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Report: Michael Jackson Hospitalized

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has never shied away from talking about his religious faith. So perhaps it should have come as no surprise that he invoked “God’s law” throughout his long, rambling press conference on June 24 — after going missing in Buenos Aires for six days — to confess his yearlong extramarital affair with an Argentine woman. But in acknowledging his infidelity, Sanford was actually admitting that he had broken a state law: adultery is still punishable in South Carolina by up to a year in prison and a $500 fine

Analysis: Obama balances realism, idealism as Iran simmers

This week, President Obama spoke in the harshest tones yet about the Iranian regime’s violent crackdown against election protesters.

Fighting tears, shah’s son calls crisis a ‘moment of truth’

The son of the former shah of Iran called Monday for solidarity against Iran’s Islamic regime, warning that the democratic movement born out of the election crisis might not succeed without international support. “The moment of truth has arrived,” Reza Shah Pahlavi said at Washington’s National Press Club

Foreclosure Prevention: New Program Shows Big Jump

The government finally seems to be making progress in its efforts to stem the foreclosure crisis. Housing and Urban Development officials say lenders extended loan-modification offers to 40,000 borrowers who were struggling to pay their mortgage in the second week of June. That is nearly triple the weekly average of about 15,000 workouts that loan servicers had extended in the prior 10 weeks since the government’s latest foreclosure-prevention plan was announced.

Obama to Iran: ‘The whole world is watching’

President Obama called Saturday for the Iranian government to refrain from violence and injustice against its own citizens. “The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching,” Obama said in a White House statement. “We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost

Obama’s Three-Part Case on Iran

This weekend Iran is roiled by the greatest turmoil since the 1979 revolution, while there is an ongoing debate inside the Obama Administration. One camp has argued that the Iranian political order could be fundamentally shaken in the days ahead, as in Poland in 1989 and Ukraine in 2004.

Obama walks tightrope on Iran

Protesters were on the streets of Tehran all week, demanding real democracy. Where, some people were asking, was U.S

Racist e-mail aimed at Obama raises hackles in Tennessee

The chairman of Tennessee’s Democratic Party wants a Republican legislative aide fired for sending out a "reprehensible" e-mail depicting President Obama as two cartoonish white eyes peering from a black background.

North Korea on agenda as Obama to meet South Korean leader

North Korea and its nuclear ambitions are expected to be a key part of discussions as President Obama hosts the South Korean president Tuesday. Obama is to meet with President Lee Myung-bak in a closed-door session at the White House on Tuesday morning and then share a working lunch

Poll: Half of Israelis back bombing if needed to stop Iran nukes

Roughly half of Israelis support bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities if international efforts fail to stop the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons, according to a Hebrew University poll released Sunday. Some 52 percent of Israelis say the country should bomb Iran’s nuclear reactor, while 35 percent are against, the poll found