The House is expected to approve a measure Thursday that fully funds the president's $96 billion request but does not set a deadline for troop withdrawal.
There's no shortage of headline-grabbing issues on Capitol Hill this week. The House Judiciary Committee continued to probe the Justice Department's firing of U.S. attorneys, while the Senate struggled in its efforts to pass a funding bill for the Iraq war. But away from the klieg lights, another major brouhaha was just beginning to take shape: the crafting of a new farm bill.
Michelle Obama's decision to drastically reduce her high-paying work schedule to stump for her husband, particularly to boost his support among female voters, has riled some feminists.
AP - A body pulled from the Euphrates River south of Baghdad Wednesday was identified as one of three American soldiers abducted two weeks ago in an ambush claimed by al-Qaida, the U.S. military said Thursday.
AP - President Bush portrayed the Iraq war as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaida on Wednesday and shared nuggets of intelligence to contend Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America.
AP - Israeli troops in the West Bank arrested more than 30 senior Hamas members early Thursday, the army said, including a Cabinet minister, legislators and mayors. The roundup came hours after Israeli planes struck what the military said were money changing offices and other businesses in Gaza which were channeling funds to Hamas.
The body of a man dragged from the Euphrates River south of Baghdad has been identified as Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack Jr., one of the U.S. soldiers thought to have been captured by insurgents earlier this month, the U.S. military said today.
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to cut in half the number of guest workers that would be allowed into the United States under a controversial immigration overhaul backed by the White House.