National Politics

• Rep. Israel speaks little, but tweets a lot

• Blog: Peter King calls Jackson 'child molester'

• Hard day's work in NY Senate: 3 minutes

• Biden: We didn't know the economy is this bad

• Obama plan could trim back financial powerhouses

• In Albany, patriotism but no break in Senate stalemate

• Senate leaders won't budge after meeting Paterson

• Nassau to hold 'heroin summit' on drug's impact

• Bill Clinton to appear at Maloney fundraiser

• Comptroller to withhold state senators' pay

Local Politics

• King blasts Jackson media blitz; says singer a 'pervert'

• Dan Janison: LaBarbera faces possible expulsion from Local 282

• Spin Cycle: On the blog

• Nassau uses Wal-Mart money for summer youth programs

• Nassau getting B.A.T.-mobile to catch drunken drivers

• Rick Brand: Brand: Union turf war looms in Suffolk

• How 5 undecided LI voters saw the debate

• Election 2008 on Long Island

• Union seeks to prevent county from closing offices

• Elmont landlords sue town over "blighted" label

AP Washington

• Obama's financial rules could mean fewer giant financial powerhouses _ those too big to fail

• Analysis: Republicans, outnumbered and politically wary, lack cohesive opposition to Sotomayor

• Top military officer advises Obama to act in 'a measured way' on changing policy for gays

• Obama bemoans golf game during interview with Russian press ahead of trip to Moscow

• Biden says more US jobs on the way because of stimulus spending, Republicans remain skeptical

• Rove, Huckabee: Palin unwise to resign as Alaska governor, still subject to scrutiny

• Alaska's lieutenant governor says Palin cited toll of ethics complaints in decision to quit

• Colin Powell says US took too long to bolster Iraq forces after Baghdad fell early in war

• Colin Powell: Sotomayor shouldn't be labeled racist because of affirmative action stand

• Obama seeks new start in dismal US-Russia relations through arms control, hard problems remain

More Politics

• SC first lady willing to forgive

• Suozzi sums up State of the County in three pages

• Levy to file suit to determine State Senate leadership

• Treasury seizes assets of extremist organization

• George W. Bush to visit small Oklahoma town for 4th of July

• FBI notes: Saddam Hussein used same hiding place

• Dan Janison: Can Obama's 'acting' push health-care?

• Judge sets earlier trial date for Guantanamo case

• Staff: Maloney to challenge Sen. Gillibrand

• Al Franken takes Hillary Clinton, Bill Bradley style

• Again, no progress in Senate stalemate

• Elmont property owners sue over 'blight' designation

• Web site lets taxpayers track federal stimulus money

• President Obama pitches health care plans in Virginia

• Mark Sanford: I had tryst on Long Island

• NYC stacks education board amid Senate chaos

• Town seeks state's OK to create garbage tax district

• Dan Janison: Citizens are the losers in Albany's political games

• Obama takes health care pitch to Virginia

• Suozzi in talks with Paterson for OK on cigarette tax

• Al Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes

• Peter King "leaning against" run for Senate

• State Senate begins passing bills

• Iraq holiday marred by bombing in Kirkuk

• Levy announces final pieces of anti-bias program

• Experts: Ruling won't stop Sotomayor confirmation

• Schumer: Let's get Lighthouse 'up and running'

• Giuliani admits he's considering run for governor

• Facing state mess, Suozzi won't discuss layoffs

• Judge sides with Paterson in Senate stalemate