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The Biden administration hopes to help fund its agenda by cracking down on tax evasion, but its plan to require more bank information is drawing strong opposition from GOP lawmakers and banks.

Former Senate Majority leader, and GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, of Kansas, has died. He was 98.

The IRS is "in the roughest shape it's been in in 50 years," says former commissioner Mark Everson. The agency, he says, is understaffed, has more work than it can handle and is underfunded.

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.

The big announcement ends 18 months of research, focus groups and fan submissions for the organization's new identity and brand.

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.

President Bush meets with Mexican President Vicente Fox and new Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Cancun, Mexico, for talks. Immigration and border security -- and the balance between the two -- are expected to dominate the two days of meetings.

President Bush speaks Monday in Cleveland about the continued occupation of Iraq. Three years after the U.S.-led invasion, the administration insists that the war is going well -- but daily reports of growing sectarian violence and lawlessness make the president's message a hard sell. Madeleine Brand speaks with Slatepolitical correspondent John Dickerson.

U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) plans to make an announcement Wednesday night. Her campaign for the U.S. Senate has been in such disarray, many are expecting her to announce that she's dropping out of the race. Anita Kumar of the St. Petersburg Times talks with Michele Norris.

The trial of former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian begins Monday on charges he provided support to terrorists. The government, which has spent two decades building its case, says it has linked al-Arian with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which the United States has designated a terrorist group.