President Bush has become so confident of his mastery of the issues–and the media–that he doesn't feel much pressure when he holds news conferences these days.
Advisers to President Bush are clinging to the notion that, in the end, majority Democrats in Congress won't cut off funds for U.S. forces in Iraq or even for the president's "surge" of an additional 21,500 troops.
Drug addiction is a brain disease that can be treated, says a new report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse about the science of addiction. "Many people still believe that drug addiction is a moral failing, but now we know from research that drugs actually change the neurochemistry of the brain in ways that affect behavior," says Timothy Condon, the deputy director of NIDA. The 36-page booklet is geared to the public and is available here.
AP - A car bomb and a suicide attacker killed at least 11 people across Baghdad on Tuesday as militants show increasing defiance to a major security operation in the capital.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas huddled separately Tuesday with Arab allies alarmed by Abbas' new power-sharing pact with Hamas militants.
Three climbers and a dog stranded on Mount Hood since Sunday are safely off the mountain. Rescuers credit the group's rescue to two things -- their dog Velvet, who helped keep the climbers warm, and a transmitter that helped rescuers find the group.
A tanker carrying chlorine gas exploded Tuesday morning outside a restaurant in the Iraqi town of Taji, killing at least six people, an Interior Ministry official said. At least 105 other people were either injured by the blast or poisoned by the fumes.