Texas Republican Congressman Tom DeLay, the House Majority Leader, left his leadership post this week after being indicted on charges of conspiring to break election laws.
Shortly after it opens its new term next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether doctors should be able to help terminally ill patients end their lives.
A Playmate takes her sordid squabble over millions to the Supreme Court, Louisiana's governor appears before the Senate and the media unhelpfully hypes natural disasters.