3 strong quakes strike Chile in quick succession
Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile this morning, just as the country was swearing in a new president.
No peace talks if Israel sticks to construction plans, Palestinians say
Vice President Joe Biden had been sent to the Mideast to kick-start the peace effort. But a poorly timed announcement of Israeli housing plans for Jerusalem has dimmed the prospect for talks.
As Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel wound to a close, prospects for new peace talks seemed to dim Thursday because of Palestinian anger at Israeli plans to construct housing in a disputed Jerusalem neighborhood.
Biden tells Palestinians U.S. won’t be deterred
Despite the row with Israel over its housing plan, brokering peace talks is still a key priority, he declares.Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinians on Wednesday that the United States intends to push ahead with its Mideast peacemaking effort, despite a diplomatic blow-up this week over Israel's plans to build 1,600 housing units in disputed East Jerusalem.
Obama touts plan to cut waste in Medicare, Medicaid
Pitching his healthcare reform legislation in suburban Missouri, the president announces a broadened initiative to block fraud in government health programs.
Promoting a new initiative to reduce waste in Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs, President Obama traveled to suburban St. Louis on Wednesday to keep up momentum behind his push to complete work on a health overhaul this month.
Video: Feud over Supreme Court
An ongoing war of words has erupted between Congress and the Supreme Court, as Justice Alito recently criticized President Obama’s State of the Union address. Jan Crawford reports.
Obama Pushes Health Bill in Missouri
President Denounces Waste and Fraud in System; Says “Time for Talk is Over”
As Haiti recovers from massive quake, Obama vows support
Haitian President Rene Preval comes to Washington to seek ongoing aid. The president promises to be a ‘partner’ in the reconstruction effort.
President Obama pledged to stand by Haiti as it recovered from its devastating earthquake, assuring the stricken nation’s president today that the U.S. would not turn its back on neighbors in a time of need.
Bali bombing suspect killed in police raids
Dulmatin, wanted for planning the nightclub attacks that killed 202 people in 2002, dies in raids by Indonesian police.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday confirmed that a militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings was killed Tuesday on the outskirts of Jakarta.
Chief justice unsettled by Obama’s criticism of Supreme Court
John G. Roberts Jr. tells law students that the president's rebuke of a ruling on corporate campaign funding and the subsequent cheering at the State of the Union address were 'very troubling.'Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told law students Tuesday that he found it "very troubling" to be surrounded by loudly cheering critics at President Obama's State of the Union address, saying it was reason enough for the justices not to attend the annual speech to Congress.
Rally backs health plan
Demonstrators in the capital issue ‘citizen’s arrest’ warrants for insurance executives and pledge to step up pressure on Congress.
In a reverse twist on the old protesters’ tactic of getting arrested to make a point, union leaders and other backers of President Obama’s healthcare plan issued “citizen’s arrest” warrants for health insurance executives Tuesday — accusing them of exploiting consumers.
