AP - Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, bringing a surprising end to a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.

AP - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are scratching to survive in races all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands.

AP - A week after conceding the tight GOP primary to Joe Miller, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's not a quitter and is "still in this game."

Reuters - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced on Tuesday he would not run for re-election, ending a political dynasty in which a Daley has reigned over the nation's third-largest city for much of the past half century.

AP - U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to New York in late September to address a summit to spur the achievement of U.N. goals to combat poverty and the annual ministerial meeting of the General Assembly.

AP - President Barack Obama has congratulated Julia Gillard on becoming Australia's newest prime minister and on forming a government after a 17-day deadlock.

AP - The Arizona Green Party is asking a judge to kick 11 Green candidates off the November ballot amid allegations they were recruited by Republican officials to siphon votes from Democrats.

AP - Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, a surprising end — at least for now — of a dynasty whose surname became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.

AP - Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more in the House — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands and putting Republicans in charge.

Billionaire liberal activist George Soros announced today that he plans to donate $100 million to Human Rights Watch (HRW) – a “non-partisan, watch dog” organization that purports to alert the United Nations on human rights abuses.  HRW, however, is better known for demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay and civilian trials for its detainees. Soros [...]

The Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., which closed late Friday, due to health and safety concerns – was the first abortion clinic to shut down under the state’s new law governing such facilities. Gov. Bobby Jindal signed the bill – Act 490 – into law earlier this year. Gene Mills, executive director [...]

AP - President Barack Obama's news conference on Friday is set for 11 a.m. Eastern time.

After receiving intense public and political pressure, the online classified giant, Craigslist, finally blocked its adult services section – re-energizing the debate over decency and the First Amendment. In what appears to be an act of bold defiance, Craigslist replaced on its U.S.-based portal sites on Friday the category “adult services” with “censored” in bold [...]

AFP - New opinion polls Tuesday made painful reading for President Barack Obama's Democrats, cementing conventional wisdom that they face a pounding by Republicans in November's congressional elections.

AFP - President Barack Obama's pick to be his new budget chief will face a key US Senate committee next week in a confirmation hearing barely seven weeks before key elections, the panel announced Tuesday.

Tom Minnery analyzes what’s in the future for the economy, jobs and your family.

Reuters - Republicans in Congress showed little willingness to help President Barack Obama approve $350 billion in measures to boost the economy with midterm elections less than two months away.

Reuters - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.

AP - The first TV attack ad in the Rhode Island race to succeed Patrick Kennedy in Congress goes after Providence Mayor David Cicilline (sis-uh-LEE'-nee) for his city's economic woes.

Reuters - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday said the Senate would return for a "mopping up" session after the November election, and that he hoped to find support for a national renewable energy standard by year end.