• Email trail shows Abramoff likely laundered funds. [WP, USAT, NYT, WSJ]

•Frist on Bolton vote: "It's really between the White House and Chris Dodd and Joe Biden." [WP]

•Bush turns eye to domestic affairs and redirects message to "working families." [WP, NYT]

• DNC study of the 2004 vote in Ohio finds major problems from but no fraud. Dean: "The results show that our election system failed the citizens of Ohio in 2004 and in particular failed African Americans, new registrants, younger voters and voters in places using touch-screen machines." [WP, NYT]

•Bush's strategy of spending "political capital" is exploited by Democrats; Republicans seeking re-election are less loyal. [USAT]

• House Republicans support Social Security proposal that downplays private accounts. [WP, USAT, USAT]

• Senate rejects mandatory limits on emissions. [WP, WT]

•Hastings may resign as chairman of the House ethics committee because of inaction. [NYT]

•Rove: "Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." [NYT]

• Progress for America begins ad campaign saying Democrats will "attacks anyone the president nominates" to the Supreme Court. [USAT]

• Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning passes in the House. [WP, USAT]

•Bush: "It is time for this country to start building nuclear power plants again." [NYT]

• Congress is considering four steroid-related bills. [USAT]