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The presidential commission report released Thursday outlining U.S. intelligence failures in Iraq, Iran and North Korea makes more than 70 recommendations on how to improve intelligence gathering. But observers worry that the CIA and other spy agencies are inherently resistant to change.

The House is expected to vote Thursday on a bill that would make it tougher for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Advocates view it as a necessary way to protect the nation from terrorism. Some Democrats see it as a backdoor attempt to overhaul immigration laws in what Republicans call a national security bill.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay faces increasing questions about fund-raising practices, potential ethics violations and ties to lobbyists. Most recently, DeLay is being questioned over trips to Korea and Britain that were funded by foreign organizations and lobbyists.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with the country's new leaders and U.S. military officials in a surprise visit to Iraq. He urges newly named President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to work quickly to form a new government and to quell the insurgency.

Georgia police arrest Brian Nichols, the man they say killed a judge, a court reporter and a deputy Friday at an Atlanta courthouse. Nichols was taken into custody at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex. He's also implicated in the death of a U.S. Customs agent whose body was found Saturday.

Seeking to blunt growing criticism over high energy prices, President Bush is proposing to speed construction of nuclear power plants and oil refineries -- possibly on retired military bases. He also made a pitch to boost sales of energy-efficient vehicles.

The Senate Finance Committee begins to examine ways to fix Social Security's long-term financing problems as union members protest and Democratic leaders rail against President Bush's privatization proposal.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally announce an end to fighting. The two leaders held a landmark meeting at Egypt's Red Sea resort Sharm El Sheik.

A federal appeals court in Atlanta has refused to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo, rejecting an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's parents to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted. Lawyers for Terri Schiavo's parents say they have not exhausted their options yet.

ClearPlay produces digital filters that sanitize DVDs by screening out the sex, violence and profanity. Some in the movie industry have tried to sue over copyright infringements, but Congress has passed legislation that allows companies like ClearPlay to sell such products.