May 15, 2012
The Senate has voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank after rejecting efforts by conservatives to weaken or abolish the government's vehicle for financing American export sales.
The White House says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold assets worth between nearly $2.6 million and nearly $8.3 million.
Former President George W. Bush on Tuesday praised the Arab spring movement and said the U.S. shouldn't fear the spread of freedom, even if it doesn't know what policies newly liberated countries will pursue.
...Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent as reckless.
...Nebraska Republicans on Tuesday were choosing a candidate to square off against Democrat Bob Kerrey, a former senator seeking another turn on Capitol Hill in one of the year's most hotly contested Senate races.
...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered the Air Force to take new steps to address an undiagnosed safety problem with its F-22 fighter jet, including limiting the distances it can fly between landing zones.
...New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican often mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate but who repeatedly has denied interest, has criticized fellow Republican Mitt Romney's stance on immigration.
...Election season has apparently spawned a slick new way for telemarketers to get around the "Do Not Call" registry — hiding a timeshare sales pitch behind a phony poll.
The Chinese dissident whose activism against his country's practice of forced abortion and sterilization made him a wanted man declared via telephone before a Capitol Hill hearing that he "cannot be silent" in the face of "evils" against women and children -- even as he described the persecution his family has suffered.
John Edwards' defense team brought out a parade of witnesses Tuesday to drive home two key points in his high-stakes corruption trial: the former presidential candidate was initially clueless about the hush money being sent to his mistress, and the prosecution's star witness can't be believed.