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In his newly announced plan for America's southern border, President Bush hopes to expand the use of National Guard troops. Analysts say the president hopes the increased security will help him win more support in Congress for a guest worker program.

Voters in several western states will vote on new property rights initiatives on the ballot this November. The measures would mandate that the government compensate people if regulations are enacted that decrease property values.

An attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich challenged a panel considering Blagojevich's impeachment. The presence of lawyer Ed Genson is a sign that Blagojevich may not be stepping down anytime soon. The Illinois governor has resisted calls for his resignation following his arrest on federal corruption charges.

Oil prices are hovering near $120 a barrel and people are wondering what, if anything, can be done to bring prices down. Oil is a commodity — the price of which is set in a global market. Increasingly, oil-producing countries are pointing at the weak dollar as the main factor keeping prices high.

A joint commission of Iraqi and U.S. officials is examining incidents involving the Blackwater security firm, including the deaths of civilians in a melee last week in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki is directing harsh rhetoric at the company.

The Senate debates a revised financial bailout bill that includes sweeteners to attract votes when it moves to the House. The core remains the same: The government gets $700 billion, incrementally, to buy the troubled assets of financial companies.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd has unveiled his draft proposal to remake the financial regulatory system. It's a sweeping plan that goes beyond what's being hammered out by the House and the Obama administration.

President Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to congratulate him on winning a second term. Obama said he is ready to work with Karzai, but wants to write a new chapter in the relationship between the two countries.

Barbara Demick's book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea opens with a nighttime satellite image of northeast Asia that shows North Korea, which has little electricity, cloaked in darkness. She says the image conveys much about the way North Korea is perceived.

Police in Cambridge, Mass., have released the 911 tapes and radio dispatches that led officers to the home of Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Harvard scholar's arrest on a disorderly conduct charge sparked a national debate about racial profiling.