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By Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy angrily threatened Tuesday to issue subpoenas “if the White House continues to stonewall” his panel’s investigation into fired U.S. attorneys, and he said he was “deeply troubled” by what he called White House efforts to “manipulate the (Justice) Department into its own political arm.”…

thehill.com Defense authorization bill fails to address habeas corpus for detainees By Roxana Tiron May 10, 2007 The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee dealt a blow to the human-rights community by failing to include provisions to overhaul GOP legislation governing military tribunals in the 2008 defense authorization bill. The chairman’s move is…

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY Proposals designed to make voting easier and ballots more secure are beginning to advance in several states. The proposals range from allowing voters to register until Election Day to expanding the use of absentee ballots and early in-person voting. Several states and Congress also are promoting paper trails for electronic…

Washington Post Statement by the President The White House Office of the Press Secretary The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today rejected Lewis Libby’s request to remain free on bail while pursuing his appeals for the serious convictions of perjury and obstruction of justice. As a result, Mr. Libby will be…