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As illegal immigrants challenge the tough words on Capitol Hill, many established leaders of minority organizations are being left in the dust, trying to figure out where the new movement -- if in fact it is a "movement" -- is headed.

President Bush is set to propose a plan to use thousands of National Guard troops to bolster security along the U.S.-Mexico border. The president is expected to announce the widely reported plan during a national TV address from the Oval Office tonight.

Stephen Walter was sentenced on Monday. He is one of three men indicted in connection with supplying the fentanyl-laced pills that contributed to the rapper's accidental overdose in 2018.

What can scientists and the military learn from recent North Korean missile tests? David Wright of the Union of Concerned Scientists discusses the tests with Sheilah Kast.

The real-life story behind Irene Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise is a compelling one: the author's manuscript lay unread for years after her death at the Auschwitz camp. But Nemirovsky's writing, notes author Elizabeth Strout, can stand up to its own tragic provenance.

As Israeli troops pull back from Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, the respite provides a chance to assess damage from last week's fighting. A visit to one home shows some of the effects of the incursion.

The astronauts of the shuttle Discovery spent the third day of their mission moving tons of cargo into the International Space Station. They docked at the station after putting the shuttle through a back-flip. But the astronauts say they first had to overcome a snag: a bad thermostat on a thruster.

Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev died in Ingushetia when a dynamite-laden truck exploded in his convoy, according to Russian officials. Basayev was held responsible for a large number of terrorist attacks in Russia, including a 2004 school hostage taking that left 331 dead. The Wall Street Journal reporter Alan Cullison talks with Madeleine Brand about Basayev.

Washington-area developer Theodore Lerner will become the owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team, says Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Lerner will pay around $450 million for the team once known as the Montreal Expos.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema sentences an unrepentant Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Moussaoui's final public words were that Americans would never catch Osama bin Laden.