New Justice Department regulations require male visa holders from certain Middle Eastern countries to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Spencer Michels looks at the debate over the new requirement and the detention of some Arab men.

President Bush called on Congress Thursday to place limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, including imposing a $250,000 cap on potential damage awards. Experts discuss this proposed reform and the debate over the medical liability system.

Outgoing Governor George Ryan of Illinois has sparked a national debate over the use of the death penalty after he granted clemency to 167 inmates on death row in his state.

In the largest emptying of death row in U.S. history, outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan has commuted all Illinois death sentences to prison terms of life or less, while condemning the state's capital punishment system as fundamentally flawed and unfair.

Immigrants from 13 mostly Muslim countries visited Immigration and Naturalization Service offices by the thousands Friday to register with authorities as required under anti-terror laws introduced after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.