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The 40-year-old pop star had her 13-year conservatorship terminated late last year. Spears is a mother to two teen boys from an earlier marriage.

President Bush's newly announced plan to bolster the southern border and offer guest worker programs strikes a middle ground in the debate over immigration policy, says Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

Hamas presented a proposed cabinet on Sunday. It gave itself key ministries after failing to persuade more moderate parties to join in a coalition that could have softened its militant image.

Two significant programs in Iraq have not met expectations, says a U.S. expert. One is a security program to protect the energy infrastructure. The other is to construct primary health care centers throughout Iraq. May 1 marks the third anniversary of President Bush's declaration of the end of major combat in Iraq.

There are two kinds of people in the portion of North Carolina surrounding Durham and Chapel Hill: Duke fans and North Carolina fans. Will Blythe is NOT a Duke fan. He writes about his obsession with a college basketball rivalry in a new book.

As a third week of violence begins along the Lebanon-Israel border, there are fewer Israeli airstrikes in central and northern Lebanon. But the aerial attacks that began on July 12 have left much of Lebanon's infrastructure in tatters.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson seeks to distance himself from his remarks at a business meeting about withholding contracts from applicants who don't agree with President Bush's policies. On April 28, Jackson spoke of denying a contract because a contractor didn't like President Bush.

This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set review John Bolton's nomination to serve a full term as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. President Bush used what is known as a recess appointment to bypass a Senate vote and install Bolton as ambassador nearly one year ago.

With the days dwindling before its August recess, Congress is trying to move forward on two key national security issues: detainee treatment and government eavesdropping. Hearings are to begin Wednesday in both the House and the Senate on eavesdropping and FISA, the law that normally governs it.

News of domestic data-gathering by the National Security Agency dominates Capitol Hill for a second day. Lawmakers have had plenty of opportunity to ask the former head of the NSA, Gen. Michael Hayden, about the operation: Hayden is campaigning for Senate confirmation as director of the CIA.