House Republican leaders blocked and appeared to kill a bill Saturday that would have enacted the major recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission

Powell resigns, more to follow... Ashcroft, Powell, and at least four other cabinet members will leave the Bush team.

Here we go. Bush will renew a quest in his second term for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage as essential to a ``hopeful and decent'' society, his top political aide said on Sunday.