6 more senators seek end to oil drilling impasse

Six more senators on Tuesday joined a bipartisan group of 10 senators backing a bill they say will break the stalemate over offshore drilling in Congress.

US judge: No delay in White House subpoenas case

A federal judge who ruled last month that top White House advisers must comply with congressional subpoenas refused to put that ruling on hold Tuesday while the Bush administration appeals.

Ailing Kennedy aims to return to Senate in January

Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall and return to the Senate in January.

Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage

The House and Senate reconvene Monday after back-to-back political conventions, both parties eager to use the three-week session to show voters why their candidates are the ones to fix the economy and lower energy prices.

Auto industry to press Congress for $50B in loans

Auto industry allies hope to secure up to $50 billion in government loans this month that would pay to modernize plants and help struggling car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles.

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Youth views of Bristol, sex ed and the RNC

Student journalists from Children’s PressLine in New York City covered the Republican National Convention this week. Here’s their final group of dispatches. Bristol story bristles local youth The front entrance of the Xcel Convention Center on Wednesday night was teeming with people as Republican VP pick Sarah Palin’s voice boomed through the MSNBC televisions stationed in a [...]