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President Obama on Monday made a last-ditch effort to salvage his administration's signature issue, unveiling a health care overhaul proposal that would extend insurance coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans and create a government body to monitor jaw-dropping rate increases.

The plan comes days before a White House health care summit with congressional leaders and may be his last chance to salvage health care legislation. The new White House plan would give the federal government the power to regulate the health insurance industry much like a public utility.

A nagging question in the Tea Party movement has surfaced again. Who's actually paying the bills? Some Tea Party leaders announced earlier this month that they're forming a fundraising corporation. Its goal is to raise money from other corporations and rich individuals. But they set it up so it doesn't have to disclose who those donors are.

A nagging question in the Tea Party movement has surfaced again: Who's actually paying the bills? Some Tea Party leaders announced earlier this month that they're forming a fundraising corporation. Its goal is to raise money from other corporations and rich individuals. But they set it up so it doesn't have to disclose who those donors are.

A teenager challenges San Diego's curfew ordinance and wins in a State Court of appeals. We'll hear what that means for the city's "be home before 10" curfew. We'll also check in a State Supreme court decision on the medical marijuana law and a new anti-discrimination law regarding genetic information.

As part of our monthly series on ethics in science and technology, we'll look at how changing information about climate change impacts scientific, social and political realms.

The president's plan will increase spending in the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a number of government programs. The deficit for this year would surge to a record-breaking $1.6 trillion, according to a congressional official.

President Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.

The California Supreme Court dismissed conflict-of-interest charges against five former city pension board members. We discuss the court ruling and how this will impact San Diego.

President Barack Obama discussed the need for more job creation, and more bipartisanship in Washington, D.C. during his first State of the Union address. What were the key elements of the speech, and did the president inspire Republicans and Democrats to do a better job of working together?