Politics

North Korea agreed Saturday to resume multilateral talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program five months after saying it would never do so.

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A Senate subcommittee held hearings Monday on the future of funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and alleged biases in PBS programming.

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Representatives of the Sudanese government and rebel groups fighting government forces signed a declaration of principles Tuesday in a tentative deal aimed at bringing peace to the war-ravaged Darfur region of the East African nation.

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Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, discuss the upcoming confirmation battle over who should replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

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In a prelude to the expected battle over the next Supreme Court justice nomination, an historian explains the selection and confirmation process and the past battles between Congress and the president.

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The Israeli Army reopened the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlements area Friday.

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Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a critical moderate swing vote in many of the court's decisions, announced Friday she was retiring after some 24 years of service.

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Born to Henry and Ada May Day on March 26, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, O'Connor spent her early years on her parents' 155,000-acre ranch, known as Lazy B, in southeastern Arizona.

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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor resigned from the U.S. Supreme Court Friday after a 24-year term. Law analysts discuss her legacy and the view of O'Connor as the "swing" vote.

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Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor resigned Friday after 24 years on the bench. Margaret Warner and Jan Crawford Greenburg of the Chicago Tribune talk about O'Connor's role on the Court.

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