The AP and NY Times reports that GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff is nearing a deal with federal prosecutors.

Previous new stories have suggested that the DOJ probe into GOP Congress might involve as many as half a dozen members.  But yesterday's AP story, which we have to assume includes the most up to date information from the plea negotiations, says that Abramoff may be implicating as many as 20 members of Congress.

The Washington Post has a blockbuster story on ties betweeen lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Rep. Tom DeLay and a shadowy group known as the U.S. Family Network.

The U.S. Family Network, a public advocacy group that operated in the 1990s with close ties to Rep. Tom DeLay and claimed to be a nationwide grass-roots organization, was funded almost entirely by corporations linked to embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to tax records and former associates of the group.

The other day, President Bush went on Fox News and lied.  Thankfully, at lease one news outlet in American actually went to the bother of gathering the facts and pointing out the lie.

Here's Bloomberg's story:

U.S. President George W. Bush calls indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff ``an equal money dispenser'' who helped politicians of both parties. Campaign donation records show Republicans were a lot more equal than Democrats.

Between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats, federal records show. At the same time, his Indian clients were the only ones among the top 10 tribal donors in the U.S. to donate more money to Republicans than Democrats.