“Liberal Democrats in the Senate are threatening to vote against energy legislation if it does not address global climate change,â€

President Obama will likely discuss “a climate change componentâ€

Gen. Stanley McChrystal “was ordered back to Washingtonâ€

“During his round of phone calls to top officials of the Obama administration whom he and his team disparaged to a Rolling Stone reporter, Gen. Stanley McChrystal said, ‘I've compromised the mission,'â€

BP replaced a cap on its broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico “after a deep-sea blunder forced crews to temporarily remove what has been the most effective method so far for containingâ€

Congressional negotiators reached agreement “to reconcile competing versions of the biggest overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression.â€

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), Congress' longest-serving member in history “best known for his ardent defense of both the U.S. Constitution his love of Senate history,â€

At the first day of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings, Republicans “took the unusual approach of attacking Kagan because she admired the late justice Thurgood Marshall.â€

On Thursday, President Obama will deliver an address at American University to “make the case for providing a path to legal status for the estimated 11 million people who live in the U.S. illegally.â€

The Obama administration launched a new health care reform website yesterday that provides information to the public on “the full range of public and private health insurance plansâ€

The economy lost 125,000 jobs last month, largely due to a decrease of 225,000 jobs in the number of temporary employees working on Census 2010. Private-sector payroll employment actually increased by 83,000. The unemployment rate fell from 9.7 percent to 9.5 percent.

Mega lobbyist Tony Podesta brushed off concerns that lobbying reform could impair his business. “Whatever they're gonna do, they'll do,â€

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet today at the White House in an effort to move the Israelis and Palestinians to resume face-to-face peace talks. The “time has comeâ€

Hawaii governor Linda Lingle (R) vetoed a bill legalizing civil unions between same-sex couples, saying that she prefers the issue be voted on as a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot. “It seems like she is taking us back 100 years if we are going to decide civil-rights issues by majority rule,â€

Three people suspected of having links to al Qaeda were arrested in Norway and Germany today. “They are suspected of committing terrorist crimes, period,â€

President Obama said yesterday that the economy is “headed in the right direction,â€

At least 70 people died when terrorists detonated two bombs at two bars in Kampala, Uganda last night, killing scores of people who were watching the World Cup championship match. Ugandan security officials said the bombings were carried out by al-Shabaab, a militant Somali group with ties to al Qaeda.

The Obama administration will unveil new regulations this week that will make the claims process easier for veterans seeking compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “No longer will veterans have to prove what caused their illness. Instead they would have to show that the conditions at the time and place of their service could have contributed to their illness.â€

Nearly six in 10 voters say they lack faith in President Obama to make the right decisions for the country, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. Regard for Obama is still higher than it is for members of Congress, but just 43 percent of all Americans now say they approve of the job Obama is doing on the economy.

At least 1.4 million Americans have been unemployed for 99 weeks, the maximum period that an unemployed worker is eligible to receive unemployment insurance. “Their numbers have grown sixfold in the past three years.â€

The White House Council of Economic Advisers will unveil a report today estimating that President Obama's economic stimulus package “has saved or created 3 million jobs and is on track to meet its goal of 3.5 million jobs by the end of this year.â€

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing to discuss BP's role in securing the release of the Libyan terrorist Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, who was convicted for his role in the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing over Scotland. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said BP should freeze its operations in Libya because it “should not be allowed to profit on this deal at the expense of the victims of terrorism.â€

A group of leading economists have “produced a manifesto calling for more government stimulus and tax credits to put America back to work.â€