AP - The White House considered firing all 93 federal prosecutors at the start of President Bush's second term, but yielded to Justice Department objections and eventually agreed to a smaller list of dismissals compiled by Justice officials, a spokeswoman said Monday.

AP - Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of ultraliberal New York City, supports a woman's right to choose an abortion, domestic partnership benefits for gay couples and gun-control measures — and he's a Republican.

AP - French-American relations are set to shift as France chooses a successor to President Jacques Chirac, who has defined himself on the world stage as an opponent of American dominance.

AP - Union bargaining rights for airport screeners are still at issue as the Senate moves toward passage of a broad homeland security bill offering billions of dollars to state and local emergency workers to fight terrorism.

AP - Rep. Raul Grijalva says he feels like he's been in a 'telenovela' — a steamy Spanish-language soap opera — as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus wrestles with a nasty power struggle, complete with accusations of name-calling.

AP - The 'vast, right-wing conspiracy' is back, presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning, using a phrase she once coined to describe partisan plotting.

AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was skeptical about voting for the Iraq war resolution and was pushed into it by advisers looking out for his political future, according to an upcoming book by one of his former consultants.

AP - Democratic leaders are stripping from a military spending bill for the war in Iraq a requirement that President Bush gain approval from Congress before moving against Iran.

AP - An effort to make the Homeland Security Department more accountable for the billions of dollars it hands out in grants faltered Tuesday in the Senate as lawmakers wound up work on a broad antiterrorism bill.

AP - Sen. Tim Johnson issued his first public statement Tuesday since suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage three months ago, and his office released the first photos of the Democratic senator since he became ill.

AP - House Democratic leaders hunted for votes Tuesday for a war spending bill that would demand troops leave Iraq before September 2008 and expressed optimism that they would garner the support needed for passage.

AP - The Senate approved broad legislation Tuesday to give state and local governments new weapons to stop terrorists intent on destruction within U.S. borders.

AFP - The US Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 60 to 38 approved a sweeping homeland security bill meant to shore up US defenses against future terror attack.

AP - The Energy Department has not done enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said Tuesday.

AP - Tempers flared on Iraq among Democrats on Tuesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fielded criticism from an anti-war congresswoman over liberals' concern that the party is not doing enough to end the war.

AFP - The US Senate will reopen debate Wednesday on a Democratic push to restrict the Iraq war effort after weeks of procedural delays by Republican allies of the White House, Senate leaders said.

AP - The Energy Department has not done enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said Tuesday.

AFP - Afghanistan's parliament has cleared the way for a law giving amnesty to groups involved in war crimes during the country's nearly three decades of bloody conflict, prompting angry reaction Sunday.

AFP - The United Nations rights envoy to Cambodia has cancelled a visit to the country, officials said Monday, just days after the release of his scathing report on the government's rights record.