Politico - Of those polled, 74 percent also identified themselves as Republicans.

CQPolitics.com - House Republican leaders appear to be conflicted about outbursts on the House floor last weekend.

Politico - Televised health care summit capped a month-long comeback in the battle for reform.

AP - Late last year, President Barack Obama summoned the highest-ranking women on his staff to a dinner at the White House so he could ask them a question: Should he be worried about a nagging perception that his administration was a testosterone-fueled boys club?

AP - In the war of wills between the Obama administration and Israel over settlement construction, Israel has weathered — if not won — another round.

AP - Justice Antonin Scalia tends to see things as black or white. Justice Stephen Breyer sees a lot more gray.

AP - Some features of the health care overhaul bill President Barack Obama has signed, along with details on a package of changes under consideration by the Senate:

Politico - Party must convince liberals, seniors and independents of health care reform's value.

AFP - A convict in Texas is facing execution on Wednesday unless the US Supreme Court and the state's governor accept his last-minute appeal for DNA testing that he says will show his innocence.

Reuters - U.N. missions in several world troublespots neglected proper security procedures and financial controls, exposing the world body to unnecessary risks, according to an internal report made public on Tuesday.

AFP - US aerospace giant Boeing on Tuesday hailed a landmark World Trade Organization ruling on its dispute over state subsidies with its arch rival Airbus as 'good news' for the American aerospace industry.

Reuters - Israel plans to build more Jewish homes in occupied East Jerusalem, an Israeli official said on Wednesday, a day after talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama.

AP - Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin is accusing Republicans of engaging in a 'political exercise' by slowing progress on a bill designed to complete congressional passage of the health system overhaul.

Politico - It provides a weaker cap on greenhouse gas emissions than many environmentalists had hoped.

Politico - Dems remain confident as Republicans tee up a series of embarrassing votes on health care.

AP - A former Ohio police officer convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn daughter is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a new trial.

AP - Two British pilots escaped serious injury Tuesday after their jets crashed during an airborne stunt by the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows.

AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday the U.S. is close to finalizing a new nuclear arms deal with Russia and will likely sign the new treaty in Prague.

AP - He kept coming back to the letters.

Politico - In an Ideas piece, Offenheiser and Tercek say lawmakers can't neglect the people-nature link.

AP - The United States and Pakistan are pledging to boost and broaden relations to overcome mutual mistrust and suspicion that have arisen in recent years over Afghanistan and the fight against terrorism.

AP - In Italian politics, purple is the new black.

AP - Gorillas in central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters who are killing great apes for meat, said a joint report from the United Nations and Interpol released Wednesday.

AP - Greasy pizzas and high-calorie desserts may be less frequent lunchtime treats for schoolchildren under a wide-ranging nutrition bill approved by a Senate panel Wednesday.

AP - The White House says it's seeking 'clarification' on Israel's plans to build 20 new apartments in east Jerusalem.

Politico - Authorities look into incident at Perriello's brother's home after tea party activists posted his address.

Politico - Republicans let Dem-only bill out of committee.

AP - The United States has sent two Chinese Muslim brothers to Switzerland, ending their eight years of detention at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

AP - Rep. Randy Neugebauer, who apologized to a fellow House member for shouting 'baby killer' during debate on the health care bill, is now running a campaign ad vowing to continue speaking out against abortion.

AP - Posters of Josef Stalin may be put up in Moscow for the first time in decades as part of the May 9 observance of Victory Day — the annual celebration of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

AP - Their votes helped deliver President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Now, dozens of Democrats are politically imperiled in a contentious environment where emotions are raw and likely to remain so.

Politico - Former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich plans to mount a comeback bid against Martin O'Malley this year.

AP - Dan Senor, a financial executive and former spokesman for the U.S. military effort in Iraq, announced Wednesday he would not run for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

AP - Jose Miguel Insulza has been re-elected to another five-year term as secretary-general of the Organization of American States.

AP - The Supreme Court is questioning whether an Alabama death row inmate can challenge his death sentence for shooting a county sheriff.

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked for a wide-ranging study of the Pentagon's information operations and given officials just 15 days to complete it.

AP - Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley — the Northern Ireland naysayer turned peacebroker — made a final appearance Wednesday in Parliament, capping a 40-year career by lauding a peace process that he long opposed.

AP - A German police investigator says John Demjanjuk's name is on papers detailing the transfer of guards from an SS training camp to the Nazi's Sobibor death camp.

AFP - President Barack Obama asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take steps to build 'confidence' in the peace process in 'honest and straightforward' talks, the White House said Wednesday.

CQPolitics.com - As the Senate burned through its 20 hours of debate on the health care reconciliation bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid voiced confidence that Democrats can block or defeat Republican amendments to the bill.

Politico - Bill would require senators who block legislation to be present in Senate chamber.

Politico - House majority leader wants Republicans to speak out against threats to Democratic colleagues.

Reuters - A package of small-business incentives and construction subsidies passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday as Democrats returned to job-creation efforts after their bruising healthcare battle.

AFP - French police have released a hacker who gained access to US President Barack Obama's account in one of his attacks on the wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter, police said Wednesday.

McClatchy Newspapers - The lawsuit against the health care overhaul filed Tuesday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is focused on a provision that has long been advocated by conservatives, big business and the insurance industry.

CQPolitics.com - In a February address to the Arkansas Republican Party, former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska told the crowd that tea party candidates will not win unless they join an established political party.

AP - The U.S. and Russia reached a breakthrough agreement Wednesday for a historic treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War rivals, the most significant pact in a generation and an important milestone in the decades-long quest to lower the risk of global nuclear war.

AP - The FBI is investigating threats against lawmakers stemming from intense opposition to the health care overhaul law.

Politico - Tea Party activists nearly mess with the wrong congressman when they get into it with Rep. Jim Moran.

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is going to make it tougher for service members to get fired for being gay by insisting that each case be scrutinized by more senior-ranking officers.

AP - Roughly 100 million households to go.

AP - The Supreme Court has blocked the execution of a Texas man who says DNA testing could clear him of the triple slaying that has sent him to death row.

AP - Excerpts from President Lyndon Johnson's speech at the signing of the legislation creating Medicare on July 30, 1965 at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo. Johnson appeared with Harry Truman, the first president to propose national health insurance legislation.

AP - The Obama administration went on the attack Wednesday against the country's biggest business lobby over its resistance to financial rules as Democrats and the White House voiced new optimism that sweeping Wall Street regulations could be completed within months.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Alan Frumin is barely known and rarely heard, but he could make or break the Senate Democrats' effort this week to put the final touches on President Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul.

CQPolitics.com - After spending a year talking tersely to Republicans, populist firebrand Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) may soon be getting a scolding of his own -- from election regulators for botching disclosure language on a recent fundraising appeal.

AP - A State Department employee has been sentenced to a year of probation for accessing the passport applications of more than 60 celebrities and their families.

AP - Late last year, President Barack Obama summoned the highest-ranking women on his staff to a dinner at the White House so he could ask them a question: Should he be worried about a nagging perception that his administration was a testosterone-fueled boys club?

Politico - Dems: They are blocking national security business.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials are investigating a series of threats against Democrats in the House of Representatives who backed the recent health care legislation, threats that have lawmakers on edge about potential violence against them both in Washington and back home.

AFP - The US Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the execution of a convicted murderer in Texas less than an hour before he was due to die after a plea from France and his lawyers to allow further DNA tests.

AP - The Pentagon's top leaders credit Pakistan's 'extraordinary' military campaign against Taliban insurgents for helping to improve ties with the United States.

AP - Switzerland says it will lift a travel ban on senior Libyan officials to ease tensions in a dispute that has drawn in much of Europe.

Politico - A coffin was placed on a Missouri Democrat’s lawn, another in a string of incidents against lawmakers after their vote Sunday on a health care overhaul.

Politico - Decision to bar journalists from signing of executive order on abortion draws fire.

Reuters - The FBI and police are investigating attacks and threats against Democratic members of Congress who voted for healthcare reform, and a senior House of Representatives Democrat said on Wednesday his colleagues are at risk.

AFP - US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday barring taxpayer dollars from being used to pay for abortions, keeping to a pledge he made to help push his health care reform through Congress.

AP - Republican Mitt Romney, in a rare moment of reflection about his losing 2008 presidential campaign, said Wednesday he would have been better served by keeping the focus on his 'power alley' — the economy and his business background.