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May 05, 2006
• CIA Chief Porter Goss Resigns; Rep. Patrick Kennedy Checks Into Rehab After Car Crash; Hearings Continue In Scooter Libby Case;


May 04, 2006
• Donald Rumsfeld Braves Furious Hecklers; Video From Defense Department Shows Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Fumbling With Machine Gun; A New Cold War; Zacarias Moussaoui's Likely Prison Houses Notorious Convicts; National Anthem In Spanish Debate Has High Stakes; American Basketball Player In Iran
• Rumsfeld on the Defensive During Speech in Atlanta; Patrick Kennedy Involved in Car Accident; Moussaoui Sentenced to Life in Prison
• Senate Approves $100 Billion Emergency Funding Bill Despite Veto Threat By President Bush; Donald Rumsfeld Faces Serious Protests, Tough Questions From Audience; Bill Frist Manages Possible White House Run With Day Job In Senate; House Passes Scaled-Back Lobbying Reform Bill; Representative Patrick Kennedy In Car Accident


May 03, 2006
• Minutemen React to Illegal Immigration Debate; How Would Bird Flu Affect The Country?; Some Schools Removing Soda from Vending Machines; Confusion in Medicare System
• Jury Recommends Moussaoui Serve Live in Prison
• Verdict In The Sentencing Trial Of Zacarias Moussaoui;


May 02, 2006
• States Vs. SUVs; Dick Cheney's Clout; Plane With at Least One Blown Tire Prepares to Land
• Evacuation Plan in New Orleans; States Vs. SUVs; Bush Not Making His Case; Clark Kent Ervin Interview; Top U.S. diplomat Predicts United Nations Will Soon Pass Resolution Ordering Iran To Suspend Nuclear Program; Mexico May Soon Legalize Drugs
• President Bush Meets With GOP Leaders to Discuss Pressing Issues; Madeleine Albright Interview; Rudy Giuliani Visits Iowa


May 01, 2006
• New Chapter in Iraq?; Iraq and Oil Prices; 'A Day Without Immigrants'
• Nationwide Boycott Dubbed "Day Without Immigrants"; Interview with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; Iraq: 3 Years Later
• People Join Nationwide Boycott of Immigrants; New Poll Numbers on Future of Iraq Mission; Will Immigration Demonstrations Hurt The Cause?


April 28, 2006
• Rush Limbaugh Arrested on Prescription Drug Charge; Video Message From Ayman al-Zawahiri
• Iran Defies International Community; Another Dubai Deal; Attacks in Iraq
• President Bush Discusses Iran's Nuclear Ambitions With President Of Azerbaijan And Reporters; Despite Strong Economy, Gas Prices Hurting The President's Poll Numbers; Controversy Over Spanish Version Of U.S. National Anthem; President Bush Today Renewed His Threat To Veto Emergency Spending Bill Unless Senate Scales Back Its Cost; Congressman Mollohan Welcoming Reports That FBI Will Subpoena Several Nonprofit Groups


April 27, 2006
• No Break for President Bush; Senate Panel Calls for FEMA to be Abolished; Bush Gulf Coast Visit; Poll On Hillary Clinton's Name; Michael Brown Interview; On The Tony Snow Watch
• Senate Panel Demands Dismantling of FEMA; Gulf Coast Visit for Bush; Paying for Damages?
• President Bush Makes 11th Trip To Gulf Coast While Some Call To Abolish FEMA; Political Frenzy Over Gas Prices On Capitol Hill; Federal Judge Rejected Motion To Dismiss Indictment Against Lewis Scooter Libby; Watered-Down Lobbying Reform Bill In Limbo; CNN Poll Presents Unusual Test Of Leading Presidential Prospect In 2008


April 26, 2006
• Karl Rove's Legal Peril; Surprise Visits from Rumsfeld and Rice in Iraq; Oil Companies Trying to Address Price Gouging; Similar Oil Problem for Presidents Carter and Bush; Controversy Over Flight 93 Memorial
• Karl Rove Goes Back To Grand Jury In CIA Leak Case; President Bush Names Tony Snow Of FOX News New Press Secretary; Iraq Troop Cuts; Condoleezza Rice Interview; 9/11 Memorial Construction Held Up By Controversy
• Rove Testifies Again Before Grand Jury; Tony Snow Eager To Work With White House; Rumsfeld And Rice Appear Together In Iraq; Lawmakers Point Fingers Over Rising Gas Prices; Senate Diverts Money From Iraq To Border


April 25, 2006
• President Bush Announces 4-Point Plan Aimed at Easing High Gas Prices; Terror on Tape
• President Bush to Temporarily Halt Deposits to Strategic Oil Reserve; Immigration Battles Sparks Death Threats Against Latinos; Suspicious Baggage Prompts Evacuations at Miami International Airport; Edward Kennedy Interview
• Parties Spar Over Rising Gas Prices; Zarqawi Releases New Tape; President Bush Meeting With Leaders To Discuss Immigration Reform; Poll Shows Mixed Views On Immigration Problem; Illegal Gun Summit; Michael Bloomberg Interview


April 24, 2006
• Bush's Approval Rating at All-Time Low; Egyptian Resort Bombings
• Three Blasts Rip Through Tourist Area at Egyptian Resort; Bush Hits New Job Approval Low
• Terrorism Suspected in Egypt Explosions; Bush Approval Rating Lowest Ever; Top Republicans Pushing for Response to Gas Prices; Interview with Congressman Dana Rohrabacher


April 21, 2006
• Shiite Bloc in Iraq Picks New Prime Minister Candidate; Problems at the Pump; CIA Leak Firing; President Hu's Heckler; Iraq War Documentaries Debuting At Tribeca Film Festival; Schumer Calls Investigation Of Possible Oil Price Manipulation
• CIA Officer Fired For Leaking To Media; Iraqi Shiite Bloc Chooses Person For Key Role; Gas Prices Soar; President Bush Meets With Arnold Schwarzenegger; New Orleans Set To Hold Election
• New Candidate For Prime Minister Chosen In Iraq; More Changes Possible In Bush's Staff; CIA Confirmed Officer Has Been Fired For Leaking Classified Information To The Media; Gas Prices Worry Politicians; New Orleans Election Day Hours Away; Movies Poke Fun At President Bush


April 20, 2006
• U.S.-China Tensions; Protesting China; The Great Firewall
• Pomp and Protest at White House; Interview With National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley; As China Grows So Does Crude Oil Competition; New Orleans Mayoral Race; Donald Trump's Political Opinions
• Chinese President Hu Jintao Meeting With Congress This Afternoon; Countdown To Vote In New Orleans; Life Or Death Decision In Moussaoui Case; Pennsylvania Congressman's Reelection Battle; How Relations With China Shape The U.S.


April 19, 2006
• Help Wanted at the White House; Shooting the Messenger?; Giuliani and the Religious Right; Exxon CEO Granted Enormous Retirement Package
• White House Spring Cleaning; Unlikely Witnesses in Moussaoui Trial; Chinese President Talks Trade in Seattle; Ari Fleischer Interview; New Details Emerging About Confrontation Between Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney And Capitol Hill Police Officer; FBI Wants To Comb Through Jack Anderson's Records; Alternative Fuels
• All Security Checkpoints Reopened At Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport; White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan Hands in Resignation; Look Back At Scott McClellan; Rudy Giuliani's Latest Move


April 18, 2006
• Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Not Taking Much Criticism To Heart; Possibly More Staff Changes At White House; Gas Prices Sky High; One Man Describes Osama bin Laden As Lousy Boss; Hillary-isms; New Technology Makes It Easier To Travel Underwater
• War Over Rumsfeld; Duke University Arrests; Oil Prices Reaching Record Highs
• President Bush Defends Rumsfeld Against Critics; Gas Pump Politics; NAACP Puts Together Early-Voting Bus Trips To New Orleans;


April 17, 2006
• Brand New Poll Shows Public Approval of President Bush, Congress at Historic Lows; White House Changes?; Bombing in Tel Aviv
• Duke Rape Probe; Islamic Jihad Claims Responsibility for Tel Aviv Bombing; White House Shake-Up?
• Two Sealed Indictments Handed to Duke Lacrosse Players in Rape Case; Poll Shows Congress Approval at Lowest Point since 1994; Bolten Suggests Staff Changes Coming at White House


April 14, 2006
• Bush Supports Rumsfeld; Mumps Outbreak in Midwestern States
• Bush Coming To Rumsfeld's Defense; Iran Insists Its Nuclear Intentions Are Strictly Peaceful; Mumps Outbreak; Max Mayfield And David Paulison Discuss The Upcoming Hurricane Season; Sensitive Military Information May Have Found Way To Open Market In Afghanistan; Military Faces Tough Clothing Choice In Iraq
• Bush Issues Statement Proclaiming Support For Rumsfeld; History Of Retired Military Dissent; Many Members Of Congress Using Easter Break To Campaign For Reelection; Nontraditional Families To Participate In White House Easter Egg Roll; What Is Bill Clinton Up To Now?


April 13, 2006
• Moussaoui Takes Stand for Second Time; Secrets for Sale?; New Calls for Rumsfeld's Resignation
• Moussaoui Mocks 9/11 Victims And Families; Head Of IAEA Hopes To Diffuse Nuclear Standoff In Iran; Should Rumsfeld Resign?; First Televised Town Hall Meeting Between FBI And Muslim Community; School Bus Safety
• Fifth Retired General Now Calls For Rumsfeld Resignation; Iran To Push Forward With Nuclear Program; Zacarias Moussaoui's Defense; Lawyers And Reporters Go Over CIA Leak Case Papers; Howard Dean Interview; Mayoral Race Mayoral Race Could Make History


April 12, 2006
• First Public Playing Of Flight 93 Cockpit Voice Recording; Bush, Iraq & WMD; Should Rumsfeld Resign?; Toxic 9/11 Cloud May Now Be Claiming Victims; Tom Cruise Unleashes New Attack On Psychiatry And Depression Drugs
• Some Say President Knowingly Cited Bad Intelligence On Iraq's Weapons Of Mass Destruction To justify War; Jurors In Moussaoui Trial Hear Gripping Cockpit Voice Recording; Military General Calls For Rumsfeld Resignation; New Orleans Levees In Worse Shape Than Previously Thought; Michael Brown Interview; Walter Boasso Interview; Officer's Death Related To 9/11
• White House Fires Back On Questions Of Bush's Credibility; New Court Filings In CIA Leak Case; Republican Leaders Vowing To Strip Provision That Would Make Being In This Country Illegally A Felony; Displaced New Orleans Voters Stream Into Satellite Polling Stations Across Louisiana;


April 11, 2006
• Iran Moves Closer to Nuclear Weapon; New Lows for President Bush; Bill Clinton's Gospel
• Iran Announces Successful Enrichment Of Uranium; Rumsfeld Under Fire; Graphic Evidence Today In Trial Of Zacarias Moussaoui; Lilian Ake Interview; New Details On What Senator Hillary Clinton, Newt Gingrich Are Saying
• Major Nuclear Development In Iran; Emotional Testimony at Zacarias Moussaoui Trial; Polling Raising Red Flags For Republicans In Election Year; Bush Reaches Out To Public For Medicare Support; New Rules Of Engagement For Democrats From Former Commander In Chief; Special Congressional Election To Replace Randy Cunningham


April 10, 2006
• Coast-to-Coast Marches for Immigrant Rights; Report: Administration Considering Nuclear Strikes in Iran
• Day of Protest Across the Country; Plans for Iran?; Generals Vs. Rumsfeld
• Dramatic Day of Immigration Demonstrations; Bush Speaks out on Iran Accusations; Iraq War Vet Running as Republican in Texas


April 07, 2006
• Senate Begins Two-Week Recess Without Immigration Bill; Suicide Bombers Attack in Iraq
• Severe Weather Hits Nashville; Bush's Plummeting Popularity and Leak Questions; Vicious Baghdad Attack; Interview With Sen. John Edwards
• President Bush's Poll Numbers At New Low; Political Jeopardy For Bush; No Deal On Senate Immigration Bill; Severe Weather In Nashville, Tennessee Area; McCain Running For President?; Mitt Romney And Universal Health Insurance; President Bush Tries To Put Emphasis On Economic Strength


April 06, 2006
• Prosecutors: Libby Testified Bush Authorized Intel Leak; Congresswoman McKinney Apologizes for Scuffle With Capitol Police Officer; McCain, Falwell Find Common Ground
• Did President Bush Authorize a Leak?; McKinney Apologizes for Capitol Police Scuffle; Life or Death for Moussaoui; Interview with Senator John Kerry
• Former Top White House Official Says Leaking Of Classified Material On Iraq Authorized By President Bush; Could Bush's Credibility Be Hurt? McKinney Apologizes As Grand Jury Decides Whether To Press Charges; Bob Schieffer Interview; Senators Close To Compromise On Illegal Immigration; Senator McCain And Reverend Falwell Becoming Latest Odd Couple Of American Politics?


April 05, 2006
• Grand Jury Will Hear Testimony About Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's Scuffle With Capitol Hill Police; California School District Banning Patriotic Symbols, National Colors Of United States and Mexico; High Praise For Senator Hillary Clinton From Unlikely Source; James Myart Interview; Katie Couric's Move
• Duke University Lacrosse Coach Resigns; Rudy Giuliani To Testify In Moussaoui Case; Saddam Hussein Cross-Examined For First Time Today; India's Relationship With Iran To Throw Monkey Wrench In That Relationship?; Speculation Running Rampant Whether Hillary Clinton Will Run For President
• President Bush's Immigration Plan Stalled On Capitol Hill; New Developments In Trial Of Zacarias Moussaoui; Mary Landrieu Interview; Massachusetts Lawmakers Approved Healthcare Reform Plan To Extend Coverage To 500,000 Uninsured; Watchdog Group Calling Attention To Pork Barrel Spending


April 04, 2006
• Tom DeLay: Fall & Fallout; Federal Prosecutors Reviewing Case Against Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; Behind the Lines of Insurgency in Iraq
• Tom DeLay Dropping Re-election Bid And Resigning From Congress; Saddam Hussein Charged With Genocide; Iran Says It's Now Equipped To Defend Itself From Outside Invasion; Howard Dean Interview; Hurricane Predictions; Protecting Kids From Sexual Predators Online
• Tom DeLay To Give Up Congress Seat; Democratic Colleagues Not Rushing to Support Representative Cynthia McKinney; Cardinal Vows To Ignore Laws Criminalizing Aid To Immigrants; Buzz About Katie Couric Moving To CBS


April 03, 2006
• Jury Finds Moussaoui Eligible for Death Penalty; Iran's Show of Force; Fight for Iraq
• Jury Finds Moussaoui Eligible for Death Penalty; Air Force Cargo Jet Crashes After Takeoff in Dover, Delaware; Iran Test-Fires Underwater Missile
• Jury Finds Zacarias Moussaoui Eligible for Death Penalty


March 31, 2006
• John Dean Calls for Censure of President Bush; Debate Over Immigration Reform
• Border Battle Lines; Minutemen Begin 30-Day Patrol of Borders; Body Armor Controversy
• Echoes of Watergate in Washington; Senate Continues Debating Immigration; Political Fallout One Year After Terri Schiavo Death


March 30, 2006
• Bush Attending North American Summit in Mexico; American Hostage Freed
• Vessel With 150 on Board Sinks off Coast of Bahrain; Jill Carroll Set Free From Captors; Palestinian Suicide Bomber Strikes in West Bank; Javad Zarif Interview; Michael Bloomberg Interview
• Passenger Ferry Sinks In Persian Gulf; Senate And House Debating Immigration Reform; Immigration Issues Top Of Agenda At North American Summit; 25th Anniversary Of Reagan Shooting; John McCain Interview


March 29, 2006
• Iran Facing 30-Day Deadline to Stop Nuclear Program; Senate Continues Debate Over Immigration Reform; Bush Heads to Mexico to Discuss Immigration Reform
• Wildfire Forces Closure Of Florida Turnpike Extension; U.N. To Iran: Act Fast; Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Strikes Capitol Police Officer; Apple Corps Suing Apple Computer; Duke Lacrosse Team Suspended Amidst Rape Allegations; Religious Intolerance In Afghanistan?; New Governments In Palestine And Israel
• President Bush Heads To Mexico To Discuss Immigration Reform; Republicans Split Over Guest Worker Program; Jack Abramoff Sentenced; Cleaning House In Congress; Zacarias Moussaoui Case Moves To Jury; Officers Involved In New Orleans Police Brutality Case Charged; Democrats Try To Convince American Public They're Strong On National Security; Ted Kennedy Interview; U.N. Approves Non-Binding Statement Demanding Iran Suspend Uranium Enrichment


March 28, 2006
• White House Shuffle; 'Strategy Session' With Paul Begala, Torie Clarke
• Andy Card, White House Chief Of Staff, Hands In Resignation; Josh Bolten To replace Andy Card; President Bush Interview; Ari Fleischer Interview; Supreme Court Hears Case Of Bin Laden's Driver; Dick Durbin Interview; A Look Back At The Life Of Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger
• Josh Bolten To Replace Andrew Card; Some Want More Changes In President Bush's Staff; Tom DeLay Wants To Carry Concealed Firearm Despite Being Under Indictment; Massive Demonstrations In France Against New Labor Law; Israeli Election Results; John Warner Interview; Historically, Do Shakeups Make A Difference?


March 27, 2006
• Undercover Federal Investigators Test Border Security; Senate Panel Approves Bill With Guest Worker Program
• Shocking New Admissions From Confessed al Qaeda Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui; Border Battle
• Senate to Debate New Immigration Rules; Moussaoui Admits He Was to Attack White House; Students in L.A. Protest Proposed Immigration Laws; Scalia Controversy on Major Case in War on Terror


March 24, 2006
• Russian Mole at CENTCOM?; China Security Risk?; Mad Over Immigration Reform
• Administration May Let Foreign Companies Control Security Screening Of U.S.-bound Cargo; Immigration Reform Protests; Pentagon Report On Lessons Learned From Iraq; Bush Says Talks With Iran Are Matter Of When, Not If; Pressure On Administration To Settle Abdul Rahman Case; Larry King Interview; Did Red Cross Workers Act Improperly In The First Days After Katrina?; Passengers Remember After Fire Broke Out On Carnival Cruise Lines Ship; Combining Laptops, Cell Phones And BlackBerrys
• Immigration Reform Protests Before Senate Showdown; Christian Groups Urging President Bush To Do More To Save Abdul Rahman's Life; President Bush And Vice President Cheney Helping Their Party In Fall Congressional Elections; Russia May Have Passed Information On U.S. Troop Movement To Saddam Hussein Before Iraq War; New Legal Challenge To New Orleans' Election Plans By Civil Rights Activists; New Jersey Democrats Reconsidering Endorsement Of Arab-American Candidate After Controversial Terrorism Comments


March 23, 2006
• 13 Dead in Two Separate Mishaps Involving Passengers On Very Popular Cruise Lines; Dubai Damage; Calls For Rumsfeld Resignation; Many Are Discharged From Hospitals And Dumped On Streets; Surveillance Camera Networks Springing Up In New York City; Fit Nation
• Four Christian Hostages Freed In Iraq; Immigration A Hot Issue In Congress; Family Members Being Notified In The Chile Bus Disaster; Prosecutors Rest Case In Zacarias Moussaoui Trial; Damage From Dubai Ports Deal?; Videotaped In New York; Patients Dumped On Skid Row; Close To Constant Connectivity?
• President Bush And Congress On Verge Of Showdown Over Immigration; Is The Media Too Negative?; President Bush Goes 1,889 Days In Office Without Using Veto Power; Political War Over Iraq Intensifying; Auto Unions May Have Political Effects


March 22, 2006
• American Tourists Killed In Chile On Excursion From Cruise Ship; President Bush On A Five-Day Streak, Talking About Iraq. In Afghanistan, Man Could Die For Changing Religious Beliefs; Senator Clinton Brings Religion Into Politics On Border Battle; Bob Dole Interview; IRS Proposed Changes Could Allow Accountants To Sell Personal Information; New Technology May Be Able To Translate Languages
• President Bush Was On the Road Calling On Americans To Show Patient With Iraq War; Update On Naji Sabri; Could The Government Have Stopped 9/11 Attacks If Moussaoui Warned officials About Plot In Advance?; Senator Clinton Trying To Block Immigration Bill; Harry Reid Interview; Technology May Make Learning Languages Easier
• President Bush Travels To West Virginia To Spread Iraq War Message; Hillary Clinton Firing Away At GOP Immigration Bill; Immigration Divides Some Republicans; Wounded Iraq War Veteran Running For Congressional Seat In Illinois; Bob Dole Interview


March 21, 2006
• Bush Suggests U.S. Troops May Be in Iraq Through 2008; Interview With Helen Thomas
• President Bush Tries Another Approach To Make Case For War; President Bush Called Reporters In For News Conference And Suggested U.S. Troops Will Be In Iraq Awhile; Helen Thomas Interview; Alan Dershowitz Interview; Pepsi's Gatorade Sues Coca-Cola's Powerade; High Drama On Israeli Highway; Where Will The Next Breakthrough In Medicine Come From?
• President Bush Grants Surprise News Conference; Gore's Possible Presidential Future; Bush Attempts To Seize Back Control Through Words And Actions; Some In Administration Blame Media For Falling Public Support Of President Bush's Iraq Policy; Paper Says Hillary Clinton Has Final Word Over What Bill Clinton Does And Says In Public


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