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Meet The Supreme CourtChanges in the Supreme Court are rare -- perhaps not as rare as changes in popes or monarchs -- but rarer than any other event in our democracy.
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The path to citizenship is an often expensive process involving lots of forms and one big test about U.S. history, government and politics. view »
In 1965, the South was transformed by a bloody confrontation in Selma, where black civil rights marchers challenged Alabama's white political authority. Gil Klein examines the reverberations of those acts 40 years ago. view »
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision in Brown v. Board of Education that ultimately would desegregate public schools in the United States. view »
Slideshow: N.C. Native Tilley guards Tomb of the Unknown SoldierNorth Carolinian John Tilley can be seen fulfilling his military obligation marching in ever so precise ways, donning impeccably constructed dress blues while guarding the fabled Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. view »
Subsidies Encourage Unhealthy Eating
More health researchers say federal subsidies for soybeans and corn worsen the nation's obesity problem, especially in low-income communities. view »
Protecting Southern Agriculture Jobs With Immigration Reform
Growers say that as the federal government clamps down on illegal border crossings, their labor supply is disappearing. view »
Souvenirs from Warner's 30 years in the Senate are now on the auction block.
Scott Teague of Mountain City, Tenn., finished a 16-day religious journey Monday that took him from eastern Tennessee to the nation’s capital – by foot
A month into his term, Republican Rep. Phil Roe mostly toes the party line -- fitting his conservative Tenessee district.
Cpl. Dustin Lee and his bomb-sniffing German shepherd Lex were patrolling Iraq's Anbar province when an insurgent's rocket-propelled grenade cut them down. Lee's parents - and his teenage brother and sister - knew that nothing could replace Cpl. Lee after he was killed in the March 2007 attack. But they thought that adopting the dog that survived the attack would help fill the emotional chasm.
A look back at Washington's historic black community through the cameras of the Scurlock Studio.
Gregory Secrest of Martinsville, Va., watched President Barack Obama sign a bill extending and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides health insurance for low-income children. Before signing the bill, the president told how Secrest's son, Blake, offered his father the money in his piggy bank to cover costs when Secrest lost his job.
As Congress debated the $825 billion stimulus package Tuesday, Grand Strand leaders flew to Washington hoping to secure some of that money for construction of Interstate 73.
The Florida delegation reaches for its share of the economic stimulus pie, Kathy Castor sits in judgment of a fellow Democrat, and could a Tampa-area resident be heading for a spot in the Obama administration?
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn settles his bet with Florida Sen. Bill Nelson by singing "Rocket Man." The senators made a musical wager on this year's college football championship, in which Florida bested Oklahoma.
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue was in Washington Wednesday to talk to her state's Congressional delegation to push for federal dollars for infrastructure projects and other stimulus spending to help solve the state's budget crisis.
These tips can make your day a little easier if you're planning to be on the National Mall for Barack Obama's inauguration.
How many guns do you own? That's the question as candidates for national GOP chair debate who loves guns more in their quest to lead the Republican Party.
South Carolina Republican Party chair Katon Dawson debates other candidates seeking the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.
Billy House looks at the week ahead for Florida's congressional delegation.
Here's one thing Inauguration goers won't have to worry about for next month's big event: finding a place to go to the bathroom.