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State senators in Illinois are deciding whether to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office. Impeachment proceedings began Monday. The governor says the rules are biased against him, and he's refusing to take part in the trial. Instead, Blagojevich has been offering his defense on national television shows.

President Obama and his advisers have been trying to bolster support for his $825 billion plan to stimulate the economy. That legislation is before a Senate committee and will be on the House floor this week. The recovery package faces some significant challenges from Republicans.

New York Gov. David Paterson named two-term Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand the next U.S. Senator from New York. Gillibrand is considered relatively conservative, in step with her Upstate New York district's rural constituents.

France shut down Thursday as the country experienced a general strike. The action, called by eight of the country's biggest trade unions, is intended to protest the effects of the global recession, and to demand that the government make protecting employment its top priority.

President Barack Obama suffered a big setback Tuesday when two of his nominees withdrew their names from consideration for top administration jobs. Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader, pulled his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services. Nancy Killefer withdrew her name from consideration as Mr. Obama's chief government performance officer.

President Barack Obama met with House Republicans Tuesday. Republican Congressman David Camp of Michigan, who was at that meeting, talks about the mood of the meeting, and Obama's proposed stimulus plan.

The Illinois state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to convict and oust Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Earlier in the day, Blagojevich ended his boycott of the impeachment trial, insisting to lawmakers he had nothing wrong. He becomes the first U.S. governor to be removed by impeachment in more than two decades.

President Obama is set to announce his choice of Judd Gregg for commerce secretary on Tuesday. The Republican senator from New Hampshire helped craft the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package last year. The state's Democratic governor vows to appoint a Republican to replace him.

The Obama administration unveiled its overhaul of the financial rescue plan, but critical details were missing. Investors weren't pleased and the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 300 points.

Last night, President Barack Obama delivered the first prime-time news conference. Obama warned that if a stimulus package is not passed soon in the U.S. Senate, the country is headed in a downward economic spiral. Three working Americans react to the President's economic stimulus plan.