Jul 13, 2009 11:06AM

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time (AP)

AP - Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever.

Jul 13, 2009 09:26AM

Graham predicts Sotomayor OK 'barring meltdown' (AP)

AP - Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a Hispanic pioneer well qualified for the Supreme Court on Monday, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama's views as well at the start of confirmation hearings.

Jul 13, 2009 10:56AM

Obama challenges on health care (AP)

AP - A defiant President Barack Obama sought Monday to revive his faltering plan to overhaul health care, delivering a full-throated promise to get comprehensive legislation and summoning lawmakers crucial to his effort to the White House.

Jul 13, 2009 10:13AM

Obama chooses Alabama doctor as next surgeon general (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Jul 13, 2009 08:42AM

Officials: CIA program targeted al-Qaida leaders (AP)

AP - Government officials say the secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and kill or capture al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes.