President Obama ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to the Mexico border in an effort to reach out to Republicans. He'll need their support to move forward on immigration reform.
Elena Kagan’s dealings with Lawrence H. Summers, a top U.S. economic adviser and the former president of Harvard, reveal intense ambition and political skill.
AP - Under pressure to take action, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, pre-empting Republican efforts to force a congressional vote to send the troops.
AP - Marking five disastrous weeks, BP readied yet another attempt to slow the oil gushing into the Gulf on Tuesday as a federal report alleged drilling regulators have been so close to oil and gas companies they've been accepting gifts and even negotiating to go work for them.
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the world must respond to sinking of a South Korean warship that has been blamed on North Korea.
An 18-year-old woman who told police she was the victim of a gang rape retracted her statement in a court hearing in Abu Dhabi, state newspaper The National reported. The woman had been charged with the crime of having sex out of wedlock after reporting the rape to police, and faced a sentence of lashes and jail time.
BP had signs of trouble aboard the drill rig in the hour before the blast, which uncapped an undersea gusher to spew oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a report reveals.
Pakistani officials have detained a 10th person in connection with the investigation into the failed May 1 car bombing of New York's Times Square, a Pakistani intelligence source told CNN Tuesday.