Corwin granted court order barring certification of winner  —  Jane L. Corwin this afternoon obtained a court order from State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia barring a certification of a winner in the special 26th Congressional District race pending a show-cause hearing before him later this week.

Hochul takes House seat in stunner  —  Kathleen Courtney Hochul, the Erie County clerk and longtime Democratic figure who defied political experts giving her little chance of success, ground out a stunning and surprisingly comfortable victory Tuesday in the special election for the predominantly Republican 26th Congressional District.

AP: Democrat Hochul pulls off upset in New York congressional race  —  The special election race was dominated by the national debate over a GOP plan to overhaul Medicare.  —  Democrat Kathy Hochul, shown at a campaign stop, appeared to pull of an upset Tuesday in a western New York special congressional election.

Democrat Kathy Hochul Wins Upset In NY-26, Medicare Vote Key To Victory  —  Republicans are going to have plenty of questions about their plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program tomorrow morning after Democrats romped to an improbable victory in a special election focused almost entirely on the issue.

With his budget plan the top issue, Rep. Ryan waded into NY-26 (updated)  —  Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R) contributed to New York Republican Jane Corwin's special-election campaign.  —  The House Budget Committee chairman's political action committee, Prosperity PAC, sent a fundraising email …

Democrat Wins Upstate New York Congressional Race  —  Updated Democrats scored an upset in one of New York's most conservative congressional districts on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the national Republican Party in a race that largely turned on the party's plan to overhaul Medicare.

Rand Paul skips Netanyahu address  —  As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a warm welcome from a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) skipped out on the speech, sitting quietly at his Senate desk shuffling through papers and newspapers.

Speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress  —  I am deeply honored by your warm welcome.  And I am deeply honored that you have given me the opportunity to address Congress a second time.  —  Mr. Vice President, do you remember the time we were the new kids in town?

Good news: Obama botches toast to the queen  —  Ah, now his “2008″ gaffe from earlier today is starting to make more sense.  Turns out ... he really is brain-damaged.  —  No, I kid.  I think he, like Frank Drebin, simply doesn't believe in silly ideas like having queens: