Frederic C. Hof, author of a March report suggesting an environmental preserve and other initiatives in the disputed Golan Heights, is meeting with Israeli officials.
As Judge Sonia Sotomayor had her first chance to rebut critics and the nation had its first chance to listen to her at length, passion was in short supply.
Judge Sonia Sotomayor insisted in the face of skeptical questioning from Republicans that she would never allow personal bias to influence her rulings.
Confirmation hearings seek, in theory, to determine what sort of justice the nominee would be. But in practice they show what sort of lawyer the nominee is.
AP - Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial as GOP senators tried to undercut her with her own words from past speeches.
AP - House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans, with medical providers, employers and the wealthiest picking up most of the tab.
AP - The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spending, and it's aiming where it hurts the most — at home in Arizona.
Seven people are in custody in connection with the shooting deaths of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, and one more person is being sought, authorities said Tuesday. All seven will face murder charges in the deaths of Byrd and Melanie Billings last week, officials said. They include a 16-year-old juvenile.
The home state of Mexico's president has become a flashpoint of violence in the country's war against drug cartels. In the latest incident, 12 bodies of federal police officers were found on the side of a remote highway. Since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006, more than 10,000 people have died across Mexico, about 1,000 of them police.