- Democratic Senate President John Burton vows to challenge Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts saying services are being slashed to the poor and disabled to underwrite a reduction in the car tax
- The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to the Bush Administration’s secret round up of hundreds of foreigners after the September 11th attacks
- Civil liberties groups denounce a new administration plan for a threat assessment of all airline passengers
- Less than 24 hours after ousted treasury secretary Paul O’Neill critizezd the war on Iraq on national television, the treasury department says it will investigate how a document marked secret was shown on the program
- A new report says harrassment and bullying based on sexual orientation remains persistent and pervasive in California schools
- After 2 years of strained relations, president Bush and Mexican president Vicente Fox publicly proclaim agreement on Bush’s immigration proposal