Topic: CBS Corporation

GOP quandary: how hard to swing at Sotomayor

Republicans on Capitol Hill are acutely aware that the tone and content of the nominee's hearing could redefine the party after two punishing national elections.

Breaking news: Obama orders cheeseburgers (Biden not invited)

New York terror plotters wanted to 'do jihad'

Four men were arrested in New York Wednesday night after plotting to blow up two synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down military airplanes.

Life's foothold on Earth may reach back 4.4 billion years

Where's the environment section on Google News?

Is Cheney helping or hurting the GOP?

The former vice president is charging hard in defense of Bush-era antiterror policies, but some party analysts say other Republican voices need to emerge.

Cell phones turn White House briefing into circus

Hispanics push Obama for a Supreme Court seat

There's never been a Hispanic on the high court though they're 15 percent of the US population.

Why cover Obama's hamburger lunch? People like it.

No ruling in Madonna's appeal to adopt Malawian girl

Malawi's highest court adjourned indefinitely Monday after hearing testimony in an appeal against a lower court's ruling last month that Madonna could not adopt toddler Chifundo "Mercy" James.

Specter: Reagan's GOP is gone

On Sunday talk shows, he says the 'big tent' party of Reagan and the late Jack Kemp has been replaced by rigid conservatism.

Specter the Defector to appear on two enchanting Sunday shows

David Letterman, electric car evangelist?

Formula for an Obama press conference: 13 questions

Wednesday's prime-time event had its unscripted moments, but the president has the format down to a science.

Supreme Court backs FCC crackdown on swearing on television

In a 5-to-4 ruling, the top court upheld the regulator's 2004 decision to hold broadcasters liable for the occasional expletive.

How many birds hit airplanes? Database will be released Friday

What’s on Web TV?

In just five years the genre has already begun to transform the way we tell stories.

Might more stimulus be needed? Not yet, says Geithner.

The Obama team won't seek another spending jolt for the US economy, the Treasury secretary said Sunday, until it assesses effects of the first one.

Elite teams taking full charge of basketball's Final Four

Big money, recruiting power, and selection committees mean the era of Cinderella teams is all but over.

The Monitor's View: March Madness gone wild

College basketball is great entertainment but needs reform

Obama wants more reform from GM, Chrysler

The two automakers seek additional $22 billion from the US, even as the president signals their plans aren’t adequate.

Turnover at GM, as US seeks greater auto reforms

CEO Rick Wagoner is said to be out. In assessing industry's plans for revival, Obama has asserted that the automakers 'aren't there yet.'

Politicians using Twitter: Morons or visionaries?

Geithner's big week with Congress, bank plan

The Treasury secretary begins to find his footing after a shaky start.

New poll spells doom for Obama? Nah, not really...