AP - The big goals of the new American general taking charge of the war in Afghanistan start with fixing a problem that bedeviled the man he is replacing: the repeated, inadvertent killing of civilians.

AP - Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Friday she shares the concerns of lawmakers who want to apply federal wage and hour laws to an estimated 1.5 million home health-care workers.

AP - President Barack Obama is seeking to help pay for his health care plan by sharply reducing the government's medical spending, mainly by trimming payments to prescription drugmakers, hospitals and other care providers.

AP - Republicans on Saturday slammed a Democratic bill before the House that seeks to address climate change, arguing that it amounts to an energy tax on consumers.

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed an additional $313 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to pay for healthcare reforms expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade.

Politico - Bill Clinton has jumped headlong into the 2010 election cycle, deploying his political star power to boost some of his family's most steadfast allies.

AFP - EU nations want to continue and deepen dialogue with Cuba, while remaining concerned at the lack of progress on human rights, diplomats said Friday.

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed an additional $313 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to pay for healthcare reforms expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade.

CQPolitics.com - President Obama on Saturday outlined a series of Medicare and Medicaid cuts he said would slice $313 billion in payments over 10 years so that the savings could be applied toward an overhaul of the U.S. health system.

AP - President Barack Obama started his health care push by reaching out to all sides. Now it's stuck in a partisan mess over his idea of a government insurance plan that would compete with private companies.

AP - An elderly man enters a crowded museum carrying a rifle and begins shooting. A young man in Arkansas pulls outside a military recruiting office. Another man opens fire in a Kansas church.

AP - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has bonded with female senators about her childhood love of Nancy Drew mysteries and shared war stories with the Senate's former prosecutors about her days in the gritty Manhattan district attorney's office.

AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave Italians a contradictory take on women's rights Friday, criticizing Islam's treatment of women but then suggesting it should be up to male relatives to decide if a woman can drive.

AP - President Barack Obama's special Mideast envoy said Saturday that Syria has a key role to play in forging peace in the region during a visit that marked the strongest U.S. push yet to improve relations with the country.

AFP - One year after the Supreme Court granted prisoners at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts, few have benefited from the ruling due to political concerns.

AP - A look at some key points in the U.N. Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test in defiance of an earlier ban.

AFP - US envoy George Mitchell said on Saturday Damascus had an integral role to play in Washington's efforts to secure Middle East peace, after meeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Bloomberg - June 13 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the government can save $313 billion over the next 10 years by forcing greater efficiency in Medicare, demanding better prices from drugmakers and cutting the number of uninsured Americans.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday new U.N. penalties against North Korea provide the necessary tools to help check the communist nation's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Politico - The notion of an “Obama effect” sweeping the Middle East appeared to collide with the realities of the Islamic Republic of Iran Saturday.

AP - The White House says it is monitoring Iran's presidential election results, including reports of voter fraud.

AFP - North Korea said it would weaponise all of its plutonium and start enriching uranium in response to UN Security Council sanctions slapped on it for missile firings and a nuclear test.

Bloomberg - June 13 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the government can save $313 billion over the next 10 years by forcing greater efficiency in Medicare, demanding better prices from drugmakers and cutting the number of uninsured Americans.

AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, but hospitals, medical technicians and others are resisting.

AFP - G8 finance chiefs on Saturday warned the global economic outlook remained uncertain and risky despite 'signs of stabilisation' after talks in southern Italy.

AFP - The G8 leading world economies see 'signs of stabilisation' but the situation is still uncertain and 'significant risks remain,' G8 finance ministers said on Saturday after talks in Italy.

AP - Not just oops. Oval Office oops.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's highly disputed reelection victory will complicate President Barack Obama's push for better relations with the Islamic republic.

CQPolitics.com - Some economic disputes seem destined to be decided in a political setting, and no amount of economic theorizing or empirical work will knock one set of opponents or the other off its position, at least not for very long.

AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, but hospitals, medical technicians and others are resisting.

Politico - Firefighter Frank Ricci has the stuff to emerge from nowhere as an icon in conservative circles.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday new U.N. penalties against North Korea provide the necessary tools to help check the communist nation's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.

AP - President Barack Obama started his health care push by reaching out to all sides. Now it's stuck in a partisan mess over his idea of a government insurance plan that would compete with private companies.

AP - Republicans on Saturday slammed a Democratic bill before the House that seeks to address climate change, arguing that it amounts to an energy tax on consumers.

McClatchy Newspapers - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A new Islamic militia leader has emerged in Pakistan to openly challenge al Qaida-affiliated warlord Baitullah Mehsud for the first time from within his own tribe, marking the start of a bloody confrontation in the wild Waziristan region that could have profound consequences for both Pakistan and the West.

AP - President Barack Obama started his health care push by reaching out to all sides. Now it's stuck in a partisan mess over his idea of a government insurance plan that would compete with private companies.

AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, but hospitals, medical technicians and others are resisting.

AP - An elderly man enters a crowded museum carrying a rifle and begins shooting. A young man in Arkansas pulls the trigger outside a military recruiting office. Another man opens fire in a Kansas church.

AP - Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that Americans should be mindful of the nation's changing demographics, which led to the election of Barack Obama as president.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday new U.N. penalties against North Korea provide the necessary tools to help check the communist nation's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.