President Bush's proposal calls for immigrants to return to their home countries and pay $10,000 to obtain a three-year work visa to reenter the US legally.
The Bush administration this afternoon announced the EPA's final Renewable Fuel Standard with some pomp and circumstance at the agency's headquarters, reports Associate Editor Bret Schulte. In attendance: EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and the administrator of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, Nicole Nason.
Now that President Bush has put immigration back into play with a visit to the Arizona border, it is time for Republicans and Democrats in Congress to act like adults and deal with the nagging issue.
AP - Democrats subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for more documents Tuesday, escalating their fight with the Bush administration over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.
AP - The United States said Tuesday that a financial deadlock stalling North Korean disarmament efforts has been broken and hinted that a looming deadline for action by the Stalinist state could be extended.
AP - A raging, daylong battle erupted in central Baghdad on Tuesday and four Iraqi soldiers were killed, 16 U.S. soldiers were wounded and a U.S. helicopter was hit by ground fire at the close of the second month of the massive security crackdown on the capital.
DNA evidence Tuesday proved Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby. Howard K. Stern, listed as Dannielynn's father on the birth certificate, said he would now "do whatever I can to make sure he gets sole custody." A lawyer for Smith's mother indicated she might seek dual guardianship.
The Rutgers women's basketball team members say they will meet with Don Imus to discuss his racially charged on-air comments about them. Team captain Essence Carson said he "has stolen a moment of pure grace from us."
Nearly $60 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians has been cleared for transfer to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the State Department said Tuesday.