AP - Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents.

AP - House Democrats came so close to a veto-proof margin for their proposal to give the unemployed an extra three months of benefits.

AP - Jack Alderson was ordered never to talk about the secret weapons tests he helped conduct in the Pacific during the 1960s. He kept quiet for decades.

AP - Lawmakers worry that a U.S.-Russian deal on civil nuclear power could undermine efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program.

AP - South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham easily won his Republican primary but won't know his November opponent until state officials finish a recount.

AP - Almost 4 million people who can't find a job would get at least $3,900 in extra unemployment benefits to help them survive the weak economy under legislation moving through the House on Wednesday. The White House has threatened a veto of the bill.

AFP - The US House of Representatives approved Tuesday a three-year package of anti-drug assistance to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean known as the "Merida Initiative."

AP - The Bush administration promised Congress on Tuesday that it would provide lawmakers advance details of any security agreement it reaches with Iraq, according to a senior Democrat.