - While the president has been busy assuring Americans that Iraq is a "noble" war, among those who haven't been listening are his wife, his children and his nieces and nephews, observes Kitty Kelley, who chronicled the Bush clan in 2004. The first family is AWOL on the war effort,...

Libby's PR Flop

Mar 18, 2007 8:43 PM CDT

Libby's PR Flop

Scooter Libby: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

(Newser) - Michael Wolff attends the trial of Scooter Libby, concluding that Cheney's factotum was hung, drawn, and quartered because he failed to do well what Republicans have always (until now) done well: PR.

Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

Mar 16, 2007 12:09 PM CDT

Email Fingers Rove in Attorney Scandal

He knew about the firings in 2005

(Newser) - An email released Thursday implicates Karl Rove in the U.S. attorney firings scandal, suggesting he knew of the plotted purges much earlier than previously acknowledged. In a message dated January 6, 2005, a White House lawyer reported that Rove had asked to discuss the firings with D. Kyle Sampon,...

Futures Market Predicts Libby Pardon

Mar 11, 2007 4:28 PM CDT

Futures Market Predicts Libby Pardon

Online traders put their money on Scooter walking

(Newser) - Traders at the online market Intrade.com betting big that President Bush will pardon Scooter Libby. CNN reports that at the "prediction market," where people buy and sell futures contracts on real-world events, 63 percent of traders are bullish on the prospect of Libby receiving a pardon...

Vermonters Vote to Impeach President

Mar 8, 2007 5:47 PM CST

Vermonters Vote to Impeach President

Over 35 towns pass resolutions charging Bush with lawbreaking

(Newser) - Vermont, the state with civil unions, Ben and Jerry's, and a socialist senator, has taken the "think globally, act locally" motto to heart with a call for President Bush's impeachment—town by town. In a series of local meetings initiated by activists, residents introduced a resolution charging the administration...