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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sharp jump in the U.S. unemployment rate in May to its highest in 3-1/2 years is "too high for our liking" but represents slow growth, not a recession, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. carbon-capping bill aimed at curbing climate change died on Friday in the Senate but its supporters looked to the next president to enact a global warming law as early as 2009.

SEOUL (Reuters) - All nine top aides to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak have tendered their resignations to share responsibility for a series of policy decisions that have sent his popularity plummeting, an official said on Friday.

New paragraphs 7-8 make clear U.S. Congress passed law in 1995 that said Jerusalem was capital of Israel and U.S. embassy should move there. But successive presidents, who set foreign policy, have refused to move embassy and U.S. diplomats say U.S. policy is aligned with other major powers in viewing status of Jerusalem as under negotiation between Israel and Palestinians.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday he hopes Congress will complete a housing rescue package and send it to President George W. Bush before lawmakers take a July 4 holiday break.

Hillary Clinton's candidacy may soon be a thing of the past but debate will rage over whether the first woman to make it so far in the U.S. presidential contest was a victim of sexism in the media and on the campaign trail.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Americans are marveling that an African-American has risen to become a major candidate for president in a country that has taken a slow, painful path to try to rid itself of racism.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustrated in defeat, Democrat Hillary Clinton is to endorse U.S. campaign rival Barack Obama on Saturday and party strategists said she needs to set aside any bad feelings and put on a convincing show of unity.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately with former rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday night, an Obama campaign spokesman said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama amended his support for Israel's stance on Jerusalem on Thursday, saying Palestinians and Israelis had to negotiate the future of the holy city.

PARIS (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union said on Thursday the Doha round of world trade talks could collapse because of 11th-hour intransigence by some big developing countries.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled legislation that would require federal energy market regulators to oversee all over-the-counter crude oil trading, including action on overseas exchanges like the IntercontinentalExchange.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will veto the new version of the 2008 farm law pending in Congress, spokesman Scott Stanzel said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday pressed fellow rich nations to make good on their pledges to provide $60 billion to help African countries combat diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A planned $10 billion global fund for cleaner emissions technology backed by the Bush administration drew a skeptical bipartisan response from members of Congress and environmentalists on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled Congress on Thursday adopted a $3 trillion U.S. budget for next year as the House of Representatives put the finishing touches on a measure to eliminate deficits by 2012 while spending more than President George W. Bush wanted for domestic programs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday he hopes Congress will complete a housing rescue package and send it to President George W. Bush before lawmakers take a July 4 holiday break.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a final step to correct a clerical error, the Senate was scheduled to vote on Thursday for the second time on the $289 billion U.S. farm bill, this time including food aid and trade programs, leaders said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert Byrd, who at 90 is the oldest member of the U.S. Senate, was released from a hospital on Thursday after three days of treatment for a mild infection, his spokesman said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and his top policymakers misstated Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism and ignored doubts among intelligence agencies about Iraq's arms programs as they made a case for war, the Senate intelligence committee reported on Thursday.