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President Bush opened a week-long program advertising his tax cut plans today. {Joining him for a White House news conference were three families who would benefit under the proposed reductions. Mr. Bush campaigned on a promise to cut everyone's taxes, from those who pay the least to those who pay the most. And today he defended that approach as fair and equitable.} NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House.

White House reporter Sarah McClendon dies at 92. The feisty McClendon covered every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, reporting her stories in the McClendon News Service, which she founded. Another veteran White House newswoman, Helen Thomas, calls McClendon "one of the greatest" newspaperwomen Washington ever saw. NPR's Lynn Neary talks to Thomas.

House Democrats release an analysis suggesting that at best, the cost of military operations in Iraq will add $179 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade. Meanwhile, Republicans vow to approve President Bush's $87 billion funding request for Iraq. Both parties call on the White House to be more upfront about expected Iraq-related costs. Hear NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

President Bush announces that Tony Snow will be his new White House press secretary. Snow, a Fox Radio and TV News host, takes over from Scott McClellan as part of a shake-up of senior staff at the White House.

White House Chief of Staff Andy Card resigns and will be replaced by Budget Director Joshua Bolten. The move comes amid growing calls for a White House shakeup. Bolten, an administration insider, may not represent the change Republican observers sought.

While the presidential race hasn't been officially called, former President Donald Trump declares victory. Republicans will control the Senate, while Democrats have a strong showing in House races.

The proposed redistricting would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The press conference with visiting Finnish President Sauli Niinistö comes as House Democrats are threatening a fresh subpoena for White House documents relating to the growing Ukraine scandal.

The White House report is less critical than an earlier congressional report, but the 228-page document does call for the government to make specific changes for the upcoming hurricane season.

Julius Shulman's images cast modern architecture in a vivid light, including his iconic "Case Study House No. 22," a nighttime portrait of a modern glass house jutting out from a cliff over the Los Angeles skyline. He died Wednesday at 98, just two weeks after his last assignment.