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It will take more than a newly launched Justice Department inquiry into the CIA's post-Sept. 11 interrogations of terrorism suspects to convince President Obama's restive supporters that he has the political will to follow the facts wherever they lead.

Sen. Edward Kennedy called revamping health care "the cause of my life." Many on Capitol Hill now wonder whether his death will breathe new life into efforts to pass a health care overhaul or force a truce in the debate's heated rhetoric. Others doubt it.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts died Tuesday night of complications related to a cancerous brain tumor. The 77-year-old Democrat was surrounded by family members at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass. Universally known as Teddy, he had served in the Senate since 1962.

There's more to this month's health care town halls than you'll get from the YouTube moments. If you listen to Rep. Brian Baird's town hall in Clark County, Wash., mixed in with the angry outbursts and certain paranoid delusions, you'll hear a substantial debate.

San Diego Unified School Superintendent Terry Grier discusses why he's planning to take a new job in Houston after only two years in San Diego.

Ombudsman Alicia Shepard for National Public Radio talks about ethics in journalism today. If it looks like torture, sounds like torture and apparently feels like torture, should reporters call it torture? Is the term health care reform actually a partisan slap against our current form of health care? Shepard answers these and other questions.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was a Democrat's Democrat, so much so that he became a rallying point for those in his party and an object of derision for Republican opponents.

Recently, Youth Radio commentator Arash Afghahi has become more interested in events outside the U.S. — and in Iran. Afghahi is Iranian, and even though his parents left the country before he was born, he still has family there. But it took this summer's election and the protests that followed to capture his interest.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts — the scion of an American political dynasty who became an iconic liberal legislator — died Wednesday of complications related to a cancerous brain tumor.

President Obama has said he wants to see if diplomacy can keep Iran's nuclear program in check. But even those who promote the idea are wondering how effective the U.S. can be.