• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), both on the Senate Intelligence Committee, suggested yesterday that the Bush administration broke the law by ordering that a CIA counterterrorism program be concealed from Congress. They are pushing for twin investigations into Bush-era torture policies. • Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning toward appointing…

• Health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak this morning. Mexico appears to be the epicenter of the outbreak, where as many as 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by the illness. The United States has declared a public health emergency, which Homeland…

• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Earth Day. • Jennifer Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications for the Center for American Progress, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about Obama and the Bush torture memos. •…

• Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the House’s passage of President Obama’s stimulus package last night. • The House last night passed an $819 billion economic stimulus package on a party-line vote, despite President Obama’s efforts to achieve bipartisan support for the bill. The Senate is likely to…