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The industry says it has access to vast quantities of the low-carbon fuel and has funneled money into a new lobby to position itself better within proposed climate legislation. But some lawmakers aren't on board, and Exxon Mobil joining the team hasn't helped.

SAN DIEGO -- Vice President Joe Biden appeared at Naval Air Station North Island today to speak to the sailors of the USS Ronald Reagan. The Vice President took the opportunity to voice the administration’s support for the sailors. He said he and President Barack Obama are working to improve the quality of life for service members and their families.

Washington is in an uproar about reports of White House involvement in the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors late last year. Angry lawmakers are calling on the administration to explain the move

San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura counties will become the first in California to begin checking the immigration status of all inmates booked into jail as part of a national effort to identify and deport more illegal immigrants with criminal records, it was reported today.

The former chief of staff to embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Kyle Sampson gave testimony on why eight federal prosecutors were fired. Sampson stepped down from his post in the midst of the furor.

One year after President Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, 200 detainees remain there. A new study finds judges using wildly different criteria to review the cases — the result of a lack of clear guidelines on issues such as the use of coercion — and how to define an enemy combatant.

Chrysler LLC wants to eliminate 789, or about 25 percent, of its U.S. 3,200 dealerships, saying in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday that the network is antiquated and has too many stores competing with each other.

Hazleton, Pa., a small town near Scranton, passed a law punishing businesses who hire illegal immigrants and landlords who rent to them. A federal judge blocked enforcement of the law, pending a trial on its legality. That trial began Monday.

Jurors begin hearing evidence Friday in the trial of Scott Roeder, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a doctor who performed abortions later in pregnancy. The Kansas man has admitted to killing Dr. George Tiller in May, but the case is far from open-and-shut.

The New York Times says the point of an article that implied John McCain had an improper relationship with a lobbyist was about his inability to see how his behavior might look to others. His behavior in financing his campaign is also being questioned.