President Bush and European Union leaders have agreed to work together on the issue of climate change. In a wide-ranging meeting Monday, the leaders also agreed to continue pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment program. Leta Hong Fincher has more on the U.S.-E.U. summit.

President Bush says he is looking forward to meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss funding for the Iraq war. Tuesday, Mr. Bush vetoed funding legislation that would have provided money for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because the measure included a timetable for a troop withdrawal from Iraq, something Democrats have been insisting on. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story.

President George W. Bush's veto of an Iraq war spending bill that set timelines for U.S. troop withdrawals puts new pressure on Democrats in Congress to craft a compromise even as their caucus grows more fractious on the topic.

Thousands of immigrants are expected to take to the streets in several cities across the United States Tuesday, to demand fair treatment as President Bush continues to press for immigration reform.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged President George W. Bush to step up dialogue with Russia over a planned U.S. missile defense system. The comments, during a U.S.-European Union summit at the White House, followed the chancellor's praise over the weekend of greater U.S. efforts to consult Russia over its plans to install a radar system and interceptors in Eastern Europe as part of the system.

The United States is hosting an annual summit on economic and security issues with two top European Union leaders Monday at the White House. President George W. Bush is holding talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as Germany currently holds the rotating EU presidency, and with the head of the European Commission, Jose Barroso.

President Bush has called on Congress to make new efforts at immigration reform. VOA's Brian Wagner reports that Mr. Bush made the call in a speech to college graduates in Miami. President Bush congratulated graduates and their families during the commencement ceremony at Miami Dade College.

Hillary Clinton does not expect President George W. Bush to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq before he leaves office even though they are mired in a civil war "where they're not even sure whose side they are fighting on."

A top United States lawmaker and a leading war critic has held out the possibility of the Democrats impeaching the President George W Bush stressing that this is perhaps one way of influencing a President.

U.S. President George Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are holding talks Friday at the U.S. presidential retreat outside Washington, Camp David, where North Korea's nuclear program is expected to be a main topic.

A spokeswoman for President George W. Bush has confirmed that Bush will veto a war-funding bill passed by both houses of the U.S. Congress that calls for U.S. combat troops to start withdrawing from Iraq by October.

All eight Democratic Party candidates to be U.S. president have called on President George W. Bush to end the United States' involvement in the Iraq war. The calls were made on April 26 during the candidates' first live television debate ahead of the November 2008 election.