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Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister of Pakistan, indicates she will try to return to the country in October. She left in 1999 amid allegations of corruption. Now she is in power-sharing negotiations with President Pervez Musharraf.

President Bush has spoken and the war debate will now shift to Capitol Hill, where the president is expected to seek close to $200 billion in emergency funding. Democrats want a faster and bigger troop drawdown than Mr. Bush proposed.

Reagan's Wharf: Filmmakers Interviews

President Bush calls his plan to gradually reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq "a return on success." He calls for an "enduring relationship" with Iraq that will stretch beyond his presidency.

Americans are falling behind on consumer debt. Economists point to slow job growth and declining home prices as part of the problem. But Americans have also been used to decades of easy, abundant cred

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is coming under attack for moving too slowly on his promise to open city jobs to competition from the private sector. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hospitalized for "extreme exhaustion, a day after announcing he would step down. Abe, 52, was to remain hospitalized for at least three or four days, his doctors say, leaving the care of his scandal-scarred government with his top deputy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano.

A Senate panel holds a hearing on the safety of children's toys imported from China. Questions focused on whether federal regulators and toy companies have done enough to ensure safety amid numerous product recalls.

Former Pakistani prime minister Nawiz Sharif appeals to the nation's Supreme Court after being rebuffed in his bid to return to the country. Meanwhile, power-sharing negotiations continue between President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

The Iraq hearings on Capitol Hill are big news in Baghdad. But while the Iraqi government largely welcomed the assessments of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, ordinary Iraqis seemed more critical.