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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto hopes a deal with the country's military ruler can restore her family's name to center stage in the political arena.

Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2008 and will retire after 30 years in the Senate. Warner has been one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military — and a key figure in the debate over the war in Iraq. Warner's retirement will make it even more difficult for Republicans to win back the Senate majority that they lost in November.

Amazon's annual two-day sale for Prime members is here. Not all deals are as good as they seem, however. It pays to do some research to ensure you're getting the best price.

Now that Fred Thompson has declared that he's really running for president, the former Tennessee Republican senator and actor faces a more specific challenge. He needs to win over voters in the early primary states such as Iowa, where he made his first campaign stop.

President Bush bypassed Baghdad and went to an air base in Anbar province. He met with tribal sheiks who have been working with the U.S. to drive out Islamic extremists. With the failure of the Iraqi government to unite, the Bush administration is slowly moving the goal posts.

As the price of oil nears $100 a barrel, Congress' energy bill is still bogged down in conference, with House and Senate leaders unable to agree about car mileage standards, alternative fuels for utilities or ending tax breaks for oil companies.

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, says she worked with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf for democracy "but he didn't follow the road map." The power-sharing deal expected upon her return from exile is now not likely to occur, she says.

Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi national, worked as a photographer for the Associated Press in Iraq until he was taken into custody by the U.S. 19 months ago. The U.S. military says the photographer is a terrorist. The AP expects to hear Thursday what specific charges Hussein is being held on.

"Depending on the outcome, it will either be viewed as genius or the dumbest political move in history," political science professor Patricia Crouse told NPR.

The Pew Research Center, in association with NPR, recently released a poll that looked at political polarization and collaboration among African-Americans, whites and Latinos. Melissa Harris Lacewell, a professor of Politics and African-American Studies at Princeton University, and Marisa Trevino, of the blog LatinaLista.net, share their reactions to the report.