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Republicans in the Ohio House and Senate move measures to make it harder to amend the constitution and a plan to put a vote on that onto the August ballot, before a reproductive rights amendment comes to the ballot as expected in November.

The question of what to do next in Iraq is centering on a new report showing that the Baghdad government has failed to meet even a single major economic or political target for improving stability.

President Bush's secretaries of State and Defense spent their days defending his new plan in Iraq, first at a White House news conference and then on Capitol Hill. Secretaries Rice and Gates found only minimal support for a greater troop commitment in Congress.

Lewis was named president of NPR in 1993, becoming the first Black person to take the role. He came to the job with a long resume from his time in Washington politics and business circles.

Marisa de los Santos' newest novel follows a young woman returning to her home town to confront her shattered family. Reviewer Bobbi Dumas says it'll remind you that love can change the world.

Julian Fellowes' new novel is a twist on the form Charles Dickens made famous: the serial. Belgravia, the story of an ambitious family in 19th century England, will be released in chapters via an app.

Young adult author Robin Wasserman's new novel is definitely just for grown-ups — it's a tangled, thrilling story of two friends gone very wrong; hard to put down, with a twist you won't see coming.

Fantagraphics is the publisher that brought literary respectability to comics. Their mammoth 40th anniversary volume, We Told You So, tends towards self-congratulation — but deservedly so.

Mari Andrew's collection of short essays and cartoons chronicle what life has shown her. "I think when I decided to be a writer, I kind of signed up for a life of interesting experiences," she says.

President Bush is in New Orleans for the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He and wife Laura Bush are expected to mark the day at a New Orleans charter school and at a community center in Mississippi. Officials continue to bicker over who's to blame in the aftermath of the storm.