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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with the country's new leaders and U.S. military officials in a surprise visit to Iraq. He urges newly named President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to work quickly to form a new government and to quell the insurgency.

Monday's high school shootings renew concerns about conditions at the Red Lake Chippewa Indian Reservation, which is largely closed to outsiders and where poverty and unemployment are chronic problems. Just a few years ago, the father of Jeff Weise, the alleged teenage gunman, committed suicide after a standoff with police.

Jewish settlers say they are preparing for acts of civil disobedience to oppose the planned evacuation of Jewish settlements from Gaza. More than 100,000 Israelis have signed a petition promising they will travel to Gaza to try to stop the evacuation by soldiers, and some are concerned about the possibility of violent settler resistance.

President Bush lends support to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay during a visit to their home state of Texas. DeLay, in political hot water over allegations of ethics violations, joined the president in Galveston at a roundtable discussion of Social Security. Bush praised an alternative to Social Security used by county employees in Galveston.

A federal appeals court in Atlanta has refused to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo, rejecting an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's parents to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted. Lawyers for Terri Schiavo's parents say they have not exhausted their options yet.

The U.S. Supreme Court turns down an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to keep their brain-damaged daughter alive. Meanwhile, Gov. Jeb Bush asks a Florida court to turn custody of Schiavo over to a state social welfare agency.

A federal court in Tampa will issue a ruling on an injunction filed by Terri Schiavo's parents, calling for reinserting their brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube. Early Monday, President Bush signed into law a bill that allows federal court involvement in the case.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has offered what Republicans see as a compromise regarding filibusters of judicial nominations. Frist said he would allow for 100 hours of debate for each nominee, to be followed by a yes-or-no vote. Democrats responded coolly to the idea.

Social Security trustees say the nation's retirement program will exhaust its assets in 2041, a year earlier than previously estimated. They also moved up by a year the point when Social Security outlays will begin to exceed revenues from the payroll tax.

The Energy Bill passed by the House Thursday includes a controversial provision that would exempt an increasingly popular drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing from regulation under the Clean Drinking Water Act. Opponents of the exemption say the technique has been known to contaminate drinking water.