From the NYT:

Sen. Ted Stevens from Alaska, the longest serving U.S. Republican senator ever, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of making false statements, according to a federal grand jury indictment.

The U.S. Justice Department has scheduled a news conference for 1:20 p.m. to make an announcement “regarding a significant criminal matter.”

A federal law enforcement official said the news conference would discuss the criminal charges against Stevens. The 28-page indictment outlining the charges against Stevens was released by the Justice Department right before the news conference.

Tim Russert of NBC News has died at the age of 58, the network says.

Family members say NBC’s Tim Russert has died. They tell The New York Times that Russert died of an apparent heart attack. The host of NBC’s “Meet the Press” was 58.

Longtime NBC anchor Tom Brokaw has now confirmed Russert’s death, in a special report on NBC.

Brokaw says Russert’s death came during a political campaign that “he loved.”

– Sen. Ted Kennedy is rushed to a hospital in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a Democratic source tells CNN.

From CNN:

– Ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has died, according to media reports.