Hezbollah rocket hits deeper into Israel  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah fired what it called a new kind of rocket, landing its deepest hit into northern Israel in 17 days of fighting.  Israeli authorities reported that five rockets hit fields outside the town of Afula, causing no casualties.

'Disproportionate' in What Moral Universe?  —  What other country, when attacked in an unprovoked aggression across a recognized international frontier, is then put on a countdown clock by the world, given a limited time window in which to fight back, regardless of whether it has restored its own security?

President Bush, Tony Blair Hold a Joint News Conference  —  SPEAKERS: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  TONY BLAIR, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM  —  BUSH: Thank you all.  —  Prime Minister Tony Blair, welcome back to the White House.  As you know, we've got a close relationship.

Bush, Blair to Seek U.N. Approval on International Force  —  Rice to Return to Mideast to Negotiate with Lebanon, Israel  —  President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced agreement today to seek a United Nations resolution next week that would send a multinational force …

Minimum wage increase tied to tax cuts  —  House leadership couples bill to estate tax measure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday.

A public advocate for the United States  —  As a liberal Democrat, I listened carefully to the opposition voiced by many Democratic senators to the nomination of John Bolton as our chief representative to the United Nations.  Mr. Bolton has been representing us at the United Nations since August.