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January 16, 2006
• Widening Scandal on Capitol Hill; Helicopter Crash Kills 2 American Soldiers in Iraq


January 13, 2006
• Bush, German Chancellor Agree on Iran; Cooperation Unlikely from China, Russia on Iran Problem; Democrats Delay Voting on Alito; Border Security Critics Speak Out; Maryland Law to Force Wal-Mart to Increase Health Care Benefits; Lobbyists Pay for Congressional Holiday Party; Latest Developments On Capitol Hill; National Guard Cuts; Technical Sergeant Daniel Libby A Hero; Curt Weldon Fighting For Able Danger Hearings


January 12, 2006
• U.S. Against Iran's Nuclear Plans; Latest On Samuel Alito Confirmation Hearings; Congress Pushes Lobbying Reform In Midst Of Abramoff Scandal; Burbank Officials And Home Depot Making It Easier To Break Immigration Laws; Alberto Gonzales Says Judges Too Harsh On Illegal Immigrants; Officials Ignore China Trade Deficit; Intelligent Design Not Yet Defeated; Ohio Board of Education Calls for Evolution Analysis; Bird Flu Threat May Be Growing; War Critic Running for Kentucky Congress


January 11, 2006
• New Charges Pentagon Failed to Protect Troops With Adequate Body Armor; Alito Hearings Continue


January 10, 2006
• Bush Steps Up Campaign to Sell Iraq War Strategy; Alito Hearings Continue


January 09, 2006
• Samuel Alito Appears Before Senate Judiciary Committee; Cheney Briefly Hospitalized


January 06, 2006
• House Republicans Call For Change In Leadership; Israelis Pray For Ailing Ariel Sharon; Bush Says State of Economy Is Strong; Mine Survivor Making Some Progress; Sago Mine 911 Tapes Released; IBM Breaks Pension Promises; Crackdown Promised on Border Crime; Lawmakers Rush To Return Tainted Abramoff Cash; Microsoft Shuts Down Blog Critical Of Chinese Government; Florida Supreme Court Rejects School Vouchers, Debate Continues; Army Specialist Douglas Sczcepanski Severely Wounded In Iraq


January 05, 2006
• Deadly Day in Iraq; Selling the War; Critics Blast Bush Recess Appointment of Julie Meyers; Radio Station That Helps People Dodge Immigration Officials May Be Shut Down; Alabama Database May Help Track Illegals; George Mitchell Interview; Wal-Mart May Enter Banking Business; Sanchez Says Iraq May Break Out In Civil War


January 04, 2006
• Grief and Fury in West Virginia; Culture of Corruption; $2 Billion Depressed Wages; Ariel Sharon Suffers Stroke; Bush Defends War Handling Among Carnage Today; Debate Over Wiretaps Continues; How Bush Can Recover; Iran Takes Steps to Restart Nuclear Program


January 03, 2006
• Culture of Corruption; Best Government Money Can Buy; Update on Trapped Miners; U.S. Government Funds Mexico to Patrol the Border; Able Danger Prevented From Sharing Information With The FBI; Russia Using Natural Gas As Political Tool


January 02, 2006
• Desperate Search for Miners in West Virginia; Violent Weather in California; Scorched in the Southwest


December 30, 2005
• Justice Department Launches Probe Into Leak of Top Secret Domestic Spying Program; Top U.S. Commander Says Iraqi Insurgency Weakened


December 29, 2005
• U.S. Soldier Killed in Baghdad; A Look Back at Year in Politics; Success Story in the Space Industry


December 28, 2005
• Domestic Spying Fallout; Federal Failure in Hurricane Rebuilding Effort; The Clear Act; Extreme Weather Of 2005 Possibly Related To Global Warming; Professor Pushes For Longer Fence On Border;


December 27, 2005
• Tragic Helicopter Collision in Baghdad; Mass Grave Found; Spying Uproar; China Was Aggressive In 2005; U.S. Trains Illiterate Afghan Soldiers; Wars Prompt Young Veterans To Run For Office; NSA Spying Is A Mess For White House


December 26, 2005
• New Wave of Bloodshed in Iraq; 2006 Troop Withdrawals?; Spying Uproar


December 23, 2005
• Rumsfeld Announces Troop Reductions; Iraqis Demand a Recount; Secret Search for Dirty Bombs Revealed; Congressional Critics Question Wiretapping Program; 2005 a Rough Year for President; Memo Shows Alito's Views on Wiretapping; Congress Slashes Emergency Heating Program; Mexico Extradites Murder Suspect to U.S.; Congressman Debate Border Fence; Illegal Immigrants Affect Politics Despite Status; Fierce Legislative Battles Raged This Week; Clarence McKay Winners Honored


December 22, 2005
• House Blocks Compromise Agreement on Patriot Act; A Look Back at Year in Politics


December 21, 2005
• Escalating Political Confrontation Over Patriot Act; Capitol Hill Showdown; War on Middle Class; Transit Strike Frustrates New York City Commuters; Mexico Urges Defeat Of Border Fence Proposition; China's Economy And Influence Grows As It Buys Oil From Syria; U.S. Cutting Troops In Afghanistan; Cuba Has Harsh Words For U.S. Diplomat There


December 20, 2005
• Judge Rules Against Intelligent Design; NSA Spying On American Citizens Is Causing An Uproar; Illegal Alien Gang Controversy; Pentagon Monitoring Terrorist Suspects Inside United States With New Intelligence Unit; NYC Transit Strike Causes Commuters To Get Creative; Crews Pull Seaplane Wreckage; Oil-For-Food Money Accounted For


December 19, 2005
• Miami Seaplane Crash; Bush Defends Wiretaps


December 16, 2005
• Spying Concerns Lead to Patriot Act Impasse; Congress Debates Immigration Reform; Inspector General: Border Surveillance Flawed; Why Not a China Embargo?; U.S. to Prosecute Illegal Aliens; Evan Spiridellis, Gregg Spiridellis Interview; No Breakthrough In Sight For Latest Round Of WTO talks; Captain Josh Glover Honored


December 15, 2005
• Bush Agrees With McCain to Ban Torture; Interview With Jerry Jasinowski


December 14, 2005
• Security and Iraq's Historic Election; President Bush Delivers Fourth Speech on Strategy for Victory in Iraq; Patriot Act Battle Rages; A California Statute Offers In-State Tuition to Illegal Immigrants;


December 13, 2005
• Former President Ford Hospitalized; Iraq's Historic General Election; Exit Strategy From Iraq; NAM Insists U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Are Plentiful; Border Security Scheduled For House Floor This Week Despite Opposition; Interview With Ken Auletta


December 12, 2005
• Bush Defends Iraq Policy; Broken Borders


December 09, 2005
• Iraq Strategy Debate; Could WTO Deal Usurp Congress on Immigration?; Israel To Buy Security Equipment From Germany And China Instead Of U.S.; Sergeant Learns To Walk Again; Costa Mesa Allows Cops To Check Legal Status Of Criminals


December 08, 2005
• Bringing Troops Home; Bus Bombing in Iraq; Bush Bounce; Costa Mesa Cops To Enforce Immigration Laws; China Attempts To Sell Even More Inexpensive Goods To U.S.; Rumsfeld Changes His Language; Speculation That Lieberman Could Replace Rumsfeld;


December 07, 2005
• Briefing at Miami International Airport on Fatal Shooting on American Airlines Plane Jetway; Selling the Strategy


December 06, 2005
• White House Offensive; Democrats Divided Over Iraq, Dean's Remarks on War; Finding a Voice; U.S. Nay Withhold Some U.N. Funds; Gilchrist Attempts To Gain Office In California


December 05, 2005
• Former 9/11 Commissioners Say U.S. Is Not Safe; Accusations of Cronyism, Profiteering in Defense Industry


December 02, 2005
• Ten Marines Killed in Explosion in Iraq; Bush Hails Economy; U.N. to Recognize China's Human Rights Abuses; TSA Will Allow Previously Banned Objects Back On Planes


December 01, 2005
• Deadly Day for Troops in Iraq; Democrats Divided; Most Americans say Bush has no Plan for Iraq Victory; Still No Word From Pentagon About Able Danger; Walgreens Suspends Pharmacists For Not Giving Out Morning After Pill; Funding For Presidential Trips From Surprising Sources


November 30, 2005
• Bush's Iraq Plan; War Politics; Critics Say Bush Speaks In Front Of Too Many Military Audiences; Criticizing the 9/11 Commission; Marriage Scam Busted for Illegal Aliens


November 29, 2005
• New Iraq Message; Video Allegedly Shows Western Hostages in Iraq


November 28, 2005
• Bush on the Border; Fireside Chats on Iraq Proposed; Toxic Spill Cleanup in China Underway; Congressman Cunningham Faces Questions About Real Estate Deal;


November 25, 2005
• Bush to Address Border Security; Saddam Trial to Reconvene; Shopping Frenzy on Black Friday; Chinese Counterfeits Continuing Problem; Michael Brown Opens Consulting Firm; Ann Coulter: Dems Helping the Enemy; Soldiers Gets Chance To Go To Carnegie Mellon; Author of "Sleeping with Custer"


November 24, 2005
• Democrats And Republicans Have Things To Be Thankful For; King Abdullah Calls For War Against Radical Islamist Terrorists; Chinese Government Strict With Motorcycles
• Thanksgiving in Iraq; Intelligence Controversy; Antiwar Protesters Near Bush Ranch Again; Two Hurt in Thanksgiving Parade


November 23, 2005
• Planning Troop Cuts; Troop Morale; Immigration Problems


November 22, 2005
• Insurgents Launch Brazen Attack in Tikrit; Jose Padilla Indicted; DeLay in Court


November 21, 2005
• Cheney Launches New Assault on War Critics; Is Zarqawi Dead?


November 18, 2005
• Heated Debate Over Iraq Pullout in Congress; China Building Up Military Might; Leak Investigation to Continue with New Grand Jury


November 17, 2005
• Congressman Calls for Immediate Withdrawal of Troops From Iraq; Bush Launches New Assault on War Critics


November 16, 2005
• Operation Steel Curtain; Bush Defends War; CIA Leak Surprise; Racism May Be Immigration Issue; Restructuring Of Ninth Circuit Court Controversial; Interview with Diane Ravitch; Border Security A Problem


November 15, 2005
• Senate Challenges White House on Iraq; Bush Calls on China to Introduce Democracy


November 14, 2005
• President Bush Travels to Asia; Congressional Republicans Divided Over Immigration, Border Security


November 11, 2005
• Bush Answers Critics in Veterans Day Speech; Secretary Rice Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad


November 10, 2005
• Jordanians Protest After Hotel Attacks; At Least 34 Dead in Baghdad Attack


November 09, 2005
• Terror in Jordan; Republicans Lose Big In Off Year Elections


November 08, 2005
• GOP Calls for Investigation into Classified Leak; U.S., Iraqis Secure Border Town; French Authorities Hope Curfews will Quell Riots


November 07, 2005
• Marines on the Offensive in Western Iraq; Wave of Rioting in France Claims First Victim


November 04, 2005
• Anti-Bush Demonstrators Wreak Havoc in Argentina; Poor Youths Riot in France; Congressional Leaders Challenge Birthright Citizenship


November 03, 2005
• Special Report: Lethal Weapon; Bush Arrives in Argentina to Attend Summit of Americas


November 02, 2005
• Rising Number of American Casualties in Iraq; Battle for the Bench; Broken Borders


November 01, 2005
• Secret Session; Lethal Weapon; Deadly Bird Flu


October 31, 2005
• Bush Nominates Judge Samuel Alito to Supreme Court; Seven More Troops Killed in Iraq


October 28, 2005
• Vice President's Chief of Staff Indicted in CIA Leak Probe


October 27, 2005
• Miers Withdraws; Interview With Sheriff Joe Arpaio


October 26, 2005
• White House on Edge; CIA Leak Probe; Crime and Cover-Up; Able Danger Identified Mohamed Atta Before 9/11; Iraq War Veteran Paul Hackett Close To A Stunning Political Upset In Ohio This Summer; Canada Does Not Trust The U.S. Over Trade


October 25, 2005
• Hurricane Wilma's Aftermath; Interview With Slade Gorton


October 24, 2005
• Wilma's Wrath; Tourists Hoping to get out of Cancun; Cuba Flooding


October 21, 2005
• Trouble at the White House


October 20, 2005
• Tom DeLay Turns Himself in, Posts $10,000 Bond; New Developments in CIA Leak Case


October 19, 2005
• Texas Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Tom DeLay; White House Under Pressure in CIA Leak Case; Report Says U.S. Still Not Taking Steps To Prevent Terrorist Attack; New Report On How Well Kids Are Doing In School; Administration Not Challenging China On Trade


October 18, 2005
• Broken Borders; FBI Investigates Possible Terrorist Threat in Baltimore; Cheney and CIA Leak; Wal-Mart Wants To Get Into Bacon; Waiver Of Davis-Bacon Act Angers Some


October 17, 2005
• White House Launches Strategy to Push Miers; Bush Administration Braces for Charges in CIA Leak Case


October 14, 2005
• Karl Rove Testifies Before Grand Jury; Pentagon Channel Stirs Controversy for Allegedly Staging Events; Middle Class Feeling Economic Squeeze


October 13, 2005
• Northeast Floods; Flu Shot Shortage?; The Corporate Elite


October 12, 2005
• Flood Disaster in New England; Waiting for Relief in Northern Pakistan; Police Beating; Bush Administration Emphasized Miers' Religious Background; Eminent Domain May Be Abused; New Developments On Stolen Aircraft; New Rules To Translate Report Cards And School Documents Into Nine Languages; Producer Discusses "The West Wing"


October 11, 2005
• Rescuers Search for Survivors From South Asian Earthquake


October 10, 2005
• Killer Quake; Snowstorm Slams Into Colorado; Spread of Mexican Consulates in the U.S.; Avian Flu and Western Europe; Possible Pandemic in Future; CIA Leak Probe; U.S.-China Trade Policy


October 07, 2005
• Attacks on U.S. Troops on Rise; New York Mayor Defends Threat Warning


October 06, 2005
• New York Subway System on Alert; White House Mess; Pentagon To Reimburse Soldiers For Body Armor Purchases


October 05, 2005
• Security Breach and Illegal Immigration; Right to Die; Judging Miers; Green Card Controversy; Interview with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on Illegal Immigration; Interview with John Ralston Saul on Globalism


October 04, 2005
• Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq; Interview With Judith Miller


October 03, 2005
• Bush Nominates White House Counsel to Supreme Court; DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering


September 30, 2005
• Reporter Released from Jail after 85 Days; CIA Leak Investigation Bears No Results so Far; Scooter Libby Revelation Latest Trial for Bush Administration; Weather on Firefighters' Side in California; New Orleans Residents Begin to Return; Group Advocates Building Fence on Southern Border


September 29, 2005
• California Blazing; Cops' Rampage?; Hurricane Lobbyists


September 28, 2005
• Tom DeLay Faces Criminal Indictment for Alleged Conspiracy in Campaign Finance Scheme; Road to Recovery; The Fight for Iraq


September 27, 2005
• New Orleans Police Chief Resigns; Michael Brown Grilled


September 26, 2005
• Rita's Wrath; Cities Across Country Reexamining Evacuation Plans; Energy Crisis; Pennsylvania Parents Take School District To Court Over Intelligent Design;


September 24, 2005
• Officials Survey Widespread Damage Of Rita; Thus Far, No Deaths Reported Due To Storm; Whether Damage From Wind, Rain, Storm Surge, Each Area Felt The Many Phases Of Rita Differently
• Hurricane Rita


September 23, 2005
• New Orleans Floods Again; Galveston Hopes to Avoid Direct Hit; Bus Carrying Senior Evacuees Explodes; Traffic Jams Plague Texas Evacuees; Bush Reschedules Texas Trip; Hurricane Rita Threatens Energy Industry; Interview With Governor Jim Doyle


September 22, 2005
• Evacuees from Texas Tie up Highways; New Orleans Fears Rain from Rita; What Causes U.S.'s Extreme Weather?; Impact of Hurricane Felt on Economy; Hurricane Expert Testifies on Katrina at Height of Rita Predictions


September 21, 2005
• New Orleans Braces for Rita; Galveston, Texas, Evacuates for Storm; Federal Government Prepares for Rita; Congress Debates Ways to Pay for Hurricane Reconstruction; Rita Could Impact Gas Prices; Service Workers in Hurricane Zone May Lose Wage Protection; Human Trafficking in California; Wal-Mart Bad for the Middle Class


September 20, 2005
• Key West Escapes Serious Harm from Rita; New Orleans Prepares for Hurricane


September 19, 2005
• Florida Keys Evacuated for Storm; Threat of Rita Suspends Repopulation of New Orleans


September 16, 2005
• New Orleans to Reopen Sections This Weekend; EPA Administration Discusses Safety of Returning to New Orleans


September 15, 2005
• New Orleans Mayor Tells Some Residents They Can Come Back; Bush to Address Nation Tonight


September 14, 2005
• Hurricane Ophelia Strikes Carolinas; Residents of New Orleans Suburbs Return Home; Consumers Warned of Fraudulent Charities; Judge Rules Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional; Judge Roberts Answers Questions on Some Legal Issues


September 13, 2005
• Bush Takes Responsibility for Hurricane Response; New Orleans Mayor Optimistic About Reopening Parts of City


September 12, 2005
• New Orleans Death Toll May be Lower Than Estimates; FEMA Director Resigns, Paulison Chosen as Replacement


September 09, 2005
• FEMA Director Recalled; Coast Guard Admiral in Charge of Katrina Relief Operation


September 08, 2005
• Crisis in Louisiana


September 07, 2005
• New Orleans Mayor to Forcibly Evacuate Residents; USS Iwo Jima Provides Medical Help to Survivors; Health Officials Say Floodwaters Dangerous; Houston Works to Get Evacuees Home, Money; Volunteers Collect Supplies for Hurricane Survivors; Report Critical of U.N. Leader; Navy Pilots Reprimanded for Saving Lives Now Commended


September 06, 2005
• Survivors of Hurricane Katrina Face New Deadly Threats


September 05, 2005
• Officials say New Orleans is Completely Destroyed. President Bush and Governor Blanco Take Steps in Easing Friction. Legislation Pending to Combat Soaring Energy Costs.


September 02, 2005
• Bush Tours Hurricane Devastation; Doctors Work Overtime to Provide Medical Care to Evacuees


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