Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:33:01 GMT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)

Group Sotomayor belonged to sued over job tests (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:19:01 GMT In this Monday, June 1, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House Complex in Washington. A civil rights group advised by Sotomayor in the 1980's brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored highly enough, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:36:43 GMT The soaring national debt is recorded on the National Debt Clock in New York, Friday, July 3, 2009. Already complicating efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to cope with the worst recession in decades, economists warn that the mountain of debt easily could become the next full-fledged economic crisis without firm action from Washington. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)

Palin resignation splits GOP (Politico) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:51:37 GMT Politico - Skeptics say Friday’s events diminished and perhaps demolished Palin's 2012 presidential hopes.

Palin plans to stay visible (Politico) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:14:13 GMT Politico - She will give serious consideration to running for president in 2012, but has made no decision, friends tell POLITICO.

Obama begins July 4th celebration at Camp David (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:31 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers.

Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:42 GMT President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republicans To Probe Sotomayor's Views on Racial Bias (CQPolitics.com) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:26:21 GMT CQPolitics.com - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled anew Friday that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will be questioned about lawsuits charging racial bias during her tenure on the board of a Latino legal advocacy group.

Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months (AP) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:17:55 GMT AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.

OAS chief tells Honduras to let Zelaya go back (Reuters) Politics News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:44 GMT Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool