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After months of dancing, dodging, love taps and bear hugs, Democratic presidential front-runners Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois are finally going after each other with gusto.

The White House and the Justice Department say what looks like a contradiction between testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller is nothing more than a confusion of terms.

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A federal court Thursday struck down ordinances passed by Hazleton, Pennsylvania, that were intended to limit where illegal immigrants could live and work.

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FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress Thursday that the confrontation between Alberto Gonzales and John Ashcroft in Ashcroft’s hospital room in 2004 concerned the controversial warrantless surveillance program — an apparent contradiction of Senate testimony given Tuesday by Gonzales.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Thursday he will subpoena White House political adviser Karl Rove to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors.

A group of Senate Democrats, including Sen. Chuck Schumer, on Thursday will call for a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales perjured himself during Capitol Hill testimony.