5 Things You Should Know About Jim Webb
The former senator, the fifth Democrat to enter the presidential race, has a colorful background as a veteran, author, reporter and defender of the Confederacy.
Politics & Government
A Conservative Firebrand From The Start, Ted Cruz Always Had A Plan
Long before Cruz was the Texas senator commandeering the Senate floor, he was a teenager reciting conservative, free-market ideology.
Greensboro Votes To Sue State Over New Redistricting Law
A highly contested bill that restructures Greensboro's city government may have become law. But the fight is not over.
S.C. House Votes To Remove Confederate Flag From Capitol Grounds
The decision follows more than 13 hours of debate. Lawmakers in the House approved the Senate bill by a two-thirds margin, and the measure now goes to Republican Gov. Nikki Hailey's desk.
Lead Prosecutor Brings Gandhi-Like Attitude To Brazil's Corruption Scandal
In Brazil, one of the biggest corruption scandals in its history has an unlikely hero. He is a 35-year-old Harvard educated lawyer who says his inspiration is Gandhi.
Does It Matter That 95 Percent Of Elected Prosecutors Are White?
"The group of people who are really the managers of the criminal justice system in America are concentrated among one demographic group: white men," said an author of the report.
House And Senate Lawmakers Work To Revise No Child Left Behind Law
Passed in 2001, the education law established more standardized testing and education data collection than at any time in U.S. history. Congress is looking to reauthorize it, but roadblocks remain.
Fact Check: 36 Percent Or Not? Inside Jeb Bush's Tax Math
Did Bush really pay 36 percent over all those years of tax returns or not? Here's how the campaign got to that number.
Russia Vetoes U.N. Proposal To Call Srebrenica 'Genocide'
Twenty years ago, the international community failed to protect Bosnian Muslims in what was supposed to be a United Nations safe zone in Bosnia. Russia blocked a UN Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned the Srebrenica massacre as an act of genocide.
Greece's Tsipras Tells EU Leaders He Wants 'Socially Just' Solution To Crisis
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared before European Parliament on Wednesday to propose what he called a "fair and viable solution" to the country's economic crisis.