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May 31, 2006

• U.S. Announces New Strategy on Iran; Marine Massacre in Haditha?; Pentagon Report Presents Sober View of Iraq War; In New York City, Hospital Workers Who Report Illegal Aliens Can Be Fired; Arguing Against Anchor Babies

May 30, 2006

• Bush White House Defends Conduct of War on Terror; More Troops to Iraq From Kuwait; Major Rioting in Kabul After U.S. Truck in Traffic Accident; Showdown Over FBI Raid On Congressman's Office; Pete King Interview

May 29, 2006

• Tribute to Our Troops

May 26, 2006

• Immigration Battle Heats Up; Vicente Fox's Amnesty Junket; New Attempts To Diffuse Constitutional Confrontation Between Lawmakers And FBI; Senate Majority Bill Frist and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Meet; Bush And Blair Acknowledge Difficulties And Mistakes In Iraq War; Kay Bailey Hutchison Interview

May 25, 2006

• Amnesty for Millions; Mexican President Vicente Fox Visits California; Raid on Congress; Steve King Interview; Senate Adds Provision to Consult Mexico on Fence

May 24, 2006

• Bush-Blair Summit; Anger Mounts After FBI Raid of Capitol Hill Office; James Inhofe Interview; Tony Snow Interview

May 23, 2006

• Pentagon Says China's Military Buildup Destabilizing Asia; President Bush Declares United States Will Aid Israel Should Iran Attack; Senate Moving Forward With Immigration Reform Bill That Would Give Amnesty; Mexican President Vicente Fox's Amnesty Agenda; Jeff Sessions Interview; Radio Talk Show Hosts Debate Immigration Issues

May 22, 2006

• Bush: Iraq's New Cabinet is a 'Watershed Event'; U.S. Forces in Fierce Fighting With Taliban in Afghanistan

May 19, 2006

• U.S. Troops Moving to Insurgent Stronghold in Western Iraq; Senate Votes for "Common and Unifying" Language; Mexico Trying to Block U.S. Border Security Efforts; Robert Rector Interview

May 18, 2006

• President Bush Visits Yuma, Arizona; Senate Looks Almost Certain To Pass Bill That Would Give Amnesty To Millions Of Illegal Aliens; Senators Fire Barrage Of Questions At General Michael Hayden; Some California Political Leaders Have Reservations About President's National Guard Plan; Illegal aliens are stealing Americans' Social Security numbers and their identities, and the federal government is doing nothing to stop it; Illegal Alien Crisis For Nation's Hospitals; Bob Meaders Launched Operation Helmet To Provide Free Helmet Upgrades To Troops

May 17, 2006

• Senators Move Forward with Immigration Bill for Amnesty; Rumsfeld's Reaction to Withdrawal of Troops; Illegal Alien Lobby Tried and Failed to Organize Rally in Washington; Man Caught Stealing U.S. Military Secrets for China

May 16, 2006

• Senate Rejects Plan to Secure Border First; President Bush Defends Immigration Plans; Troops on Border

May 15, 2006

• Special Edition: President Bush Pushes For Immigration Reform
• President Bush to Deliver Major Immigration Speech

May 12, 2006

• President Bush Preparing To Address Nation Monday Evening About Immigration; Amnesty Supporters Clash With Minuteman In Washington; Illegal Aliens Stealing Social Security Numbers From America's Children; Virgil Goode Interview; Silvestre Reyes Interview; Marines Give During And After Battle

May 11, 2006

• Uproar in Congress Over NSA Phone Records Program; Senators Approve Immigration Bill Compromise; U.S. Government Accused Of Tipping Off Mexican Officials To Minutemen Locations; Ron Wyden Interview; Pat Roberts Interview; Failing Students Sue California Schools

May 10, 2006

• GOP on Brink of Extending $70 Billion of Tax Cuts; Radical Islamists Escalate Insurgency in Afghanistan; White House Mess; U.S. Government Informing Mexican Government Of Minutemen Locations; AMC Entertainment Complies with Immigration Law; Rep. Pete King Discusses Security and Immigration; LAPD Lawsuits

May 09, 2006

• President Tries To Sell CIA Director Nominee General Michael Hayden To Congress; Rising Skepticism Among Voters About Medicare Prescription Plan; U.S. Border Patrol Accused Of Telling Mexican Government Location Of Minutemen Volunteers; Soaring Price Of Gasoline Creating Renewed Interest In Alternative Fuels; Illegal Alien Amnesty Movement Can't Agree What Comes Next; Illegal Aliens May Help Take Away Congressional Seats

May 08, 2006

• President Bush Nominates General Michael Hayden as CIA Chief; Iraq Troop Cuts

May 05, 2006

• CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns; Rising Insurgency in Iraq; Congress Finally Getting Serious About Port Security; Patrick Kennedy Incident Police Report; Congress Has Extremely Low Poll Numbers; Jonathan Alter Interview; Marine Captain Christopher Bronzi Honored

May 04, 2006

• White House-Senate Showdown Over Huge Spending Bill; Scathing Report Blasts Oil Industry for Deliberately Driving Gasoline Prices Higher; Mexican President Vicente Fox Withdraws Support From Drug Legalization Legislation; Clark Kent Ervin Interview

May 03, 2006

• President Bush And Congress Struggling To Find Solutions To Iraq War, Gasoline Prices And Illegal Immigration; House Passes Lobbying Reform Bill; Zacarias Moussaoui Sentencing Reaction; Herndon Residents Who Oppose Day Labor Site Get Election Victory; Edward Juarez Interview

May 02, 2006

• War on Middle Class; Bolivian Government Nationalizes Energy Assets

May 01, 2006

• The Great American Boycott

April 28, 2006

• Iran On Collision Course With The United Nations Over Nuclear Weapons Program; Bush Administration Relationship Between Commerce, Trade, And National Security; President Bush Today Said He Doesn't Support Monday's May 1st Boycott; Hispanic Students Dropping Out Of Public Schools In Record Numbers In Denver; State Department Released Annual Terrorism Report; Jeremy Church Honored With Silver Star

April 27, 2006

• Gas Pump Politics; China Trying To Grab Oil Near Florida Coast; Gulf Outing For Bush; Tyler Drumheller Interview

April 26, 2006

• Possible Reduction Of Troop Levels In Iraq; Senate Considered Massive Supplemental Spending Bills For Wars In Iraq And Afghanistan; Tony Snow Appointed As Press Secretary; Middle Class Incomes Haven't Kept Up With Rising Gas Prices; Signs Of Opposition To President Bush's Nuclear Deal With India; Sen. Judd Gregg Leads Fight for Emergency Border Security Spending; Supreme Court Hears Mohawk Industries Case; Michael Mandelbaum Interview

April 25, 2006

• President Bush Meets Top Senators at White House on Immigration Reform; CNN Immigration Poll Results; President Bush Tries To Tackle Surging Gas Prices; Supreme Court Tomorrow Hears Case Of Mohawk Industries, Charged With Knowingly Hiring Illegal Aliens; Michael Maxwell, Rosemary Jenks Interview; Ana Maria Archila Interview; Radio Talk Show Hosts Respond to Gasoline Prices

April 24, 2006

• President Bush Pushes Immigration Plan in California; Bush Poll Numbers in Low 30s in New Polls

April 21, 2006

• Fierce Fighting in Al Anbar Province; Gasoline Prices Soar Across County; Americans Are Sick Of Hearing Illegal Aliens Are Taking Jobs They Won't Do; China Has Mastered Art Of Double Standards; Dana Rohrabacher; Story Of Captain Daniel Van Kirk

April 20, 2006

• China Pursuing Own Interest In Foreign Policy, Often At Expense Of United States; Chinese Government Did Not Block An Attempt To Smuggle Anti-Aircraft Missiles Into United States; Department of Homeland Security Says Yesterday's Roundup Of Illegal Aliens Is Part Of New Initiative; Entire House of Representatives Up For election In November; Ted Fishman Interview; China Black Market; Congressman Bernie Sanders And Congressman Pete DeFazio Interviews

April 19, 2006

• Press Secretary Scott McClellan Resigns; Karl Rove Changes Jobs; China's Energy Demand Pushes World Prices Higher; FBI Wants To Access Columnist's Papers; Arizona Governor Vetoes Immigration Bill; Pete King Interview; Chip Rogers Interview

April 18, 2006

• Gasoline Prices Soaring; White House Shake-Up; Generals Continue To Call For Rumsfeld's Resignation; U.S.-China Relations Showing Signs Of Strain

April 17, 2006

• White House New Chief of Staff Signals Staff Shake-Up; Defending Rumsfeld

April 14, 2006

• Defending Donald Rumsfeld; Stalled Agenda; Hometown Heat for Senators, Congressmen; Omaha, Nebraska Divides Schools Along Racial Lines; Bill Owens Interview;

April 13, 2006

• Rising Number Of Attacks On U.S. Troops In Iraq; Another General Calls For Rumsfeld's Resignation; Credibility Gap; Janet Murguia Interview; Paul Crespo Interview

April 12, 2006

• Rising Number Of Former Generals Challenging Bush Administration's Conduct Of War In Iraq; General John Batiste Becomes Fourth Retired General To Call For Dismissal Of Rumsfeld; Roadside Bombs Killed Three More Troops; Illegal aliens Emboldened By Massive Rallies In Recent Weeks; Senate Came Up Short On Amnesty Bill Before Spring Recess; General Anthony Zinni Interview;

April 11, 2006

• Iran's Breakthrough in Uranium Enrichment; American Flags Upside Down at Immigration Rallies; Radio Talk Show Hosts React to Bush's Poll Numbers

April 10, 2006

• Day of Protest; Confronting Iran

April 07, 2006

• Bush White House Tries To Deflect Fierce Criticism; Amnesty Impasse; Deadly Day In Iraq; Sensenbrenner Discusses Immigration Legislation

April 06, 2006

• New Claim That President Bush Authorized Scooter Libby To Leak Top-Secret Intelligence; Top Senate Republicans and Democrats Today Hailed New Immigration Plan To Give Illegal Aliens Amnesty; Broken System Putting National Security At Risk; Byron Dorgan Interview; Luis Gutierrez Interview

April 05, 2006

• President Bush Tries To Push Immigration Reform While Republicans Remain Divided; Democrats Try To Exploit Republican Differences;

April 04, 2006

• Senate Deadlock Over Immigration, Debate or Deception?; The Amnesty Agenda; DeLay Decides To Resign; Protests Over French Job Laws Continue; Pete King Interview; Illegal Immigrant Advocates Set Boycott For May 1st

April 03, 2006

• Deadly Day for Troops in Iraq; Senate Immigration Showdown

April 02, 2006

• Encore Presentation: Special Report: Broken Borders

April 01, 2006

• The Debate Over Immigration & Border Security Continues

March 31, 2006

• Special Edition: Presidential Immigration Summit

March 30, 2006

• Presidential Immigration Summit in Cancun; NAFTA's Failure ; Rift Over Immigration Reforms; U.S. And Canadian Big Business Against Border Security; Carlos De Icaza Interview; Pro-Amnesty Lobby Now Being Debated On Senate Floor

March 29, 2006

• Presidential Summit In Cancun To Focus On Illegal Immigration; Senate Begins Border Security Debate; Mexican Presidential Elections To Be Held In July; Many Hoping For A Thaw In U.S.-Canada Relations; Hector Flores Interview; John Trasvina Interview

March 28, 2006

• Full Senate Preparing For Debate Of The Immigration Reform Bill Passed By Senate Judiciary Committee; Mexican President Vicente Fox To Meet In Cancun With President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; President Bush Replaces Chief Of Staff Andy Card With White House Budget Director Josh Bolten; Jeff Sessions Interview; Jon Kyle Interview; Radio Talk Show Hosts Discuss Immigration

March 27, 2006

• Guest Worker Plan Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee; Interview With Congressman James Sensenbrenner

March 24, 2006

• Thousands March In Support Of Amnesty For Illegal Aliens; Condoleezza Rice Today Met With Mexico's Foreign Secretary In Washington; American Red Cross Investigating Allegations By Volunteers That It Mismanaged Millions Of Dollars Of Hurricane Katrina Donations; Bush Administration Cargo Screening Contract May Be Awarded To Company With Ties To China; English Becoming Dominant Global Language; Sergeant Tommy Reiman Sacrificed His Own Safety For That Of His Team In Iraq

March 23, 2006

• Rumsfeld Defends White House Iraq War Policies; Bush's Battles; Republican Divide Over Immigration; White House Promotes Foreign Investment To Create American Jobs; China Does Business With Rogue Regimes; Shopping Overseas For California's Bay Bridge; Calls For Rumsfeld To Resign Grow Stronger

March 22, 2006

• President Bush's Renewed Effort to Sell War Strategy; Deep Trouble for Bush's Immigration Reform Proposals; Privacy Concerns for Tax Information and the IRS; What is the Rightful Place of Religion in Politics?

March 21, 2006

• Insurgents In Iraq Launch One Of Their Most Daring Attacks Of War; President Bush Indicates Troops Could Remain In Iraq For Years; Republicans Work To Make Sure Bush's Iraq Policy Doesn't Damage Election Prospects; Lawmakers May Make Pension Situation Even Worse; North Korean Will Not Surrender Nuclear Weapons; Iraq War Came Up Repeatedly In Today's Press Conference With President Bush; Sonia Nazario Discusses New Book; Congress Set To Remove Identity Theft Protections

March 20, 2006

• Iraq: 3 Years Later; Interview With Kevin Phillips

March 17, 2006

• U.S., Iraqi Troops Step up Offensive Near Samarra; Strategy Under Fire; Pakistan Furious About Bush's Deal To Transfer U.S. Civilian Commercial Nuclear Technology To India; Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern Urges Amnesty For Illegal Irish; Cuban Journalist Willing To Die For Free Speech, Internet Access; Clark Kent Ervin Interview; Hero Air Force Master Sergeant David John

March 16, 2006

• Bush Reasserts U.S. Can Preemptively Attack Any Country; U.S. Initiates New Bombing Campaign In Iraq; Americans Weary Of War; Chinese Human Smuggling; Latin American Military Officers Now Receive Training From Chinese Government; Francis Fukuyama Interview; Juan Hernandez Interview; Senate Voted Today To Raise Debt Ceiling To Nearly $9 Trillion

March 15, 2006

• Congress Sets up Panel on Iraq War; Dubai Ports World Gives up Battle to Buy U.S. Port Operations; Interview With Ambassador John Bolton; John Barrow Interview; Congressman Wants To Give Employers Of Guest Workers Tax Break

March 14, 2006

• Dubai Ports Deal May Not Be Dead; Feingold Calls To Censure Bush; Open Borders Activists Heading to Mexico City; New Bill Aims to Improve Port Security; President Still Pushing Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit;

March 13, 2006

• Bush Defends Iraq War; Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Prevent Foreign Control of U.S. Ports; The Real John McCain?

March 10, 2006

• Dubai Deal Dead; 100,000 March Against New Immigration Bill

March 09, 2006

• Port Deal Dead; Congress Responds To Will Of People On Ports; Minding Our Business; Pete King Interview; Duncan Hunter Interview; Some Say Administration Puts Commerce Over Foreign Policy Interests, Trade, And Security

March 08, 2006

• House Republicans Escalating Their Confrontation With Bush White House Over Dubai Ports Deal; Bush Stands By Veto Threat If Congress Tries To Block Deal; San Francisco Bridge May Use Chinese Steel; New Immigration Bills Face The Senate; Border Security To Play Role In Arizona Politics This Year; Rep. Duncan Hunter Vows to Kill Dubai Deal; Wolf Blitzer Discusses Ports; Chuck Grassley's Had Enough Of Immigration Stonewalling

March 07, 2006

• Congressional Republicans on Collision Course With White House Over Ports Deal

March 06, 2006

• Rising Opposition on Capitol Hill Over Dubai Ports World Deal

March 03, 2006

• Second Review Of Ports Deal To Begin; President Bush Defends Outsourcing While In India; Senate Debate May Give New Rights To Illegal Aliens; Cardinal Roger Mahony Lends Support To Illegal Aliens; Marine Colonel Rickey Grabowski's In Same League As General Patton

March 02, 2006

• President Bush's Poll Numbers Plummeting; Lawmakers Outraged Over Bush Handling of Ports Deal

March 01, 2006

• New Security Fears Over Ports Deal; UAE Strong Opponent of Many U.S. Policies; U.S. Coast Guard: Stretched Too Thin?; Duncan Hunter Interview; Ed Markey Interview; John Kyl Interview; Violence Increasing Along Mexican Border; Lucy Duncan Scheman Interview

February 28, 2006

• Republicans Deeply Split Over Dubai Ports Deal; Suing for Security; Senator Collins Interview; Zogby Says Ports Deal Shows Anti- Arab Racism

February 27, 2006

• Coast Guard Warned White House of Security Risks in Port Deal

February 24, 2006

• Arab Firm Agrees to Delay Takeover of U.S. Ports; Scrap CFIUS?; Pete King Interview; Lucy Duncan Scheman Interview; Army Chief Warrant Officer Ray Johnson Is Returning To War Four Decades After Vietnam

February 23, 2006

• Senators Today Blasted Government Officials Who Tried To Win Support For The Administration's Port Deal; A Look At Whether Or Not Terminal Operators Are Involved In Security At U.S. Ports; CFIUS Members May Have Broken U.S. Law; Sectarian Violence In Iraq Spiraling Out Of Control; Author Accuses Bush of Being a Pretend Conservative

February 22, 2006

• White House Refuses to Back Down on UAE Ports Deal; Jon Corzine Speaks Out on Port Deal; Violence In Iraq Sparks Fear Of Possible Civil War; U.S. Trying To Close Trade Gap With China

February 21, 2006

• Bush Vows to Veto Any Bill to Block Arab Port Deal; Interview With Congressman Pete King; Senator Proposes Bill To Criminalize Border Tunneling; Bush Administration Squelching Evidence Of The Shocking Disappearance of Greenland; Sheriff John Trumbo Sends Vicente Fox Bill For Illegal Immigrant Incarceration

February 20, 2006

• Opposition Grows to Port Deal; Chavez Oil Threat; War on the Middle Class

February 17, 2006

• Two Marine Corps Helicopters Crash In Africa; Members Of Congress Moving To Criticize and Block Sale Of U.S. Ports To Foreign Company; Muslim Clerics Calling For Fatwa Against Cartoonists

February 16, 2006

• Possible Wiretapping Deal; Chertoff Faces More Katrina Criticism; Petition To Review Port Sale Deal; President Bush's First Public Statement Over Hunting Incident; Emilio Gonzalez Says President's Guest Worker Program Is Unworkable; Congress Hears Testimony On NSA Wiretaps; Hearings On Able Danger Raises More Concern; Private Surveillance Uncovers China's Rapid Nuclear Build Up

February 15, 2006

• Cheney Breaks Silence About Shooting Accident; Chertoff Blasted On Capitol Hill; Coalition Of Florida Farmworkers Suing FEMA; Congress Blasts Internet Firms For Helping China Crack Down On Free Speech; Congress Hears Able Danger Testimony; NASA Public Affairs Office Trying To Squelch Information About Global Warming

February 14, 2006

• Significant Change in Medical Condition of Harry Whittington, Accidentally Shot by Vice President Dick Cheney; Some Believe U.S. Has Bad Foreign Policy; Dana Rohrabacher Interview; Tom Coburn Interview; Arizona State Legislators Debating Whether To Withhold Federal Tax Dollars

February 13, 2006

• Congressional Report Critical of DHS Handling of Hurricane Katrina; Is Secret Wiretap Program Abuse of Power?

February 10, 2006

• Former FEMA Director Michael Brown Claims He Is Scapegoat; Cheney May Have Approved Leaking In CIA Probe; Best Government Money Can Buy; Chinese Agent Nabbed Trying To Buy Military Secrets; Playing the Blame Game in Washington; Pundits Look At The Week's Top Stories; Arizona Lawmakers Act On Border Security; Former Military Surgeon Adjusts To Life On One Leg

February 09, 2006

• Los Angeles Al Qaeda Plot Thwarted; Former FEMA Director Michael Brown's Threat; Dot Commies; Department Of Transportation Has Proposed New Rule That Would Allow Foreign Corporations To Take Control Of U.S. Airlines; General David Grange Assesses Military; Mayor Believes Illegal Aliens Should Have The Same Rights As Citizens

February 08, 2006

• Protests Escalate Over Danish Cartoons; Best Government Money Can Buy; Hard Sell; Minutemen Visit Capitol Hill; Debating Publication Of Controversial Cartoon; Democrats Claim To Know How To Get Their Party Started

February 07, 2006

• McCain Versus Obama; Military Budget; Cartoon Fury Continues; Pentagon Has singled Out China As Country With Greatest Potential To Challenge The U.S. Military In The future; Dwindling Numbers Of American Students Pursuing Computer Science; Senate Votes To End Debate On Asbestos Compensation Bill; Company Splits with Wal-Mart; Congress Held High-Profile Hearing Into Alarming Rise In Mexican Military Incursions

February 06, 2006

• Senate Holds Hearings on Secret Wiretaps; 13 Al Qaeda Terrorists Escape From Yemeni Jail

February 03, 2006

• Can Capitol Hill Overcome Corruption With John Boehner?; Scooter Libby's Trial Date; Tragedy in Red Sea; Republicans Not Enthusiastic About Some Bush Proposals; Grandmother In Iraq; Congressional Panel Holds Hearings On China; Giran Gets Bronze Star

February 02, 2006

• John Boehner New House Leader; Lobbying Scandal; Bush's Hard Sell; Iran's Nuclear Blackmail; Soldiers And Civilians Killed In Baghdad; "Washington Post" Cartoon Stirs Controversy; Breathalyzer Thrown Out Because Of Language Barrier; Boehner's Win as House GOP Leader

February 01, 2006

• President Bush Goes to the Heartland to Sell Agenda; Silicon Valley Viewers Give Feedback On State Of The Union Speech; Pillowtex Plant Closure Changes Employee Lives; Bush Offered No New Ideas On Health Care In Speech

January 31, 2006

• The State of Our Union: The View Outside the Beltway; Free Trade Endangering U.S. Jobs; U.S. Medical Technology And Health Insurance; Quality Teachers And Good Pay; U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil

January 30, 2006

• Democrats Find It Difficult to Filibuster Supreme Courn Nominee Alito; Roadside Bombs a Constant Threat for U.S. Troops in Iraq; New Discoveries in the Able Danger Case

January 27, 2006

• Die-Hard Dems; Middle East Mess; Commander's Personal View of War; New Jobs Pay Less Than Jobs They Replaced; Message Board Delivering Messages Of Freedom To Cubans; Army First Sergeant Brent Jurgersen Survives Two Brutal Attacks In Iraq

January 26, 2006

• Bush Speaks Out on Palestinian Elections, NSA Program; Hamas Victory Stuns West, Calls Bush Doctrine Into Question; Top Iraq Commander Admits Troops Are Stretched; Mexican Officials Deny Military Incursions; Administration Seems Unconcerned With Auto Industry Job Loss; China Becoming Formidable Military Power; House To Hold Hearings On Google China Venture; Bolton Speaks On Culture Of Corruption; Disagreement Over How Far U.S. Military Is Stretched

January 25, 2006

• U.S. Military May Be Wearing Thin; President Bush Goes To NSA And Defends Wiretaps; Dot Commies; Dorgan Discusses Free Trade; Congressman Bob Beauprez Says His Top Priority Is To Secure Ports Borders; Role Of Religious Groups In Immigration Crisis

January 24, 2006

• The Great Divide in the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.N. Paralysis; Canada Elects a Conservative; Bush Administration Defends Domestic Spying

January 23, 2006

• War on the Middle Class; New Polls Release on President Bush; Contract Breach By Congressional Republicans?; Religious Organizations and Illegal Immigration

January 20, 2006

• Political Disputes over bin Laden Tape; Karl Rove Returns to Defend Wiretaps; U.S. Blasts Iran About Nuclear Program; RNC Members Didn't Challenge Guest Worker Amnesty Initiative; Canadian Hostility for U.S. Peaks; Washington Post Shuts Down Blog; Anti-American Leader Taking Power in Bolivia

January 19, 2006

• Osama Bin Laden Out With New Videotape; Nuclear Showdown With Iran; Incursion Outrage; Controversy Over Tim Pawlenty's Immigration Plan; Catholic Church Has Stance On Illegal Immigration; Osama bin Laden Still Not Caught

January 18, 2006

• Democrats Launch Ethics Package; Lobbying Scandal and Loopholes; Army Recruiting Goals; Cactus, Texas, More Illegal Than American Citizens; Angry Protests In Costa Mesa, California, After Plan To Allow Local Police To Enforce Immigration Laws; Trent Lott Interview; Administrations Says Wiretapping Lawsuits Frivolous

January 17, 2006

• House Republicans Propose Ethics Overhaul; ACLU Sues Federal Government Over Wiretaps