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White House spokesman Tony Snow downplays news of an attack on a U.S. military base at Bagram, Afghanistan, where Vice President Dick Cheney had just spent the night. Estimates of the death toll have gone as high as 23; the Taliban calls the attack an attempted assassination.

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz faces demands for his resignation over a promotion he helped to arrange for Shaha Riza, a bank employee whom he has dated. The bank's board of directors is considering what action to take.

The Supreme Court has upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, the law prohibiting an abortion procedure known medically as "intact dilation and extraction." The procedure is performed most often during the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy.

A new study from Stanford University suggests that pollution from ethanol could be even worse than from traditional gasoline. Study author Mark Jacobson, of Stanford's department of civil and environmental engineering, explains.

Melissa Block talks with Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) about what compromises the Democrats are willing to make on the Iraq war spending bill that President Bush is expected to veto.

The Democratic Congress promised to work with the White House. But after four months, the rhetoric and the political atmosphere remain contentious. The latest example: the impasse over funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Allisen Corpuz closed with a 3-under 69 on Sunday for a three-shot victory to become the first American in 20 years to make the U.S. Women's Open her first LPGA title.

Firefighters in Los Angeles appear to have the upper hand on a wildfire that has consumed more than 800 acres in Griffith Park. The 4,000-acre park is a city landmark, home to its zoo and the famous Hollywood sign. Firefighters hope to have the blaze completely under control by nightfall Thursday.

The vice president visits Baghdad to pressure the Iraqi government to set aside factional squabbling and move ahead on resolving issues that sharply divide the country and fuel the ongoing sectarian conflict.

The six foreign-born men accused of a plot to attack the Army base at Fort Dix, N.J., led seemingly ordinary American lives in Cherry Hill, N.J., the FBI says. But a copy of a video shows them firing assault weapons and praising jihad.