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Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, speaking after a campaign stop in Davenport, Iowa, has seen his support drop as negative advertising has taken its toll on the Republican front-runner. Mr. Gingrich leads Mitt Romney by 2 percentage points, according to a new national Gallup poll. (Associated Press)
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Republican Rep. Darrell E. Issa has asked the House ethics panel to investigate four lawmakers in connection with VIP discounted loans from now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Iraq's Shiite-led government issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni. (Associated Press)
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White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily briefing on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, in the White House's Brady Briefing Room in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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**FILE** Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a security vehicle to a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., on Dec. 19, 2011. (Associated Press)
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A South Korean soldier uses binoculars to watch North Korea from a guard post in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas in Cheolwon, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, after news of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Hae-ryoung)
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** FILE ** In this Oct. 9, 2010, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Kim Jong-un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, applauds while watching the Arirang mass games performance staged to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks at the Blue House in Seoul on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, during an emergency meeting of the National Security Council over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-il applauds following a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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** FILE ** In this Oct. 10, 2010, photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (right) and his son Kim Jong-un attend a massive military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) greets North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2002. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (left) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright at the Pae Kha Hawon Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 23, 2000. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 4, 2009, photo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton (left) meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyonggyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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In this undated photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, is shown on a boat in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images)
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In this undated photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, a young Kim Jong-il works at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il smiles in an undated photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP Images)
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** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-il salutes soldiers while watching a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in October 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (right) is escorted to a military hearing at Fort Meade,, Md., on Sunday that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case. The hearing entered its third day Sunday. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Michele Bachmann plans to touch all 99 of Iowa's counties over the final three weeks of the campaign leading up to the state's Jan. 3 caucuses. She made 13 campaign stops Saturday.
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In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, photo provided by NBC News, Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington. House Republicans said Sunday they oppose a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill that extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months and said congressional bargainers need to write a new version lasting a longer time. "It's pretty clear I and our members oppose the Senate bill," Boehner said, adding, "I believe two months is just kicking the can down the road." (AP Photo, NBC News, William B. Plowman)
