After a dozen years in the minority, Democrats are preparing to wield power on Capitol Hill by moving through an ambitious agenda in the House, but many are waiting to see exactly what they will be able to accomplish with a Republican in the White House and the barest of majorities in the Senate.
Maybe it was wishful thinking by his foes or insiders looking to move up to a nicer office in the West Wing, but all those rumors that Karl Rove was planning to exit soon appear to be dead, killed by none other than King Karl himself.
AP - Iraqi authorities reported the arrests Wednesday of two guards and an official who supervised Saddam Hussein's hanging and said the guard force was infiltrated by outsiders who taunted the former leader and shot the video showing his body dangling at the end of a rope.
AP - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press.
AP - Congressional Democrats stepped hungrily to the brink of power on Wednesday, promising immediate action to limit the influence of lobbyists and pledging to constantly prod the Bush administration to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.
The body of former President Gerald Ford reached the end of its sentimental journey Wednesday in Grand Rapids, when he was buried in the late afternoon on a hill near the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. During a service earlier today at the Ford family's church, former President Carter remarked on the two presidents' close friendship.