Politico - President Obama’s plan to empty the detention center appears to suffer another blow.

AP - An American has lost his court battle in Switzerland with a member of the ruling United Arab Emirates' family who whipped him in the face with a belt in a Geneva hotel bar.

CQPolitics.com - Last year, candidate Barack Obama zeroed in on a feature of John McCain's health care plan that would have taxed workers' benefits, branding it history's largest middle-class tax increase and saying it was too radical a proposition to seriously consider.

AP - Americans would be able to buy long-term care insurance from the government for $65 a month under a provision tucked into sweeping health care legislation that senators will begin considering next week.

AP - When US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River in January, the fuselage ruptured, sending water gushing into the cabin, and there didn't appear to be enough room in the available life rafts for all the passengers and crew.

AP - Sen. Dick Durbin was just 10 or 11 when he and his cousin Mike sneaked out behind a garage in East St. Louis, Ill., to have a smoke, Durbin's first. He didn't care much for the taste of the cigarette but, unfortunately, Mike did.

AP - Lawmakers rarely shine a positive spotlight on lobbyists, much less publicly toast them and rave about their style on Capitol Hill.

AP - A state senator and small-town lawyer pulled off a surprising win in Virginia's Democratic primary for governor, besting a former legislative colleague and the well-funded Terry McAuliffe, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Politico - In an Ideas piece, Antle says no faction in the GOP got everything it wanted out of the Bush years.

Politico - Obama tells America’s McDonald’s-loving, couch-dwelling, doctor-phobic populace that things are about to change.

AP - Which top-selling artist purportedly had his new single yanked from some radio stations playlists in retaliation for supporting royalties for musicians?

AP - The brother of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, beaming with pride about her accomplishments, says critics of the federal appeals judge just don't know her.

AP - The head of a congressional panel overseeing the federal financial system bailout fund says Washington initially underestimated how much banks in America were struggling to stay afloat.

AP - Seven key nations neared agreement Tuesday on a new U.N. resolution that would toughen sanctions against North Korea for defying the Security Council and conducting a second nuclear test, but diplomats said Russia still had problems with the text.

Bloomberg - June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Doug Elmendorf, a low-profile economist who leads a little-known congressional office, may hold more sway in the debate over President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul than many lawmakers, administration officials or lobbyists.

Politico - He enlists the secretary of state in his effort to block the so-called torture pictures of terror detainees.

AP - The task for President Barack Obama's auto task force Wednesday is to answer senators' questions about the use of taxpayer money to bail out General Motors and Chrysler.

AP - Despite high-profile promises over the past 25 years, many disabled Americans still are unable to fully participate in their democracy.

AP - The son of auto racing boss Max Mosley died from an accidental drug overdose last month, a London coroner said Wednesday.

AP - Britain's police watchdog investigated brutality allegations Wednesday against six London officers who were suspended over claims they abused suspects arrested in drug raids.

AFP - US President Barack Obama risks creating 'future Guantanamos' by continuing his predecessor's policy of indefinitely holding Al-Qaeda suspects, a prominent Democrat warned on Tuesday.

AP - The top Senate Republican is accusing Democrats of moving too hastily on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination.

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a former State Department employee and his wife held without bond on charges of spying for Cuba after prosecutors argued they are a serious flight risk and could endanger the United States by sharing what they know.

AP - A House committee unanimously approved four articles of impeachment against a federal judge Wednesday in an attempt to remove him from office for lying about sexually assaulting two women.

AP - Proposals that would help disabled seniors and healthy young adults are among dozens of provisions tucked into sweeping health care legislation that senators will begin considering next week.

Reuters - Outspoken brokerage executive Peter Schiff, who early on predicted the financial market meltdown and current recession, is considering running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican seeking to displace Connecticut's Christopher Dodd.

AP - When US Airways Flight 1549 splashed into the Hudson River in January, the fuselage ruptured, sending water gushing into the cabin. Passengers, some with water up to their necks, struggled to reach exits. There weren't enough life rafts for everyone because two rafts in the rear of the plane were underwater.

AFP - Chrysler and Fiat on Wednesday created a new global auto giant after the US Supreme Court cleared the way for their alliance in a milestone for the world auto industry.

AP - Russia agreed Wednesday to take 3 metric tons of spent fuel from a closed Serbian nuclear reactor to ensure the radioactive waste does not end up in terrorist hands, officials said.

AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi began his first visit to Italy on Wednesday with a warm embrace from Premier Silvio Berlusconi, evidence of better ties between the energy-rich desert nation and its former colonial ruler.

AP - News Corp. is forming an external diversity council in response to pressure over a New York Post cartoon that critics said compared President Barack Obama to a dead chimpanzee.

AP - Quiet down, Rush and Newt. Zip your lips, Nancy and Harry. Centrist politics trumped ideological extremes.

Politico - Former White House adviser Karl Rove lashes out at the New York Times columnist.

Politico - calling the “Late Show” host’s jokes about one of her daughters “disgusting” and “sexually perverted.”

AP - House Republicans are calling for a hundred new nuclear power plants to be built in the next two decades as part of legislation they say is a better alternative than one championed by Democrats.

AP - Londoners squeezed onto overcrowded buses, boarded river boats, pedaled bikes or walked in the rain Wednesday — as thousands of subway workers went on strike and drove the capital to transportation chaos.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will put women and girls first in the fight against AIDS.

AP - A law enforcement official said Wednesday that James Von Brunn, an elderly white supremacist, is being investigated as the prime suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum.

AP - President Barack Obama plans to speak to the American Medical Association on Monday to push for his health care overhaul.

AP - As the government spends billions bailing out cash-strapped businesses and homeowners, Americans might wonder whether their lawmakers are refinancing their own mortgages or benefiting from relief they backed.

AP - Pakistan faces a 'major crisis' in managing damage and dislocation from its U.S.-endorsed military offensive against the Taliban, the Obama administration's special envoy to the region said Wednesday.

AP - A woman charged with the murder of one of France's richest men during sex games begged his family's forgiveness Wednesday at the start of her trial in Switzerland.

AP - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers Wednesday to work through partisan differences that are threatening health care legislation just as it starts moving through Congress.

Bloomberg - June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Doug Elmendorf, an economist who leads the Congressional Budget Office, may hold more sway in the debate over President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul than many lawmakers, administration officials or lobbyists.

AP - The Obama administration and Sen. Chuck Schumer want to step up pressure on human-trafficking operations by taking away their safe houses.

Politico - Obama silences Richardson to keep North Korea situation on as low a public profile as possible.

AP - General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it could build its new small car in Michigan, Tennessee or Wisconsin. A decision is expected in weeks.

Reuters - New York's legislative session may have to be extended due to a 'diabolical situation' that has Democrats and Republicans both claiming to lead the state Senate, Governor David Paterson said on Wednesday.

AP - Senators on Wednesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a 2005 recommendation that airlines be required to check the training histories of pilots they hire, an issue in a February air crash near Buffalo, N.Y.

AP - A woman jumped a fence onto White House property Tuesday and was immediately taken into custody, the Secret Service said.

AP - New American troops pouring into southern Afghanistan will allow NATO-led forces to drive deeper into the heart of the Taliban insurgency, the Dutch general commanding allied forces in the region said Wednesday.

Reuters - President Barack Obama's administration appears even more disposed to permit exports of advanced U.S. arms than that of President George W. Bush, a senior Boeing Co executive said Wednesday.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress soon might mute screaming TV-ad announcers who press viewers to 'buy now!' — if broadcasters don't beat the lawmakers to the volume button.

CQPolitics.com - Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds' big win in Tuesday's Democratic primary for governor has him back in the arena with a familiar adversary: Republican Bob McDonnell, but this time the stakes are higher, the stage is larger and the political scrutiny more intense.

Politico - The report was roundly criticized by Republicans for painting conservatives as a threat.

Politico - Says he appreciates McAuliffe being his 'canary in the mine.'

AP - From its inception, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has brought haters to its doors, with several dozen people protesting the 1993 dedication carrying signs such as, 'Stop the big lie — the gas chamber hoax!'

AP - Congressional investigators say they have seen internal documents that prove the Federal Reserve threatened to force the ouster of Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis if he didn't follow through with plans to buy Merrill Lynch & Co.

AP - Strong winds have knocked down a tree on the White House's North Lawn.

AP - Perfect lines of white crosses curving behind him, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates used a somber visit to the graves of thousands of American dead from World War II to appeal Wednesday for similar unity and resolve in the current war in Afghanistan.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — To the relief of the Obama administration, the South Pacific island nation of Palau agreed Wednesday to take the 17 Chinese Uighurs still being held at Guantanamo, the first major release of detainees since President Barack Obama announced his plan to close the prison by next January.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Internal Bank of America documents and e-mails among federal banking regulators show that federal officials leaned on the bank to seal the acquisition of Merrill Lynch in December or else face a management upheaval if the company wanted government assistance.

CQPolitics.com - It wasn't the ruling everyone is waiting for, but a Minnesota court did issue a decision Wednesday that puts to rest one element in the ongoing dispute over the 2008 Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.

Politico - Republicans dig for evidence of improper behavior related to the fire sale purchase of Merrill Lynch.

AP - President Barack Obama's auto task force told skeptical lawmakers Wednesday the government had no plans to pump more dollars into General Motors and Chrysler and that the public had a 'reasonable probability' of getting its money back.

AP - The Obama administration wants tougher environmental reviews for coal companies that mine the Appalachians by blasting off mountaintops and discarding the rubble in stream valleys.