Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret (AP)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.




MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis (AP)

The soaring national debt is recorded on the National Debt Clock in New York, Friday, July 3, 2009. Already complicating efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to cope with the worst recession in decades, economists warn that the mountain of debt easily could become the next full-fledged economic crisis without firm action from Washington. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)AP - The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.




Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay (AP)

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.




Group Sotomayor belonged to sued over job tests (AP)
AP - A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge.

Palin plans to stay visible (Politico)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)Politico - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to remain extremely visible and will give serious consideration to running for president in 2012, but has made no decision, a close friend said after her startling announcement Friday that she will resign her office.




Obama begins July 4th celebration at Camp David (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers.

Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history (AP)

President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.




SC senator defends ouster of Honduran president (AP)
AP - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months (AP)
AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.

Analysis: US leverage small in Honduran coup (AP)

Thousands march against the return of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya in downtown San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Thursday, July 2, 2009. The Organization of American States, OAS, said it will suspend Honduras if Zelaya isn't back in office by next Saturday while Micheletti said he will not back down under international pressure, arguing that Zelaya was legally removed on orders from the nation's Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Diario La Prensa de San Pedro Sula)AP - The coup that deposed the president of Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy.




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