AP - Other presidents have recovered from ratings slumps like the one George W. Bush is in right now: Dwight Eisenhower came back after the Sherman Adams scandal; Ronald Reagan rebounded after Iran-Contra; Bill Clinton triumphed after Monica Lewinsky.

AP - The federal case against one of President Bush's boosters in Ohio is a signal to political campaigns that they will suffer more grief than usual if their biggest fundraisers run afoul of campaign finance laws.

Reuters - Syria said on Wednesday it was questioning six Syrian officials who had been summoned to Beirut by U.N. investigators probing the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

AP - President Bush encouraged older and disabled Americans on Saturday to enroll in the prescription drug benefit that will soon be offered through Medicare.

AP - A year's work hangs in the balance for the Republican-controlled Congress, its conservative agenda sketched confidently last winter: cut taxes, open wildlife refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, and hold down the cost of health, education and nutrition programs that serve millions.

AP - While he was romping over Republican Doug Forrester statewide in the governor's race, Democrat Jon Corzine was less popular in the tony northern New Jersey enclave where he lived for more than 25 years.

AP - Abortion was the first question out of the box at John Roberts' Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Hand-wringing over the same issue was rife during Harriet Miers' short-lived nomination to the court.

AP - Abortion was the first question out of the box at John Roberts' Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Hand-wringing over the same issue was rife during Harriet Miers' short-lived nomination to the court. Now abortion again is central to the debate over Samuel Alito, the latest nominee for the high court.

AP - Former President Jimmy Carter, on a tour to promote his latest book, is sharply questioning the direction the Bush administration has taken the country.

AFP - Americans' faith in President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney is eroding, a poll showed, as the US administration tries to recover from the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers and the indictment of Cheney's former chief of staff in a CIA leak probe.

AP - The former Defense Department official who leaked secret documents about the Vietnam War said Saturday that he sees many similarities between that conflict and the one in Iraq.

AP - Republican strategists say President Bush has time to snap out of a three-month run of bad luck and setbacks, including GOP losses Tuesday in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey.

AP - While he was romping over Republican Doug Forrester statewide in the governor's race, Democrat Jon Corzine was less popular in the tony northern New Jersey enclave where he lived for more than 25 years.