Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP)

A woman waves a U.S. flag as protesters gather Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.
Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 file photo, Sen. Roland Burris D-Ill., leaves Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church after a news conference in Chicago. Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke about Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke in Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.
Palin takes shot at Obama for 'View' appearance (AP)
AP - Sarah Palin is criticizing President Barack Obama for appearing on "The View."
Obama renews asset freeze of people undermining Lebanon (AFP)

Hezbollah fighters parade in Beirut in 2009. President Barack Obama renewed an emergency measure Thursday to freeze the assets of persons who work with Hezbollah militants and AFP - President Barack Obama renewed an emergency measure Thursday to freeze the assets of persons who work with Hezbollah militants and "infringe upon" Lebanese stability.
Obama signs Afghanistan war spending measure (AFP)

US President Barack Obama signs the Supplemental Appropriations Act in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama on Thursday signed a spending bill to pay for the troop AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a spending bill to pay for the troop "surge" aimed at turning around the faltering Afghan campaign.
Republicans block small business lending bill (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers a brief speech after sitting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Behind him are Tom and Catherine Horsburgh of Wayne, N.J. (AP Photo/Augusto F. Menezes, Pool)AP - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses.
Obama signs bill to combat crime in Indian Country (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes.
Obama to sign war spending bill (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation to fund his troop surge in Afghanistan, even though it was stripped of money for domestic stimulus programs.
Obama: We'll get back money from auto bailout (AP)

President Barack Obama, center, during his guest appearance on ABC's television show 'The View' in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Sitting with Obama are Barbara Walters, left, and Joy Behar, right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama said the government will recover all the taxpayer money his administration provided to bail out the auto industry last year.
Obama signs Tribal Law and Order Act (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has signed a bill giving American Indian tribes more authority to combat crime on their reservations.
Intelligence nominee clears first Senate hurdle (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Democrats catch break with trial's early end (AP)

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs while participating in the annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago. Defense attorneys in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevoich had wanted to call Emanuel to testify but the defense rested without calling a single witness, not even Blagojevich himself, sparing Democrats potentially embarrassing testimony and wrapping up the trial well in advance of Labor Day, the traditional kickoff of the fall campaign. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Jurors deciding if former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat were out of sight Thursday, a far more benign result for Democrats than if the corruption trial had lasted through the summer as expected while the party geared up for tough elections.
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