Reuters - Activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the House of Representatives chamber on Tuesday shortly before President George W. Bush gave his State of the Union address because she refused to cover up an anti-war slogan on her shirt.

Reuters - Congress decreed the end of TV as we know it Wednesday, when the House of Representatives approved a $39 billion budget-cutting measure that requires broadcasters to turn off their current analog channels by 2009.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman and the top Democrat on the Senate Energy Committee released on Thursday a 'white paper' on climate change issues that must be resolved before they can introduce global warming legislation.

WACO, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush signed an extension on Friday of an anti-terrorism law enacted after the September 11 attacks that critics say infringes on civil liberties.

AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential presidential contender in 2008, "seems to have a lot of anger" and voters usually do not send angry candidates to the White House, the Republican Party chairman said Sunday.

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says the Bush administration's electronic eavesdropping program "may make the difference between success and failure" in stopping the next terrorist attack. But even before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday, Democrats accused the administration of depriving Congress of information about the program.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Monday proposed a record $439.3 billion defense budget for 2007 aimed at fighting both unconventional terrorism and major conflicts with other nations if necessary.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday it will take decades to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure as senators charged the Bush administration had fumbled reconstruction efforts, slowing a U.S. military withdrawal.

AP - The future of NATO, Iraq and U.S.-Polish trade were among the topics on the agenda for President Bush's meeting with Poland's new president.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Friday that rice should be excluded from a free trade pact with the United States, drawing a line in the debate on one of the most sensitive areas of upcoming talks between the economic powerhouses.

AP - One of Jack Abramoff's ex-colleagues confirms he contacted Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid's office on behalf of the influential lobbyist but says he does not believe Abramoff's billing records accurately reflect the extent of his work.

AP - The United States favors NATO eventually taking full command of the international military effort to stabilize Afghanistan, but that will not include a separate American-led counterterrorism mission against al-Qaida, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Seoul will not be swayed by U.S. demands that rice should be part of a bilateral free trade pact, South Korea's agriculture minister said on Monday, adding that fruit and livestock should also be given special consideration.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday nominated James Lambright to be president of the Export-Import Bank, the White House said.

AP - A cliffhanger vote forced Senate leaders to shelve legislation for a $140 billion fund for asbestos victims, but its supporters said they will not give up.

AP - Transcript of Vice President Dick Cheney's interview Wednesday with Brit Hume of Fox News Channel, as released by the White House. Cheney addresses his shooting Saturday of a hunting companion, 78-year-old Harry Whittington of Austin, Texas, at a ranch owned by Katharine Armstrong about 60 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington wants to curb Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's anti-American influence by lobbying allies to try to expose any anti-democratic policies, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney ended a troubling week among friends, receiving a rousing ovation from state legislators in his first public appearance since accidentally shooting a lawyer while quail hunting.

AP - Former President Clinton said Sunday the Bush administration's "enormous penchant for secrecy" sparked the strong reaction to Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting mishap.

AP - THE PROPOSAL: Like several predecessors, President Bush wants the power to delete individual, or 'line item,' provisions he deems wasteful in the spending bills that Congress sends him.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Energy Department said it has come up with $5 million to immediately restore jobs cut at a renewable energy laboratory President George W. Bush will visit on Tuesday, avoiding a potentially embarrassing moment as the president promotes his energy plan.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton on Wednesday chairs the first of two sessions on financial and sex scandals in U.N. peacekeeping operations, prompting a slew of criticism from developing nations against big powers.

AP - President Bush's marquee issue, the war on terror, is being turned against him by Democrats and rebelling members of his own party in an election-year dustup over a deal that allows an Arab company to manage major U.S. ports.

AP - Cyprus thinks the time may be right to restart failed talks to reunify the war-divided island and its foreign minister expressed hope Wednesday that a meeting next week with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan could get negotiations back on track.

AP - Reprising the populist notes of his first campaign, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday said he will continue to push for government reforms but called on skeptical members of his own party to stop fighting and start leading.

AP - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Saturday that the world body is hobbled "by bad management, by sex and corruption" and a lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions.

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should appoint a special counsel to investigate the legality of the Bush administration's eavesdropping program, 18 House Democrats told President Bush in a letter released Monday.

AP - Republican governors and gubernatorial hopefuls briefly put aside worries that Bush administration stumbles could hamper their chances with voters this fall to address a more immediate concern: the need for cash to fund their races.