The leading Democratic contenders for president owe a debt of gratitude to two long-shot candidates who stood out in the party's first debate last week in South Carolina, say Democratic strategists.
As if Duke needed more scandal, 34 students face penalties in the largest single cheating incident at the Fuqua School of Business, the Chronicle reports. After reviewing evidence for weeks, the school's Judicial Board charged the students with collaborating on a take-home exam in a first-year required course, a violation of the school's honor code.
AP - President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate.
AP - Immigration rallies held nationwide Tuesday produced only a fraction of the million-plus protesters who turned out last year, as fear about raids and frustration that the marches haven't pushed Congress to pass reform kept many people at home.
AP - Citing FBI abuses and the attorney general's troubles, senators peppered top Justice and intelligence officials Tuesday with skeptical questions about their proposal to revise the rules for spying on Americans.
President Bush vetoed a $124 billion war-spending bill Tuesday because it included an Iraq pullout timetable, which he called setting a date for failure. Bush invited congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday to discuss a compromise. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was willing to try to find a compromise but added: "There is great distance between us right now."
Protesters descended on city centers across the country Tuesday to press Congress to give the estimated 12 million people in the United States illegally a path to citizenship. Organizers are focusing on raids by immigration officials that separated illegal immigrants from their children, who are U.S. citizens if born in the United States.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Tuesday joined the leading Democratic and Republican White House hopefuls in agreeing to participate in back-to-back New Hampshire presidential debates next month in the politically influential Granite State.