Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Bipartisan bill on health care suffers a setback (AP)
• Mixed results for Obama's first Moscow summit (AP)
• Democrats wave Franken as trophy over limping GOP (AP)
• Mullen: Strike on Iran an option, but a bad one (AP)
• Dems moonwalk the Jackson minefield (Politico)
• Political rivals in Honduras accept mediation (AP)
• Palin returns to work, defends decision to resign (AP)
• Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator (AP)
• Sotomayor critics step up rhetoric before hearing (AP)
• Hatch calls for Justice investigation into BCS (AP)
• Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe (Politico)
• Democrats expand Senate control, yet splits remain (Reuters)
• Indonesia votes in presidential poll (AFP)
• Top Obama ally: New stimulus may be needed (AFP)
• Mental health problems growing for troops' kids (AP)
• Congress digs into spending bills (AP)
• Democrats divided on second stimulus (Politico)
• Did team Obama get it wrong on the stimulus? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Officials: Fate of Guantanamo detainees uncertain (AP)

Bipartisan bill on health care suffers a setback (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - Attempts to draft bipartisan health care legislation in the Senate have suffered a significant setback, with Democratic leaders objecting to a proposed tax on high-cost health benefits.

Mixed results for Obama's first Moscow summit (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - For two days, President Barack Obama pressed the reset button with Russia. The results: He ended up getting the expected agreement on deep cuts in nuclear arsenals, but he is leaving Moscow with few assurances of Kremlin help in solving other issues key to his foreign policy agenda.

Democrats wave Franken as trophy over limping GOP (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - Turns out that not-funny senator bit was an act.

Mullen: Strike on Iran an option, but a bad one (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT AP - A military strike to thwart Iran's nuclear weapons capability remains on the table but could have grave and unpredictable consequences, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday.

Dems moonwalk the Jackson minefield (Politico) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:58 PM PDT Politico - At about 3 p.m. Tuesday, civil rights hero John Lewis (D-Ga.) rose in a nearly-empty House chamber to express his support for a resolution recognizing the slaves who toiled and died while building the Capitol.

Political rivals in Honduras accept mediation (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:36 PM PDT AP - Both sides in Honduras' leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted last month in a coup.

Palin returns to work, defends decision to resign (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - Gov. Sarah Palin returned to the spotlight Tuesday with an appearance in a remote Arctic village where she stood by her perplexing decision to resign just as she tries to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 presidential run.

Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.

Sotomayor critics step up rhetoric before hearing (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT AP - Conservatives stepped up their criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday, but it was unclear how far Senate Republicans were willing to go to create bumps in what appears to be a smooth road to confirmation for President Barack Obama's first high-court choice.

Hatch calls for Justice investigation into BCS (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate college football's Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws.

Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe (Politico) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:29 PM PDT Politico - Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was deposed Tuesday by attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel’s chairman.

Democrats expand Senate control, yet splits remain (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - Democrats achieved their biggest majority in the U.S. Senate in decades on Tuesday as Al Franken of Minnesota finally took his seat -- but President Barack Obama will still have to fight hard to muster the votes to pass healthcare reform and other major initiatives.

Indonesia votes in presidential poll (AFP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:42 PM PDT AFP - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looked set for re-election Wednesday as Indonesia went to the polls in only its second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship.

Top Obama ally: New stimulus may be needed (AFP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT AFP - One of US President Barack Obama's top allies in Congress said Tuesday that lawmakers must be open to seeking a second economic stimulus package to fight a stubborn recession and create jobs.

Mental health problems growing for troops' kids (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT AP - Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war, and there was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons.

Congress digs into spending bills (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - The Senate took up a $42.9 billion measure funding homeland security programs on Tuesday as Capitol Hill's appropriations season revved into high gear.

Democrats divided on second stimulus (Politico) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:04 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama says there’s “nothing” he “would have done differently” about his economic stimulus plan, but one of his top outside economic advisers says the plan was “a bit too small.” Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says the idea of a second stimulus is a “non-starter,” but Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says it “should be on the table.”

Did team Obama get it wrong on the stimulus? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 02:45 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? That's the question du jour following a dismal June employment report last week and Vice President Joe Biden's Sunday talk-show confession that the administration "misread" the economy.

Officials: Fate of Guantanamo detainees uncertain (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - Basic questions remain unanswered over how to prosecute or otherwise deal with hundreds of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Obama administration lawyers acknowledged Tuesday, just over six months before the prison is expected to close.

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