AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state GOP collected an estimated $2.5 million Monday at a fundraiser headlined by Sen. John McCain, as scores of union members protested outside the event calling for the governor's ouster in November.

AP - State Sen. Raymond Meier announced his candidacy Monday for the GOP nomination for the congressional seat being vacated by fellow Republican Sherwood Boehlert.

AP - Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a former veterinarian who criticized pet evacuation efforts after Hurricane Katrina, is blocking the promotion of a Coast Guard vice admiral who headed the hurricane recovery.

AP - A top Senate Democrat said Sunday that President Bush should be held responsible if he violated the law in authorizing the domestic spy program. But Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said it is too early to tell if either censure or impeachment of Bush would be appropriate.

AP - A candidate for the GOP nomination for governor proposed a game of chance to determine who will face the front-runner in Tuesday's primary, asking two of his opponents to draw straws to decide who will stay in the race.

AP - With an eye toward the 2008 presidential campaign, GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona has hired one of President Bush's top re-election advisers to help run his political action committee.

AP - The top adviser to Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland said Friday that her rival for the Republican Senate nomination, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, lacked the credentials, knowledge and financial backing to mount a credible challenge to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

AP - The top adviser to Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland said Friday that her rival for the Republican Senate nomination, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, lacked the credentials, knowledge and financial backing to mount a credible challenge to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

AP - President Bush is engaging in St. Patrick's Day festivities with Irish leaders while using the occasion to take stock of the stalled peace process in Northern Ireland and look for ways to move it along.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter New York, NY (AHN) - President George W. Bush nominates interim Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Andrew von Eschenbach, to retain the job permanently. Opposition to the choice has already arisen. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, says in a statement that...

AP - China came in for harsh criticism in Congress Thursday because of economic policies that several lawmakers said harm America's workers.

AP - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris planned to announce Wednesday whether she would bow to Republican pressure to abandon her bid for the U.S. Senate or continue trying to unseat a Democratic incumbent.

AP - Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, comes up for parole again this week in a potential conflict for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is married to RFK's niece.

AP - Saying the White House has been afflicted by a political "tin ear," Sen. Norm Coleman on Tuesday called on President Bush to bring in a new team.

Reuters - Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of falling behind in its goal to make high-speed Internet service, known as broadband, universally available by 2007.

AP - Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold accused fellow Democrats on Tuesday of cowering rather than holding a vote to censure President Bush over domestic spying.

AP - An explosion that killed 12 workers at the Sago Mine likely was caused by a massive lightning strike that ignited methane gas in a sealed-off area, the mine's owner said Tuesday.

AP - West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd is blocking the confirmation of the person President Bush has picked to oversee U.S. mine safety.

AP - John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 and a possible candidate in 2008, says his party does have a message for the electorate: Vote for change.

Reuters - Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of falling behind in its goal to make high-speed Internet service, known as broadband, universally available by 2007.