WASHINGTON Don't count on President Barack Obama's upcoming health care summit to thaw the bitter political climate that has stalled legislation for months, analysts said Monday, not least because Republicans remain wary of the plan.

CHICAGO The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.

CYPRESS, Texas Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stumped for Gov. Rick Perry at a rally Sunday in suburban Houston, adding some national Republican star power to Perry's re-election campaign.

WASHINGTON Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.

WASHINGTON Sarah Palin said Sunday she might run for president in 2012 if she decides it's good for her family and country.

NEW ORLEANS In stories Feb. 5 and 6 about the New Orleans mayor's race, The Associated Press erroneously reported the year Moon Landrieu left the mayor's office. He left office in 1978.

WASHINGTON Sarah Palin says it would be "absurd" for her not to consider running for president in 2012.

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser says the U.S. faces "serious and significant" cyberthreats that could compromise national security.

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday that lawmakers and others are using national security to score political points and defended the handling of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner.