April 02, 2007

News Roundup

SCOTUS: The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that "greenhouse gases were air pollutants subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act" in a decision that "takes the first step toward new national limits on emissions from cars, trucks and power plants," the Los Angeles Times reports. And in a 6-3 decision, the court said "it would not decide whether Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their confinement before U.S. federal judges," Reuters reports.

Iraq: The Pentagon is readying about 9,000 additional troops to aid the security crackdown in Baghdad, Reuters reports. Earlier today, "a truck bomber carrying food supplies killed eight Iraqi schoolgirls and a baby in the northern oil city of Kirkuk," and "suspected Sunni militants executed 21 Shiite workers north of Baghdad," Agence France Presse reports.

Iran: Ali Larijani, Iran's chief international negotiator, said his country "wants to resolve the crisis over 15 captured British sailors through diplomacy, and that there was no need to put the crew on trial," AP reports. Meanwhile, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the U.S. "is investigating a report of an American citizen missing in Iran," CNN.com reports.

Congress: The White House criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's scheduled visit to Syria tomorrow, "despite the fact that three Republican congressmen went to Syria yesterday," the Washington Times reports. And USA Today reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "is signing on as a co-sponsor of legislation that would force the Bush administration to stop funding military operations in Iraq on March 31, 2008."

Campaigns: First-quarter reports keep rolling in for top presidential contenders. Hotline On Call has the latest from GOP front-runners Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney.

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