First Lady Michelle Obama Launches Campaign Against Childhood Obesity

At their weekend convention in Santa Clara, they pummel Democrats Brown and Boxer but also make conservatism an electoral litmus test.

The Long Beach Democrat requests two emergency services helicopters to give her and 19 staffers an aerial tour of Southern California.

The looming vote for final passage of the historic health-care bill is the stiffest challenge House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has faced in his three-plus years as the lawmaker responsible for counting heads and ensuring passage of major legislation.

The sour economy is producing a bumper crop of cash-strapped consumers, business owners and shady agents who're fueling a wave of insurance fraud that's keeping regulators and law enforcement officials busy from coast to coast.

As the White House reconsiders the decision to prosecute the five alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in civilian court, the likely change of course seems designed to protect vulnerable Democrats in Congress more than it is to improve the chances for conviction.