"A Texas prosecutor on Thursday subpoenaed former House Republican leader Tom DeLay's home and campaign office telephone records in his investigation of possibly illegal campaign contributions, DeLay's lawyer said."

"US President George W. Bush struggled in the face of worsening opinion polls, including one survey that for the first time found a plurality of Americans think he will be viewed as a failed leader.

In a new study by the non-partisan Pew Research Center, 41 percent said that Bush would be an unsuccessful president, up from 27 percent in January and the most expressing that view since he took office in January 2001."