Courts/Law
By Sarah Ostman/ Chicago Sun Times
Rod Blagojevich has been the main event in the corruption sweep known as Operation Board Games -- but he's not the only one with a stake in Tuesday's partial verdict.
KQED News
By Jordan Fabian and Susan Crabtree / The Hill
The Justice Department has ended a six-year investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
Economics
The Coalition for the $1 Coin argues that greenbacks add to the nation's debt.
By Shawn Zeller/ Congress.org
By Alan Zibel/Associated Press
Education
Energy & Environment
Reuters
By The Associated Press, Bloomington Pantagraph
By Staff, Lansing State Journal
Entertainment
Wall Street Journal
A new game to be released by EA Sports has many people concerned over the subject matter. As in every competitive video game there are good guys and bad guys but is playing U.S. Army verse Taliban going too far?
Rebecca Hagelin/ The Washington Times
By Lee Margulies,LA Times
Schlessinger, under fire since using a racial slur on her radio show, won't renew her contract. 'I want my 1st Amendment rights back,' she says, citing threats.
Faith
By Kathleen Gilbert/ LifeSite News.com
Chad Groening � OneNewsNow
wrightandleftreport.com
By Aaron J. Leichman|Christian Post Reporter
By Rob Stein/ Washington Post
The Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new form of emergency contraception that can prevent a pregnancy as many as five days after sex.
Government
The U.S. House is in recess and scheduled to return on Tuesday, September 14. The Senate is due to return Monday, September 13.
RECENT HOUSE VOTES
Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act - Passed (247-161, 25 Not Voting). The bill provides $16.1 billion to extend increased Medicaid assistance to states and $10 billion in funding for states to create or retain teachers' jobs. The bill was then sent to the president, who signed it into law.
By: Mark Tapscott/ Washington Examiner
Health
By Gregory Karp Tribune reporter
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued tips for consumers worried about the recall of 228 million eggs linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning.
Immigration
Pew Hispanic Center
An estimated 340,000 of the 4.3 million babies born in the United States in 2008 were the offspring of unauthorized immigrants, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Media
By Bob Unruh/ WorldNetDaily
Says 'bigots,' 'racists,' 'freaks' intended to criticize 'birthers' generally
By Elaine Woo/ LA Times
His strongly conservative viewpoints on politics, law and language appeared in hundreds of newspapers over the last five decades and made him a popular, even parodied, television pundit.
Politics
By CQ-Roll Call
Second Amendment
ISRA-PVF
Editorial/Commentary
John Hawkins/ Townhall.com
by Chuck Norris/ Human Events
