Reuters - Republican John McCain ended the suspense and said he will attend the first of three debates with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, setting up a showdown that could help decide a tight White House race.

Reuters - The House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday to extend billions of dollars in tax credits for renewable energy but the bill faces an uncertain future with opposition in the Senate.

AFP - Republican members of the House of Representatives Friday put forward their own economic rescue package in a revolt against the government's 700-billion-dollar bailout deal.

Reuters - The chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said the $700 billion U.S. officials want for a financial services bailout would be doled out over time rather than granted all at once.

Reuters - A group of Democratic lawmakers is pushing for a tax on Wall Street to defray the cost of a financial market rescue plan, but House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a measure to recoup costs could wait.

AP - A military interrogation expert, Air Force Col. Steven Kleinman, told Congress on Thursday that prior to the abuses at Abu Ghraib, he witnessed interrogations of Iraqi detainees that he considers violations of the Geneva Conventions.