Stem Cell Bill Approved by Senate

A stubborn Senate voted Wednesday to ease restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, ignoring President Bush's threat of a second veto on legislation designed to lead to new medical treatments.



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Bush's Sudan Ambassador: There Is No Genocide in Darfur (Video)

In an extremely heated exchange with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing yesterday, President Bush's ambassador to Sudan Adrew Natsios defiantly refused to characterize the violence there as genocide.



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Jon Stewart Evaluates the ‘08 Republican Field

Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart ran through the GOP frontrunners and evaluated their electoral prospects. The jab at Senator Kerry at the end is hysterical.



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Senate Panel Wants Those Missing White House e-Mails -- Let e-Gate Begin!

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy challenged the White House assertion, saying, "It's not a question of e-mails being lost, it's e-mails they don't want to retrieve."



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