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• March 12, 2010 :
  Stupak Claims Committee Chairman Wants Government to Fund Abortions
  

  The pro-life Democrat leading the charge in the House against passage of the Senate health insurance reform bill said Friday that a key committee chairman told him that Democrats want abortions to be paid by a federally-funded nationalized health insurance system.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Aide to Illinois Democratic Senate Candidate Arrested for Writing Bad Checks
  

  Restaurant chain owner Nick Giannis and two others are accused of writing $2 million worth of bad checks from accounts at a bank owned by candidate Alexi Giannoulias' family.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Specter Accuses Sestak of Misleading About White House Offer for Job
  

  Sen. Arlen Specter took a shot at his Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary opponent on Friday, suggesting Rep. Joe Sestak was milking his claim that the White House offered him an administration position if he dropped his challenge to Specter.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Reid's Wife Remains Hospitalized After Traffic Accident
  

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on a suburban Virginia interstate, officials said.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Obama Delays Trip to Indonesia to Work on Health Care
  

  President Obama has pushed back his trip to Indonesia for three days to work with beleaguered Democrats on trying to wrap up a health care overhaul. 

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Retail Sales Rise .3 Percent in Surprising Increase
  

  The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February, surpassing expectations that sales would decline by 0.2 percent.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  GOP Senators Question $1M Salary for Boys and Girls Club CEO
  

  The chief executive of the charity closing doors for lack of funding earned nearly $1 million in 2008 while officials spent $4.3 million on travel, $1.6 million on conferences, conventions and meetings and $544,000 in lobbying fees.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Palin to Testify Against Alleged E-Mail Hacker
  

  Sarah Palin is expected to head to Knoxville, Tenn., next month to testify in U.S. District Court against a University of Tennessee student who allegedly hacked the former Alaska governor's personal Yahoo! e-mail account.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Republican Paid $150G After Nude 'Hot-Tubbing'
  

  In a shocking statement on the Utah House floor, Kevin Garn, 55, said he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was a minor a quarter century ago.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Dems Abandon Abortion Deal, Ready Health Vote
  

  White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel emerged from a meeting in the Capitol with top Democratic lawmakers Thursday night saying, "We made a lot of decisions. We're getting towards the end."

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Obama to Tap Yellen as Fed Vice Chair
  

  President Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in Washington, Fox News has learned.

  
  
• March 12, 2010 :
  Gov't May Seek More Authority on Vehicle Safety
  

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration head says the agency will consider mandating vehicle 'black boxes,' which typically record data about whether the brake or accelerator pedals were depressed at the time of a crash. 

  
  
• March 11, 2010 : Shannon Bream
  Facing Tough Re-Election, Sen. Lincoln Seeks to Clarify Position on Health Care
  

  As the Arkansas Senate race heats up, Sen. Blanche Lincoln wants to set the record straight on her view of settling health care reform with a simple majority vote.

  
  
• March 11, 2010 : James Rosen
  Chamber of Commerce to Spend Big Bucks Targeting Vulnerable Dems
  

  After a year of pitched battle with the Obama White House over health care reform, the Chamber is now priming for a the 2010 midterm cycle in which executives say they pro-business lobby will spend close to $200 million, more than double its spending in 2008.

  
  
• March 11, 2010 :
  Federal Appeals Court in California Upholds 'Under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
  

  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs.

  
  
• March 11, 2010 :
  Sen. Reid's Wife Breaks Back, Neck in Crash
  

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a spokesman said.

  
  
• March 11, 2010 :
  Black Lawmakers Downplay Obama Grievances -- After Taking Them to the Press
  

  Black congressional leaders emerged from an afternoon pow-wow at the White House with nothing but nice things to say about President Obama, even though behind the scenes the lawmakers and their aides seemed to be spoiling for a fight. 

  
  
• March 11, 2010 :
  New York Attorney General Appoints Special Counsel in Paterson Probe
  

  Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye will also probe whether the governor lied about his intentions to pay for World Series tickets.

  
  
• March 11, 2010 :
  U.S. Report Claims Afghan, Iraq Human Rights Abuses Are Up
  

  As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the State Department is blaming the Iraqi government for arbitrary killings of civilians and other human rights abuses.

  
  
• March 11, 2010 :
  Watchdog Accuses Obama Justice Department of Ignoring ACORN Fraud
  

  The Obama Justice Department administration shut down an investigation into ACORN last year, ignoring evidence of fraud at the community group, a government watchdog claimed Thursday, citing investigative documents it obtained