Prosecutor Puts Bush in the Spotlight

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2006 Patrick Fitzgerald writes in a legal briefing, "It is hard to conceive of what evidence there could be that would disprove the existence of White House efforts to 'punish Wilson.' " Also, Bush formally admits to declassifying the intelligence later leaked by Libby to reporters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Time: Card Was Pushed Out

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2006 The newsweekly reports about Bush's recently departed chief of staff: "Card did not want to go. But he 'heard the tom-toms.' " The magazine also writes that Card's replacement, Josh Bolten, has "less disdain for the press and more interest in policy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Shake-up, Bush Fires Pastry Chef

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Apr 1, 2006 The celebrated satirist quotes Bush as saying that his kitchen staffer was "slow to act" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: "Basically, he was just in the kitchen baking the whole time." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Rips Bush’s Bolten Selection

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2006 His take on Bush's appointment of Josh Bolten as chief of staff: "He just gave a promotion to the guy in charge of our $9-trillion debt. You know what? I really think if you walked into a cabinet meeting and started hurling your feces at the wall, Bush would name a state after you." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Meeting With Reporters Off the Record

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2006 But the N.Y. Times refuses the meetings, which Bush is holding at the lowest ebb of his presidency. How this fits in with his "Blame the Media on Iraq" policy is something we'll have to puzzle over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The White House That Cried Wolf

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 The more that administration leaders play games with definitions of democracy and weasel wording about torture, the less they can be believed about anything. So if they someday tell the truth, no one will believe them. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Blame the Media

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 Watch video clips of reporters who refuse to accept White House spin that the media is to blame in Iraq: CBS' Lara Logan, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, and NBC's Richard Engel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moussaoui Says He Was to Hijack 5th Plane

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 The 9/11 conspirator tells a Virginia court that he and would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to fly a plane into the White House on Sept. 11. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Albright: Good Versus Evil Isn’t a Strategy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2006 The former secretary of state writes that the White House's "penchant for painting its perceived adversaries" with a "sweeping brush has led to a series of unintended consequences" in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Immigration Becoming Big 2008 Issue

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2006 Pretenders to the White House are all staking out positions on what they expect to be a hot topic come next election. Check out Truthdig's Marc Cooper for the skinny on the underlying issue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Purple Heart

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 What's going on in this cartoon? Click to see a video of the heated exchange between columnist Helen Thomas and President Bush that inspired it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Kevin Phillips Warns of Religious Fanatics

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 Kevin Phillips, in-demand author of "American Theocracy," says--dead seriously--that many Americans don't worry about the economy because they're waiting for the second coming of Christ. Watch it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )