AP - President George W. Bush told a group of Texas reporters Friday that he regretted immigration policies were not reformed while he was in office.

AP - U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday for talks with the country's leaders, as surging Taliban violence claimed the lives of more American troops.

AFP - The US Supreme Court said Friday it agreed to hear arguments on whether the Iraqi government has immunity to lawsuits filed in US courts for alleged misdeeds committed under Saddam Hussein's regime.

AP - There's a new, yet familiar, face of female political power in Washington.

AP - NAME: Dianne Feinstein.

AP - U.S. officials say people from countries that do not need visas to enter the United States must begin registering under a new travel authorization program before making their journey.

Politico - Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is slated to offer House Republicans his policy prescriptions for the ailing economy at a hearing next week to discuss the pending stimulus package.

Politico - With only a longshot court appeal standing in the way of Democrat Al Franken’s election to the Senate, Republicans are gritting their teeth and bracing for the arrival of a new senator whose every utterance will sound like nails on a chalkboard to them.

AP - A juvenile court judge filed preliminary charges against four French teenagers accused of attacking a Jewish girl, a judicial official said Friday, amid tensions around Europe over the fighting in Gaza.

AP - The pressure's on for Barack Obama, orator.

AP - Jim Baca and his wife were all set to travel from New Mexico to Washington for the inauguration. They had booked plane tickets and arranged to stay with friends in Virginia.

AP - One ton each of chocolate and cheese. About 1,500 cases of beer. Eight hundred pounds of bison.

Politico - President-elect Obama raised the jobs forecast for his stimulus plan from 3 million to as many as 4 million on Saturday, upping the ante of his economic blueprint for the second time in three weeks.

AP - Wars. Recession. Bailouts. Debt. Gloom.

AP - A look at the ups and downs of George W. Bush's presidency on some of the biggest issues of the day:

AP - President George W. Bush landed Saturday on the USS George H.W. Bush, a new aircraft carrier named after his father — the ultimate honor for a decorated Navy pilot from World War II.

AP - President-elect Barack Obama is planning to honor one-time rival John McCain at a dinner on the eve of his inauguration.

AP - In what could be the Senate's first vote of the new Congress, lawmakers are considering setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness.

AP - The Senate planned to meet Sunday to consider legislation that would designate more than 2 million acres of wilderness across nine states, from California to Virginia. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also would set aside former President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Hope, Ark., as a national historic site.

AP - Several proposals in Barack Obama's mammoth economic recovery plan will result in only modest or even uncertain benefits if they become law.

Politico - After 12 years, Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes ended their top-rated show by showering praise on one another, running through dated clips and giving presents. Who got the framed Obama shirtless photo? Who got the Communist Manifesto?

AP - While eager to find out more about the Bush administration's harsh interrogation and detainee policies, Senate Democrats are hinting that spy agency veterans need not fear that the groundwork is being laid for punishing those who carried them out.

AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to take his first international trip to Canada.

AP - You never know who you might find at Ben's Chili Bowl, the venerable diner in Washington's U Street district. Even a president-elect.

Politico - Roland Burris may return to Washington next week to demand that he be accepted as the legitimate Senate appointee to replace President-elect Barack Obama and be sworn into office, according to a Burris adviser.

AP - An animal charity says it won't seek the prosecution of Prince Edward over allegations he beat his dog while out shooting.

Politico - Bill Cosby, the entertainer-turned-activist known for his controversial comments on race, told Washington’s WTOP radio station Saturday that Barack and Michelle Obama were examples of the parenting and family values he’s challenged black America to strengthen.

AP - The world's favorite 'silly old bear' is back.

AP - An unusually heavy snowfall coated downtown Madrid in white on Friday, shutting down the city's airport but providing rare opportunities for snowball fights while intrepid golfers drove their balls into the storm.

AP - President-elect Barack Obama made an unannounced visit Saturday night with his family to see the Lincoln Memorial, paying tribute to a former president he frequently invokes as an inspiration.

Politico - That change we keep hearing about won’t be restricted to the president’s quarters.