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Now that BP has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $4 billion in criminal penalties for misconducted related to the 2010 Gulf Oil spill, there's a logical question:

Before 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally can start down the path to citizenship, the U.S.-Mexico border must reach a level of security that satisfies border hawks in Congress.

The lawyer for a federal agent who shot a Mexican national last Tuesday says the victim had threatened him with a rock.

A Senate investigations committee will begin a probe into a major bank to determine whether it failed to protect against money laundering by Mexican drug cartels.

Footage from surveillance cameras along the Boston Marathon route gave the FBI early clues about the bombing suspects. And prosecutors say they'll use some of those images to try to prove their criminal case against 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But the proliferation of cameras in America's big cities is raising some tricky questions about the balance between security and privacy.

A poll released days before the opening of George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas is serving as fodder for some sequestered GOP nostalgia about his two terms in the White House.

These should be good times for Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez.

Congressional leaders have until the weekend to find middle ground on spending bills and avoid the blowback of a government shutdown. However, the new House GOP majority includes many freshmen, who could defy their own leaders to force deeper cuts in federal spending.

The San Diego Foundation has released its Parks for Everyone report. It found not everyone living in the region has the same access to parks and playing fields.

Some Residents, Enviro Groups Call For Permanent Shutdown