CQPolitics.com - It's unusual for Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) to face opposition from a fellow Democrat. And the rare primary Mollohan is facing this year in the northern 1st district is atypical in that state Sen. Mike Oliverio is challenging him from the right and not the left.

AP - Top diplomats from the world's leading economies are ramping up pressure on Iran to prove its nuclear ambitions are peaceful, renewing calls for the country to be hit with new international sanctions if it fails to comply.

AP - A bomb blast in Athens killed a 15-year-old Afghan bystander and severely injured his 10-year-old sister, Greek police said Monday.

Time.com - The President's journey to Kabul came amid growing concern over whether the Afghan government will play its part in the U.S. strategy against the Taliban

Politico - Health reform is a chance for voters to see if the White House can learn from its mistake.

AFP - G8 foreign ministers agreed Monday on an economic 'initiative' for the Afghanistan-Pakistan border regions, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said.

AP - President Barack Obama says Afghan's President Hamid Karzai has made progress in cleaning up corruption 'but there's a long way to go.'

Politico - In an Ideas piece, Warren argues that bank lobbyists will say anything to block meaningful reform.

AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi's coalition made a strong showing in regional elections across Italy, winning crucial races and snatching four areas from the opposition, final returns showed Tuesday.

AFP - President Barack Obama had a big pat on the back for his young daughters Tuesday, saying they have taken swimmingly to life in the White House.

Politico - Rep. Jerry Moran leads Rep. Todd Tiahrt in the Republican primary to succeed Sen. Sam Brownback, according to a SurveyUSA poll. The automated survey shows Moran ahead of Tiahrt by 10 points, 42 percent to 32 percent. Another five percent backed former state Attorney General Robert Londerholm and 21 percent were undecided.

AP - The Supreme Court has placed new limits on whistleblower lawsuits claiming that local governments misused federal money.

AP - Two search ships have set sail from Brazil to hunt for debris and flight and data recorders from an Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic last year, killing 228 people, a French aviation official said Tuesday.

AP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair made a dramatic pre-election return to domestic British politics Tuesday with an attack on the policies of David Cameron, the smooth young Conservative leader sometimes nicknamed 'Tory Blair.'

AP - France's highest administrative body warned Tuesday that a total prohibition on full-body Islamic veils in public risks being found unconstitutional in a setback to President Nicolas Sarkozy's goal of an all-out ban.

AFP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday put the final capstone on his landmark health reform legislation, signing a final, adjusted version of the bill, into law.

AP - A federal judge chastised the government Tuesday for striking a $3 million settlement over alleged CIA misconduct without punishing anyone.

Politico - Obama puts final touches on health care reform and enacts an overhaul of the nation’s student loan system.

Politico - He points out that the number of activists who attended was much smaller than expected.

AP - The woman who helped Republican Scott Brown take the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat is jumping ship to help another long-shot candidate in New Hampshire.

AP - Dutch and British police have joined forces to revive two old unsolved cases in which the bodies of women were found in canals, stuffed in bags with their heads and hands hacked off, a prosecutor's office spokeswoman said Tuesday.

AP - A German man whose claims he was kidnapped and tortured by CIA agents reached top political levels was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for attacking the mayor of his home town.

AFP - Failing US financial institutions must face the credible threat of government closure if reforms are to succeed, a key adviser to President Barack Obama said Tuesday.

AP - Forget tea with Michelle Obama. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on her first trip to Washington as France's first lady instead of as supermodel, visited a school in a poor neighborhood and had lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl.

Politico - He wants to call in the cavalry to defend Arizona from illegal immigrants crossing the border.

AP - The Pentagon is considering dispatching surveillance drones and other limited military support for a Somali government offensive against al-Qaida-linked insurgents, U.S. officials said, part of a cautious move to increase U.S. assistance to the anarchic African nation.

AP - President Barack Obama won't request that French President Nicolas Sarkozy send more troops to Afghanistan, at least not when they meet Tuesday at the White House to review the war effort.

AP - As of Friday, March 26, 2010, at least 945 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

AP - A Dutch citizen convicted of conspiring to kill Americans with roadside bombs in the Iraq war was flown back to the Netherlands Tuesday to serve his sentence, his lawyer said.

AFP - Group of Eight foreign ministers stepped up pressure on Iran Tuesday to abandon its suspect nuclear enrichment program or face new sanctions as they held key talks here.

AP - Forget tea with Michelle Obama. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on her first trip to Washington as France's first lady instead of as supermodel, visited a school in a poor neighborhood and had lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl.

AP - Bigger grants for college students who need them. Relaxed payment terms for students with loans. More money for community colleges and historically black institutions.

AP - An Austrian priest avoids mention of Pope Benedict XVI in his Masses. A Philadelphia woman stops going to confession, saying she now sees priests as more flawed than herself. British protesters call for the pontiff to resign.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An unhappy federal judge on Tuesday approved a $3 million settlement with a former narcotics officer who said the CIA spied on him overseas.

Politico - Company pays private investigators to compile details on two government employees.

Politico - “My hope is to get this done this spring,' he says.

AP - Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson is back in the hospital after doctors found an irregular heartbeat.

Politico - In the wake of health care reform, left and right do battle over who has suffered more.

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday bidding on a contract to build aerial refueling tankers will be free and fair.

AP - In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska.

AP - The inventors of Post-it notes and the technologies that led to video games, modern scuba diving equipment and GPS technology are among the 16 new members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Reuters - The world's leading industrial nations called on Tuesday for stronger action against Iran over its nuclear program and the United States said it was confident China would agree on the need for sanctions.

AP - The Obama administration's new engagement strategy with Myanmar risks allowing the country's military leaders to use direct talks to justify already flawed elections expected this year, a bipartisan report warns.