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President Bush has regularly added signing statements to laws passed by the Congress, with some statements noting an unwillingness to enforce the law. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) says the president's actions are a challenge to the Constitution. He wants to be able to sue the president over signings.

Israeli tanks and troops have moved into southern Gaza. Warplanes have attacked three bridges and knocked out power to the coastal strip. The attacks are an attempt by the Jewish state to step up pressure on Palestinian militants holding a 19-year-old Israeli soldier captive.

After months of lobbying, cajoling and hoping, a small Indiana town has the prize it longed for: a promise from Honda to build its newest auto plant there. Greensburg, Ind., beat out at least seven other Midwestern towns for the facility. Today, Honda made its announcement.

Lawyer Neal Katyal, who successfully argued Salim Ahmed Hamdan's case before the Supreme Court, visits Congress, where lawmakers are beginning to discuss legislation to accommodate the ruling. Katyal has just returned from visiting his client at Guantanamo Bay. Michele Norris talks with Katyal.

An appeals court has removed the federal trial judge from a decade-old Indian trust funds lawsuit. The Indian plaintiffs say the government has lost untold amounts of money while managing land and resources in trust for Indians. The complex history of the trust funds spans more than a century.

At least five explosions hit commuter railways at rush hour in the Indian city of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. Early reports indicate at least 135 people are dead, and another 250 injured. The blasts appear to be part of a pattern of bombings. Justin Huggler, a correspondent for London's The Independent newspaper, talks to Alex Chadwick about the attacks.

Democrats are using Republican strategies to rally voters around minimum wage. They are supporting state ballot initiatives that are trying to increase the minimum wage.

The Rocky Mountains contain huge reservoirs of gas, but they also have some of the last untouched lands in the country. Colorado's Roan Plateau is one of these largely pristine places, and a debate is raging over whether to open its public lands to drilling.

Jed Horne of the New Orleans Times-Picayune discusses his new book, Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City.

In a move to get ads past e-mail filters, spammers take a page out of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book.