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  • A bill proposed by the Senate's Gang of Eight (from left, Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; John McCain, R-Ariz.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Bob Menendez, D-N.J.; Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; and Michael Bennet, D-Colo.) has passed out of committee and is headed for the full Senate. But the fate of the issue in the House is less clear.
    Immigration Measure Faces Test In Senate, Rival Bill In House
    Members of Congress are back in their home states this week for a Memorial Day recess. It's a chance to talk with constituents about what could become the year's biggest legislative story: the push on Capitol Hill to fix what Democrats and Republicans alike agree is a broken immigration system.
  • Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has proposed cutting three seats from a key D.C. appeals court.
    Senators Tussle Over Proposal To 'Unpack' Key D.C. Court
    More than 75 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt caused an uproar with his plan to "pack" the Supreme Court with friendly justices. It was an audacious effort to protect his New Deal initiatives.
  • Rancher Bill Gow doesn't want the proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline to travel across his Douglas County, Ore., ranch. While he's refused to negotiate with the pipeline company, ultimately a court may force him and other landowners to allow the project on their land.
    Natural Gas Export Plan Unites Oregon Landowners Against It
    A radical shift in the world energy picture is raising environmental concerns in the United States.
  • Sons, Guns And The Sins Of The Father In Meyer's Texas Epic
    Philipp Meyer (American Rust) has crafted a multigenerational epic that captures the Lone Star State's contradictions and vast sweep. Critic Michael Schaub calls The Son "one of the most solid, unsparing pieces of American historical fiction to come out this century."
  • Encinitas Divided Over Growth
    The debate over Encinitas' Proposition A highlights a divide over how communities should grow in the future.
  • Daniel K. Omedelena, 71, served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1968-69. A disproportionate number of veterans live in rural, sometimes remote parts of the country, like Wales, Alaska. As the veteran population ages, their health care needs increase, but many have not even filed claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Searching For Veterans On Alaska's Remote Edges
    Twenty-two million Americans served in the military, but the vast majority are from the Vietnam and Korea generations. They're getting older now, and many live in rural or remote places like Alaska.
  • 'The Son': A Texas Saga With Guilt And Gore To Go Around
    Philipp Meyer's second novel is a centuries-spanning family saga that chronicles the growth of Texas. Many hands are bloodied in the novel's conflicts: between settlers and Native Americans, between Texan ranchers and Mexicans, and finally, between ranchers and the oil men who take over the land.
  • Daniel K. Omedelena, 71, served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1968-69. A disproportionate number of veterans live in rural, sometimes remote, parts of the country like Wales, Alaska. As the veteran population ages, their health care needs increase, but many have not even filed claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Searching For Veterans On Alaska's Remote Edges
    When he was in Vietnam, Isaac Oxereok's small build made him ideal for tunnel-ratting: running with a pistol and a flashlight into underground passages built by the Viet Cong. In 1967 he finished his tour with the Army and returned home to Wales, Alaska. Oxereok knew he wasn't quite right, but there wasn't anyone around to tell him how to get help.
  • Basic hearing aids cost an average of $1,500 per ear.
    Hearing Aids: A Luxury Good For Many Seniors
    More than 30 million Americans experience significant hearing loss, but only a third of them gets hearing aids.
  • Filner Promises To Keep Fiesta Island Dog Park Intact
    While Mayor Bob Filner's Balboa Park plans are stalled, he waded into a long-standing controversy over another park: the dog park on Fiesta Island in Mission Bay.
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