Janet Yellen, vice chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, is under consideration to become the first woman to lead the Fed. President Obama reportedly is likely to choose between Yellen and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. Franck Robichon/EPA/Landov hide caption
Anthony Weiner listens to a question from the media after courting voters outside a Harlem subway station in May. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan Weisman writes that the last week before the long summer recess is usually crunchtime for Congress, but it's "a sleepy time for the underachieving 113th." Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images hide caption
Cathy ten Broeke speaks during a news conference last month at Minneapolis City Hall. She and her partner, Margaret Miles (right), along with Jeff Isaacson (back left) and his partner, Al Giraud (back right), are the first two same-sex couples Mayor R.T. Rybak (right) will marry in the City Hall rotunda on Aug. 1. Jeff Baenen/AP hide caption
The crowd cheers speaker Glenn Beck (not pictured) during a Tea Party rally to "Audit the IRS" in front of the U.S. Capitol on June 19. Gary Cameron/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Liz Cheney during a 2010 appearance on the CBS news program Face the Nation. Chris Usher/CBS/Landov hide caption
Texas, where abortion-rights battles took place in July at the state capitol, is part of an eight-state region that has gotten more conservative on the issue. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
President Obama has lunch with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the patio outside the Oval Office on Monday. Chuck Kennedy/The White House hide caption
Volunteer Tammy Spencer goes door to door in Boca Raton., Fla., on July 27 to spread the word on the state's health exchange. Phil Galewitz/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Anthony Weiner, New York mayoral candidate, during a news conference on Thursday in New York. Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press hide caption
Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of the Treasury earlier this month. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former Democratic Rep. Lindy Claiborne Boggs attends the Distinguished Service Award ceremony at the Capitol in May 2006 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Former Democratic Rep. Lindy Claiborne Boggs attends the Distinguished Service Award ceremony at the Capitol in May 2006 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption