President Obama is defending U.S. military strikes in Libya in the face of a potential lawsuit, arguing that he is not in violation the War Powers Resolution. On Wednesday, it was reported that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will sue Obama for taking military action without authorization from Congress.

“We are not saying the president can take the country into war on his own,” Harold Koh, the State Department legal adviser, said. “We are not saying the War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional or should be scrapped, or that we can refuse to consult Congress. We are saying the limited nature of this particular mission is not the kind of ‘hostilities’ envisioned by the War Powers Resolution.”

However, in a letter to the White House, House Speaker John Boehner wrote: "Either you have concluded the War Powers Resolution does not apply to the mission in Libya or you have determined the War Powers Resolution is contrary to the Constitution." Boehner, who is not among the 10 lawmakers filing the lawsuit, set a Friday deadline for President Obama to address "constitutional and statutory questions."

The mug shot of John Edwards, released Wednesday, shows the former Senator smiling despite the fact that the he could be facing prison time for campaign finance violations. Edwards pleaded not guilty to the charges last week.

Porn Star Ginger Lee on Wednesday spoke publicly about her e-mail relationship with embattled congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), telling a group of reporters that he asked her to lie. Lee, who is also a stripper, called for Weiner's resignation.

"I think that Anthony Weiner should resign because he lied. He lied to the public and the press for more than a week," said Lee, who was accompanied at the news conference by attorney Gloria Allred. "If he lied about this, I can't have much faith in him about anything else."

Meantime, Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, returned to the U.S. on Wednesday. Abedin is an aide to Hillary Clinton and had been travelling with the Secretary of State in the Middle East and Africa since June 8.

A newly released poll shows Mitt Romney is within two points of President Obama in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup in the 2012 election. According to Public Policy Polling, Obama bests Romney by 47-45, the closest the gap has been in seven months. The rest of the Republican field trails Obama by double digits.

From Public Policy Polling: "November 2012 is a long way off but at this point PPP's national polling is finding 2 tiers of electability for the Republican Presidential candidates. The first tier is Mitt Romney. The second tier is everyone else."

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who's running for the GOP presidential nomination, says she will not run for re-election while she's campaigning.

However, as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune noted: "If she stumbles in the primaries, state law would allow her to discontinue her presidential campaign and file for re-election to the House by June 5, 2012. That could discourage other Minnesota candidates."