AP - President Barack Obama will fly to Mexico for a two-day summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

AP - The popular 'cash-for-clunkers' program that has encouraged consumers in Europe and the U.S. to trade in their old cars for newer and more efficient models was born in December 2008 when French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a euro26 billion ($37.36 billion) stimulus plan to help the country ward off a recession.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Although hundreds of well-trained eyes are watching over the $700 billion that Congress last year decided to spend bailing out the nation's financial sector, it's still difficult to answer some of the most basic questions about where the money went.

AP - Penny Taylor scored seven points of her 18 points in overtime, including a key 3-pointer with 1:03 remaining, to lift the Phoenix Mercury to a 101-90 over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night.

Politico - Underneath the radar some of the Republican Party’s next, best hopes are laying groundwork for the bid.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in oil-rich Angola to underscore America's presence in one of sub-Saharan Africa's largest energy producers where America is competing with China for resources.

AP - The Obama administration has told some members of Congress that it plans to pick a former FBI special agent to head the federal agency charged with keeping terrorists off airplanes.

AP - Exiled opposition leaders from Myanmar came together at the U.N. on Friday to present a plan for a democratic future in their homeland and ask the U.N. to transmit it to the country's military rulers.

AP - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili defiantly marked the first anniversary of his country's war with Russia on Friday, denouncing Russian troops who control two Georgian regions as 'invaders.'

AP - The White House national security adviser says he's confident the administration will meet President Barack Obama's deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by January.

AP - The White House says Iran has confirmed it has three American hikers in custody.

AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser says it appears that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is still in charge.

AP - The Senate's Republican leader says the economy doesn't need any more stimulus spending and the Obama administration should turn its attention toward dealing with the national debt.

AP - Britain's Foreign Office says a staff member at its embassy in Iran has been put on trial in Tehran.

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States has no illusions that Iran will accept overtures to return to negotiations about its nuclear program and will not wait much longer for Tehran to respond.

AP - A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee says more troops are needed in Afghanistan and is warning that the U.S. must not 'Rumsfeld' the war.

AP - When President Barack Obama visited Mexico in April, the now-global swine flu epidemic — unbeknownst to the White House — had just begun there and an Obama aide returned home sick.

Politico - Secretary of state says the U.S. understands the window may be closing on Iran talks.

AP - The Obama administration said Sunday it is willing to hold direct talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons if it first resumes international negotiations.

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday hailed the Russian victory in a war with Georgia a year ago, saying it showed the nation's strength and boosted its role in the world.

AP - Four pro-Western parties that out-polled Moldova's governing Communists in recent elections agreed Saturday on a coalition deal to form a new government.

CQPolitics.com - Timing is everything in politics and economics: Just ask Barack Obama. Thus it's not a huge surprise that the fate of the Democrats in the next election may depend in no small part on something as seemingly inconsequential and potentially frivolous as 'cash for clunkers.'

AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser did not rule adding more U.S. forces in Afghanistan to help turn around a war that he said on Sunday is not now in crisis.

AP - A former California priest extradited from the U.S. appeared in a British court Saturday, charged with sexually abusing young boys.

Politico - With nearly $5 billion in stimulus funds, he hopes to reshape the nation's school system.  

Politico - Obama will engage in 18 hours of speed diplomacy with the United States’ bordering neighbors.

AP - Pope Benedict XVI says that Nazi concentration camps were 'extreme symbols of evil' and hell on earth.

Time.com - The U.S. and Mexican Presidents will look at why efforts to stem the southbound gun trade are not bearing fruit

CQPolitics.com - Rhode Island, a state known for its idiosyncrasies in voting, may elect its first independent governor next year.