Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.
As election season heats up, Democrats battle grim prospects (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, wave to the crowd at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. When President Barack Obama makes his third Wisconsin visit in a little over two months Monday, he will get a chance to shore up his base at a Labor Day rally in a state where his approval ratings are dipping and fellow Democrats face tough re-election bids. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Just how bad could things get for the Democrats when voters head to the polls in November?
Can the president boost jobs and the economy between now and Election Day? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

President Barack Obama, center, delivers a statement on monthly jobs number, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administrator (SBA) Karen G. Mills and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - With the Democrats' prospects in the upcoming midterm elections sinking with the release of each new bit of bad economic news, President Obama was quick to concede that performance is "not nearly good enough."
Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon (AP)
AP - A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago.
Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary (AP)

FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Frank faces opposition in the Sept. 14, 2010 primary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)AP - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation.
Miller's upset win changes game in Alaska (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The dynamics in the Alaska Senate race were changed dramatically when Sen. Lisa Murkowski was upset in the Aug. 24 GOP primary by Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller. While we're not convinced that national Democrats will commit the level of resources needed to make the race competitive, CQ Politics is moving the rating of the race from Safe Republican to Likely Republican to reflect the new uncertainty of the open-seat contest.
Van Hollen attacks report, asserts DCCC commitment (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) sharply contested a New York Times article, saying Sunday that it "erroneously suggests that the DCCC has decided not to allocate resources to specific campaigns."
US, China hail warmer relationship (AFP)

China's Vice-Premier Wang Qishan address the press at the end of the third Japan-China High-level Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 2010. Qishan said he was looking forward to discussing China-US ties in trade, investment and finance in talks with US Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon and US National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers.(AFP/POOL/File/Adrian Bradshaw)AFP - Chinese and US officials congratulated each other Monday on a warming of ties between the two powers, after relations were strained earlier this year.
Obama seeks biz equipment write-off (Politico)
Politico - The new proposal would allow companies to write off 100 percent of their investments in new plants.
'They talk about me like a dog' (Politico)
Politico - With early voting starting soon, Obama fights to convince voters that he's still working to fix the economy.
Picking right blood pressure medicine challenging (AP)
AP - It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better personalize therapy — perhaps even using a blood test.
Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
AP - A government official said Friday that a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.
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