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Officials close to the anthrax investigation have told NPR that the FBI will declare the case of the 2001 anthrax letters solved Wednesday, but that the case will remain open so agents can follow up on some recent leads.

At the FBI Crime Lab in Quantico, Va., experts are finding new and better uses for what many people see as a forensic sure thing — DNA. Cases unsolvable just a decade ago, are now ripe for reopening.

House lawmakers approve a corporate tax-cut bill worth $150 billion. Some conservative Republicans voted against the plan, fearing it could increase the federal deficit. But it passed with the help of some Democrats, who received a wide variety of unrelated provisions for their support. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Despite an extended deadline, there is little visible progress toward a constitution for Iraq. While some involved say a resolution is near, others cite "profound" differences between competing groups.

The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on Janice Rogers Brown, President Bush's nominee to serve on the federal bench. As the result of a bipartisan compromise over judicial filibusters, the nomination of the California jurist -- who had been one of the nominees Senate Democrats had threatened to filibuster -- is unlikely to be disputed.

Thursday morning, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff briefed the media about a suspected British terror plot, in which 21 suspects have been arrested in Great Britain.

A look at the records of the two conservative judges -- Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown -- whose re-nominations may trigger a Senate showdown over judicial filibusters.

A study released today shows that an old landfill in San Diego’s Mission Bay does not threaten the environment or people’s health. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce has details.

Starting July 1, states are supposed to require all Medicaid recipients to prove citizenship in order to receive or keep their benefits. The provision is intended to purge Medicaid of illegal immigrants. But advocates for the poor have filed a lawsuit on behalf of citizens who simply lack the needed documents.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales comes under bipartisan assault from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Gonzales testified that he did not pressure then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to recertify President Bush's domestic spying program during a 2004 hospital visit.