• GOP lawmaker says Dems put agenda ahead of country
  A top House Republican says passage of the health care bill shows that Democrats didn't get the message from voters last week and in summer town-hall meetings.

• Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings
  The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.

• Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops
  The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war.

• Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army
  The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again.

• Army chief: Avoid speculation about Hasan's faith
  The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman.

• Obama's Asia tour kicks off at critical time on home front
  President Barack Obama will leave the country for a four-nation tour of Asia starting Wednesday despite a host of domestic concerns, including the massacre at Fort Hood, a sharply rising jobless rate, his health care legislation stalled in the Senate and his Afghanistan troop decision still pending.

• Couple's book tackles evangelicals' questions on climate change
  As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change based on things they'd heard on talk radio.

• As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabble
  Off the coast of Washington state, mysterious algae mixed with sea foam have killed more than 8,000 seabirds, puzzling scientists. A thousand miles off California, researchers have discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris.

• House Roll Call: How they voted on abortion issue
  The 240-194 roll call Saturday by which the House voted to prohibit federal funding of abortions in a Democratic-written health care bill.

• House Roll Call: Health care
  The 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill.

• Key details of Democrats' health overhaul bill
  The House health care bill passed Saturday would:

• House passes historic health-care overhaul bill after day of wrangling
  The House of Representatives Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health-care overhaul legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run health insurance plan to help them do so.

• House passes resolution honoring Fort Hood victims
  The House has passed a resolution honoring the victims of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas.

• House poised to pass historic health-care reform bill
  With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care.

• House kills Republican health overhaul bill
  The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill.

• House poised to pass historic health-care reform bill
  With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care.

• Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims
  President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post.

• GOP's Graham steps out on a limb on climate change
  When it comes to combating global warming, Sen. Lindsey Graham is right where he loves to be - ahead of the curve, in the mix on a major issue, at the table for high-level, bipartisan talks behind closed doors.

• 10 ways the House bill would change health care
  If the House bill were to become law, some changes in the way health insurance would work in the United States would result. Here's a look at what the bill does:

• House poised to pass historic health-care reform bill
  With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care.

• Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day
  President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.

• Obama nearing decision to send more troops to Afghanistan
  President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy Newspapers.

• Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda
  Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

• Obama statement on health care legislation
  Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:

• Health bill clears first hurdle in House
  President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate.