AP - Facing angry criticism and challenges to his authority in Congress, President Bush on Saturday unapologetically defended his administration's right to conduct secret post-Sept. 11 spying in the United States as "critical to saving American lives."

AP - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's AIDS charity paid nearly a half-million dollars in consulting fees to members of his political inner circle, according to tax returns providing the first financial accounting of the presidential hopeful's nonprofit.

AP - Groggy WTO negotiators on Sunday disagreed over whether overnight meetings had yielded a deal offering modest progress in cutting global trade barriers, with India saying an agreement had been reached and the European Union insisting otherwise.