[Guardian Unlimited]
Bush flees from a cloud. Expected to officially designate his shadow as a terrorist any time now.

[Guardian Unlimited]
House Republicans forced to back down, revoke changes to ethics rules.

[CBS News]
A new study shows that members of Congress have taken more than $16 million in privately financed trips over the past five years, with many of the trips sponsored by non-profit groups that are not obligated to disclose who paid the bills.

[Yahoo! News]
Senate moves to approve fifth emergency spending package for the war (remember the war?), pushing the total spent above $300 billion. Pentagon officials have said they will have to ask for more money for 2006.

[Yahoo! News]
The Homeland Security Department is focusing on possible terror threats from radical environmental and animal rights activists without also examining risks that might be posed by right-wing extremists, House Democrats said Tuesday.

[Yahoo! News]
The Senate passed a measure (98-0) Thursday that would stop government agencies from using taxpayer funds to disguise video press releases as real news. The amendment writes into law a Government Accountability Office opinion that said the Bush administration has violated rules against "publicity and propaganda" with releases from several agencies.

[News.com]
Sayeth the Bush: Privacy should be for me but not for thee.

[Editor & Publisher]
Bush's approval rating has plunged to the lowest level of any president since World War II at this point in his second term, the Gallup Organization reports.

[The Hollywood Reporter]
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner III, R-Wis., chairman of one of the entertainment industry's most important congressional committees, told cable industry executives attending the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. conference here on Monday that criminal prosecution would be a more efficient way to enforce the indecency regulations. I'd prefer using the criminal process rather than the regulatory process, Sensenbrenner said.

[Personal Democracy Forum]
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors announced that it will soon vote on a city ordinance that would require local bloggers to register with the city Ethics Commission and report all blog-related costs that exceed $1,000.