Senate Republican aides are hopeful that since there are multiple nonbinding resolutions on Iraq headed for the floor this week that they'll each lose just a bit of their thrust–and votes of support.
AP - President Bush said Monday the United States "will respond firmly" if Iran escalates military action in Iraq and endangers American forces. But Bush emphasized he has no intention of invading Iran.
AP - Iraq's army announced Monday it killed the leader of a heavily armed cult of messianic Shiites called "the Soldiers of Heaven" in a fierce gunbattle aimed at foiling a plot to attack leading Shiite clerics and pilgrims in the southern city of Najaf on the holiest day of the Shiite calendar.
AP - Palestinian infighting raged in the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning despite a cease-fire declaration by warring Hamas and Fatah factions aimed at ending factional clashes that have left more than 60 dead in the past two months.
Ministers believe they will be able to swiftly relax the restrictions on supercasinos so that more than one Las Vegas-style gambling resort can be built in the UK.
Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer disagreed under oath Monday with Lewis "Scooter" Libby's version of events over when he learned the name of a CIA operative whose identity was leaked to the press. The timing is crucial since Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, is accused of lying to the FBI and a grand jury investigating the leak.
Nuclear power plants will not be required to put up defenses against terrorist attacks from the air, according to a rule enacted Monday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.