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    White House Aides Await Fate in CIA Probe (AP)

AP - Two key White House aides await their fate in the CIA leak probe,
 after a prosecutor spent three hours before a grand jury that has the
 power to hand up indictments that could rock the Bush administration.

    Miers to Get 2nd Chance to Bolster Case (AP)

AP - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will get another chance to
 bolster her case when senators review her answers to a second set of
 questions from the committee in charge of her confirmation.

    DeLay to Appear in Court Again on Charges (AP)

AP - Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will return to court next
 Tuesday for a hearing on whether the judge assigned to handle his trial
 should be removed.

    Bush Willing to Back Further Budget Cuts (AP)

AP - President Bush on Wednesday said he's willing to go along with
 congressional plans to make further cuts in the budget he submitted in
 February, saying he's open to making broad-based cuts in agency
 budgets.

    Danforth Criticizes Christian Sway in GOP (AP)

AP - Former Sen. John Danforth said Wednesday that the political
 influence of evangelical Christians is hurting the Republican Party and
 dividing the country.

    White House on Edge in CIA Leak Case (AP)

AP - The waiting for possible indictments in the CIA leak investigation
 caused high anxiety at the White House on Wednesday, as presidential
 advisers worked to show the Bush administration engaged in the nation's
 priorities.

    Democrats Try to Protect Hurricane Voters (AP)

AP - Concerned that political operatives may try to manipulate the
 battered Gulf region's voting process in upcoming elections, House
 Democrats on Wednesday asked the Justice Department to vigilantly
 defend the rights of people displaced by recent hurricanes.

    Critics and a Senator Raise Ante for Miers (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- In new signs of eroding support for
 Harriet E. Miers, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman sent her a
 sharply worded list of questions Wednesday on constitutional law, and
 one of the nation's leading grass-roots evangelical organizations
 called for the withdrawal of her Supreme Court nomination.

    Business Groups Want Passport Plan Delay (AP)

AP - Several business groups on Wednesday sought to delay a U.S. plan
 that would require people traveling between the U.S. and Canada to have
 passports or similar identification, saying the proposal was too
 impractical and costly.

    Miers Faces High Hurdle for Top ABA Rating (AP)

AP - Harriet Miers' friends from her American Bar Association days could
 deliver some badly needed good news to the Supreme Court nominee with a
 unanimous vote to give her their highest rating.

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