The White House is lukewarm about proposals by Democrats to introduce legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has launched a bid to salvage a $100 million college-scholarship program that she sees as critical to diversifying her state's flagging economy.
Emails and documents posted on the Internet after being hacked from a climate-change research center may raise ethical questions about a group of scientists who contend that humans are responsible for global warming.
The health-care vote was the first skirmish in a long battle aimed at frustrating White House ambitions and ensuring that Democrats bear responsibility for legislation the GOP sees as increasingly unpopular with Americans.