Detonating bombs and appointing successors -- never a dull moment in Vladimir Putin's Russia.

We hardly knew ye: After just a year in power, the scandal-plagued Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned today.

"Ted Olson will not be confirmed." So said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today on hints that former Solicitor General Theodore Olson is on the president's list as a possible replacement for Alberto Gonzales.

Out by end of 2008, said Barack Obama. Full speech here.

We get it: If you haven't heard by now, the Romney campaign had nothing to do with an anti-Fred Thompson Web site.

Dear George, It's me, Hillary. (A letter Clinton sent to the president today about his address to the nation tomorrow.)

Dear Hillary, It's me, Rudy. (Giuliani blasted Hillary on the radio today.)

Enjoying a bounce in the polls, John McCain live from the "No Surrender" tour.

As long as you're getting up ... Mark Warner wants John Warner's seat. The Hill has more on other candidates.