Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, seeking to keep him in place to steer the world's largest economy out of its deepest downturn since the Great Depression.

AP - The Obama administration is setting strict new standards for treatment of terror suspects, as the Justice Department launches a criminal probe of past interrogation tactics during President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.

AP - The U.S. military is rethinking its 'golden hour' goal for critically injured troops, questioning whether it should spend a little longer evacuating patients to get them to a better hospital.

AFP - The staggering fiscal deficit plaguing the Obama administration will come under focus Tuesday as new US government budget estimates and updated economic forecasts are released.

Politico - Rule One: Never put something on the calendar that interferes with his duties as First Dad.

Politico - Most people have performance reviews to determine whether they keep their jobs. Bernanke has the Dow.

AP - A map of the warmest spots of London's subway system was released Monday, revealing what commuters already know: It can get hot on the Tube.

AP - North Korea has invited top envoys of President Barack Obama to visit the communist nation in what would be the first nuclear negotiations between the two countries under his presidency, a news report said Tuesday.

Bloomberg - Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- A mission to defeat the Taliban was under way this month amid the funnel cakes, corn dogs and giant purple robot strolling the midway at the state fair in Sedalia, Missouri.

AP - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a massive school closing wouldn't stop the spread of the swine flu virus, saying vaccinations must be the defense against a menace that one report said could infect up to half of the population.

Bloomberg - Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said President Barack Obama’s nomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to a second term is “probably the right choice,’’ assuring support critical for confirmation.

Reuters - The possibility that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may pitch his tent in the town of Englewood, New Jersey, while attending the U.N. General Assembly next month had local officials in uproar on Monday.

CQPolitics.com - President Obama will announce Tuesday morning that he will nominate Ben S. Bernanke to another term as the chairman of the Federal Reserve, according to a White House aide.

AP - The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in rival economic outlooks.

AP - With just two weeks of training, or about half the time it takes to become a truck driver, the CIA certified its spies as interrogation experts after 9/11 and handed them the keys to the most coercive tactics in the agency's arsenal.

Politico - Former veep says harsh interrogation techniques gave bulk of 'intelligence we gained about al Qaeda'

AP - An international forum in Turkey on Tuesday sought to boost aid and investment in Pakistan as a way to support its democratic institutions and curb violence there.

AP - Swedish file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay has been temporarily shut down after a Stockholm court ordered one of its Internet providers to stop serving the site.

AFP - President Barack Obama Tuesday awarded Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a second term, saying his bold 'out-of-the-box' thinking would help steer the US economy out of the worst slump since the 1930s.

CQPolitics.com - President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he would reappoint Ben S. Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, setting in motion a confirmation process that will be rife with hard questions for a chairman that has spearheaded the largest market intervention in U.S. history.

Politico - 'The recession will end in the second half of 2009,” the White House says in its Mid-Session Review.

AP - Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care agenda are ramping up their efforts with rallies and bus tours starting this week, aiming to counter increasing public skepticism leading up to Congress' post-Labor Day return to Washington.

AP - North Korea has invited top U.S. envoys to visit the communist nation in what would be the countries' first nuclear talks since President Barack Obama was elected, a news report said Tuesday. But the U.S. said there are no plans for a visit.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday said this year's federal budget deficit will reach $1.58 trillion, less than projected this spring but still historically high — and offered a bleak fiscal forecast that threatens to pose serious problems for President Barack Obama's economic agenda.

AP - The world's largest pilots union wants the federal government to ban the shipment of lithium batteries on passenger and cargo planes.

Politico - White House Mid-Session Review projects the recession will end this year - but shows rising red ink.

AP - A day after playing golf with the chairman of the UBS banking giant, President Barack Obama hit the links during his Martha's Vineyard vacation with an assistant White House chef.

AP - A Justice Department official says Attorney General Eric Holder has picked prosecutor John Durham to investigate CIA mistreatment of terror suspects.

AP - With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm Tuesday as media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate.

AP - Prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder charges against a man who fatally stabbed a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German court — a killing that caused outrage in her native country and beyond.

AFP - US President Barack Obama's administration and a Congressional financial watchdog projected Tuesday swelling 10-year government budget deficits, posing key challenges to his ambitious health care reform and climate change plans.

CQPolitics.com - House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel, already beset by a series of ethics investigations, has disclosed hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously unreported assets.

AP - The Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees in an effort to cut costs at a time when the post office is being buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment.

AP - The Obama administration says it will keep in mind the 'raw sensitivities' of the families of Lockerbie bombing victims as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi prepares for a visit next month to the United Nations.

AP - The world's largest pilots union said Tuesday it wants bulk shipments of lithium batteries and products containing the batteries banned from passenger and cargo planes because they can start a fire.

AP - NAME — Ben Bernanke.

AP - An investigation of German professors suspected of accepting bribes to advise doctoral candidates could last months, as prosecutors try to untangle the links between a bankrupt consulting firm and university instructors across the country.

AP - Veterans of the French Resistance have joined President Nicolas Sarkozy in a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from the Nazi occupation.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama spared himself one big potential headache by deciding to keep Ben Bernanke in the central bank chief's job rather than turning to his adviser Lawrence Summers.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The White House and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that this year's federal budget deficit will top $1.58 trillion, less than projected this spring but still historically high — high enough to pose serious problems for President Barack Obama's agenda.

CQPolitics.com - House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel, already beset by a series of ethics investigations, has disclosed more than $500,000 in previously unreported assets.

AP - Giving Ben Bernanke a second term as Federal Reserve chairman was the politically safe course for a president beset by multiple crises and wanting no new battles.

AP - With just two weeks of training, or about half the time it takes to become a truck driver, the CIA certified its spies as interrogation experts after 9/11 and handed them the keys to the most coercive tactics in the agency's arsenal.

Politico - In his inner circle, there's considerable debate as to whether the job is a good fit for Giuliani.

Politico - A N.J. mayor blasted federal officials on Tuesday for not doing enough to stop Qadhafi's upcoming visit.

AP - The U.S. military is rethinking its 'golden hour' goal for critically injured troops, questioning whether it should spend a little longer evacuating patients to get them to a better hospital.

AFP - Some US Senators expressed worries or outright disgust Tuesday at President Barack Obama's announcement that he was nominating Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term.

AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut, saying that thousands of documents that were generated by lawsuits against priests for alleged sexual abuse cannot remain sealed.

AP - A wealthy investment banker and prominent fundraiser for President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied to get a $74 million business loan that — once confronted by authorities — he hastily repaid.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday sent a reassuring message of continuity to financial markets and signaled to foreign lenders that the Obama administration won't tolerate a return to high inflation.

Politico - Obama chooses John Brennan, who was at the heart of Bush’s intelligence effort, to play a key role in interrogation policies.

AP - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut, saying that thousands of documents generated by lawsuits against six priests for alleged sexual abuse cannot remain sealed.

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's extremist Taliban movement acknowledged Tuesday that its leader, Baitullah Mehsud, had died in the aftermath of a U.S. drone missile attack early this month and confirmed that two men would replace him.

Politico - Rep. failed to report more than $660k in assets during 2007, a potential violation of House ethics rules.

AP - The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has authorized the emergency use of a swine flu test for U.S. troops overseas, allowing the military to speed up diagnoses and treatment of a virus that could cause widespread infections again this fall.

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's extremist Taliban movement acknowledged Tuesday that its leader, Baitullah Mehsud, had died in the aftermath of a U.S. drone missile attack early this month and confirmed that two men would replace him.

Politico - Freshman Democrat says his party failed to frame the health care reform issue early on.

AP - A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed four police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said.

AFP - A ballooning US government budget deficit that could reach nine trillion dollars over a decade threatens to dent President Barack Obama's reform plans and thwart long term economic growth.