AP - Iceland's prime minister made history last week when she wed her longtime girlfriend, becoming the world's first head of government to enter a gay marriage.

Politico - The additional domestic spending will require new negotiations with the Senate .

AP - Britain will hold a public referendum next year on overhauling its voting system — a potentially radical change that could see the country frequently led by European-style coalition governments rather than by one strong party.

AP - European and U.S. environmentalists demanded action Friday after an obscure U.N. advisory panel lent credence to their claims that industrialized nations are wasting billions of dollars on carbon-cutting projects.

AFP - US President Barack Obama paid tribute to the 'immeasurable bravery' of US troops as he and the nation celebrated Independence Day.

AP - A gunman wounded a Serb member of Kosovo's parliament on Monday, police said, in an attack that could further stoke ethnic tensions in the unstable region.

CQPolitics.com - TOPEKA -- Kansas Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt squabbled about the differences in their mostly similar Congressional voting records when the two faced off Tuesday night in the first statewide televised debate in their battle to win the Republican Senate nomination next month.

AP - President Barack Obama is talking to voters again about jobs and the economy. But he's also concerned with two jobs in particular: Senate seats for Democrats in Missouri and Nevada.

AP - Judges of the International Criminal Court suspended the trial of an accused Congolese warlord on Thursday, saying the prosecution's refusal to disclose information had rendered it unfair.

AP - A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister continued a hunger strike for a second day Friday to demand the U.N. halt its investigation into alleged wartime abuses, despite the world body's decision to recall its top Colombo-based official and shut its regional office.

Reuters - Some business groups, upset about budget and regulatory policies they say are costing jobs, are accusing President Barack Obama of pursuing an agenda that is hurting the U.S. economic recovery.

AP - The Pentagon is at odds with gay rights groups after sending out a survey asking troops what they would do if gays were allowed to serve openly.

Reuters - Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday.

CQPolitics.com - House Republicans are providing some of their key candidates with valuable assets: friends in high places.

AP - A researcher who Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis blamed for plagiarism allegations says he won't sign a letter from the campaign owning up to what happened because he claims McInnis is lying.

CQPolitics.com - Recent financial reports show Rep. John Barrow is burying former state Sen. Regina Thomas in a mountain of cash ahead of their Democratic primary in Georgia's 12th district next week. The primary is one of several top races on the Peach State docket Tuesday.

AP - Amid growing concerns about the war in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to South Asia on a mission aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old conflict.

Politico - For the senator, fighting the last war might end up being the path to reelection.

USA TODAY - Meet Lesley Hollywood, stay-at-home mom turned kingmaker. She has in short order become director of the Northern Colorado Tea Party and state coordinator of the national Tea Party Patriots, leading some of the had-it-up-to-here conservatives who have flipped the Senate race in this swing state upside down.

AP - With a flurry of flapping wings and a cacophony of confused squeaking, the swan and her downy young cygnets were plucked from the River Thames and passed from boat to shore.

Politico - The former Georgia Secretary of State finished first in the GOP primary for governor Tuesday night.

Reuters - Lebanon will raise accusations of Israeli espionage at the United Nations, Information Minister Tareq Mitri said on Wednesday, after two telecom workers were arrested and charged with spying for the Jewish state.

Politico - A surprising win in Senate for small business loan plan after Republicans try to label it a TARP revival,

Politico - Black lawmakers are concerned that Charlie Crist will steal supporters from Kendrick Meek.

AP - Gunmen opened fire on security guards at a provincial food market in the southern Russian city of Samara on Saturday, killing at least two and wounding at least five other people, investigators said.

AP - A major federal investigation has found that dozens of military officials and defense contractors, including some with top-level security clearances, allegedly bought and downloaded child pornography on private or government computers.

Time.com - For a White House trying to maintain faltering support for the Afghanistan war, the WikiLeaks documents are yet another stumbling block

AP - The United Nations inspector who led a doomed hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq told Britain's inquiry into the 2003 invasion Tuesday that the U.S. and U.K. relied on flawed intelligence and showed dubious judgment in the buildup to war.

Politico - Dems could have trouble fighting deep-pocketed companies in addition to the traditional GOP.

Politico - He doesn't say if aide acted without his knowledge.

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council extended the stay of peacekeepers in Sudan's western Darfur region by another year on Friday, telling the force to focus primarily on protecting civilians and aid deliveries.