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President Obama's health care summit with Republicans and Democrats will take center stage Thursday. But the compromise most of Washington is focused on will come post-summit: Before Democrats can turn to a parliamentary maneuver to pass health legislation, they must resolve disputes within their own ranks.

California lawmakers are home after the legislative session ended last week, but they may be coming back to Sacramento sooner than anticipated. We're joined on Morning Edition by non-partisan Sacramento Political Consultant Leo McElroy.

Back in 2007, it was so dry in the state that the governor held a prayer service for a storm. Things have turned around dramatically, and Georgia is now getting so much rain it caused severe flooding last fall. Even with all the rain, the area is preparing for the next dry spell.

A federal judge in Washington has ordered the Bush administration to release five detainees from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The men have been held there for seven years on evidence the judge finds insufficient. The ruling is the first by a trial judge since the Supreme Court declared in June that the Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their detentions in U.S. courts.

The officials, including attorneys general and bank regulators, will examine whether mortgage company employees made false statements or prepared documents improperly.

If approved, AT&T's plan to acquire T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion merger would combine two giant wireless communication companies. But is it a winning proposition for consumers? One fewer major wireless carrier may increase the likelihood of rate hikes, analysts say.

Fire officials in San Diego County will have an extra challenge this wildfire season. A beetle infestation in the county has killed more than 20,000 oak trees.

A federal judge unsealed documents in the anthrax case Wednesday. FBI officials were expected to hold a public event to describe the evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last week before prosecutors could charge him in the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.

The split between Obama and Republicans is nothing compared to the gap between GOP leaders and their Tea Party fueled rank and file. Top congressional leaders appear to have essentially painted themselves into a corner between Obama on one side and the just-say-no bloc of House Republicans on the other.

A court-appointed officer in Dallas has sued national party committees, both Democratic and Republican, to recover campaign contributions from indicted financier R. Allen Stanford. The money at stake totals $1.6 million.