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AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could be facing an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the midterm election outlook for the party as it battles to hold onto its majority.

31 Jul 2010 9:06am GMT

AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.

31 Jul 2010 7:47am GMT

AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.

31 Jul 2010 1:30am GMT

McClatchy Newspapers - After more than three months, BP appears finally to have gotten a firm grasp on its runaway Deepwater Horizon well. Now the big question in the Gulf of Mexico is how, and if, an environmental mess of unprecedented scope can be cleaned up.

31 Jul 2010 12:51am GMT

AP - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest - and loudest - against President Barack Obama's agenda.

31 Jul 2010 12:31am GMT

Politico - She has chosen an ethics trial rather than accepting charges made by an ethics subcommittee.

31 Jul 2010 12:27am GMT

Time.com - The crime rates in large U.S. cities near the border, contrary to the fears that lie behind Arizona's tough new immigration law, are among the lowest in the country

30 Jul 2010 11:40pm GMT

Politico - Democrats prepare campaign ads to attack Republican dissenters.

30 Jul 2010 10:34pm GMT

Huffington Post - Last week, I argued that a reported "jump" for Democrats in Gallup's weekly tracking of the national generic U.S.

30 Jul 2010 9:51pm GMT

McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT - Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success - and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car - President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people."

30 Jul 2010 9:47pm GMT

AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment.

30 Jul 2010 9:01pm GMT

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council extended the stay of peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region by another year on Friday, telling the force to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries.

30 Jul 2010 6:24pm GMT

CQPolitics.com - The House passed legislation Friday to give the Federal Housing Administration flexibility to raise mortgage insurance premiums on the loans it guarantees.

30 Jul 2010 5:22pm GMT

CQPolitics.com - The House will vote Friday on a measure that would ease the Obama administration's temporary ban on new deepwater drilling.

30 Jul 2010 5:22pm GMT

Time.com - A brief look at the six men and six women who are tasked with deciding whether the guilt or innocence of the ex-governor of Illinois and his brother

30 Jul 2010 4:40pm GMT

Huffington Post - House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks.

30 Jul 2010 2:04pm GMT