Let's start with a story just off the AP wire: Bush orders Harriet Miers not to testify.

In other tales of Congressional testimony, former White House political director Sara Taylor said today: "I did not speak to the president about removing U.S. attorneys."

Via David Freddoso, the Office of Management and Budget today announced that the fiscal 2007 budget will drop to $205 billion, or less than half of what it was in 2004.

In the Senate, a bill sponsored by Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel to limit deployments of troops to Iraq fell short of the 60 votes needed, though 7 Republicans (including Hagel) voted for the bill.

Them's fightin' words: House Minority Leader John Boehner today referred to Senate colleagues who have begun to favor a change in course in Iraq as "wimps," reports The Hill.

As Dems approach their "first ever gay debate," Bill Richardson has apologized for using a gay slur (the Spanish word "maricon") in a interview with Don Imus more than a year ago.

John Edwards came out on top of a MoveOn.org straw poll asking voters which candidate has the best approach to fighting climate change. Second place? Dennis Kucinich.

Not to pile on McCain, but the Detroit Free-Press reports his Michigan campaign is breaking down.

Meanwhile, Rudy "prebutts" an attack by the Firefighters Union.

Lastly, as Musharraf's troops clear out the bodies of Islamic militants killed in the storming of the Red Mosque, al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, called for a holy war against Pakistan.