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San Diego's mayor is in Washington DC this morning. It is his third trip to the nation's capital this year to lobby for San Diego's interests. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more.

While Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been talking tough on the campaign trail, the candidates were anything but caustic at the Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in North Carolina on Friday.

The first war crimes trials since World War II started this week at Guantanamo Bay. Andrew McBride, a former Justice Department official, discusses the trials, as well as how Guantanamo's war crimes compare with those of 1945.

Say "Cheese" to Vote: The High Court Decides

Threats of violence are rattling Southern California campuses, days after the Virginia Tech shooting rampage that killed 33 people.

In a news conference marking the first 100 days of his presidency, Obama says his biggest surprise has been "the number of critical issues that appear to be coming to a head at the same time."

Which legal decisions can be used as a precedent, and which cannot? The question was raised in a piece in The New York Times this week about the Bush v. Gore case that decided the 2000 election. Legal commentator Mimi Wesson discusses the issue with Liane Hansen.

Closing arguments are scheduled to begin tomorrow in the preliminary hearing in the state's corruption case against six former trustees of San Diego's pension board. The six are accused of breaking co

Confirmation hearings are scheduled Thursday for Dr. James Holsinger Jr., the Kentucky cardiologist nominated by President Bush to be the nation's 18th surgeon general. Holsinger is likely to face tough questioning — not only about his own qualifications, but about whether he can stand up to the political meddling that his predecessor, Richard Carmona, says hampered his ability to do the job.

Germany's far right can be a place for support and camaraderie. But once members stray from political lines, they are considered traitors.