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At least 60,000 children from Central America are expected to be stopped at the US border this year — illegally and alone. 

Can businesses refuse service to homosexuals if it violates the owners' religious freedom? Can valuable new rights be protected without infringing on cherished old ones?

Harsh new anti-gay laws in African countries have Western donors threatening to withhold assistance. That's raised questions about unintended consequences.

In this year's budget debate Democrats and Republicans will have make public their priorities, revealing internal divisions before the primaries and November election.

The world is waiting for Vladimir Putin to make another move or relax tensions in Ukraine. Are there options for the US and EU to defuse what could be a dangerous crisis?

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu seemed to be selling peace with the Palestinians today in a speech to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby.

With rising death and starvation in Syria, the UN wants a continuation of peace talks, backed by the US and Russia, now at loggerheads over what's happening in Ukraine.

Racially charged incidents on college campuses are on the increase. What happened to the expectation that the "millennial generation" would live in "a post racial society?"

If Comcast merges with TWC, it will be America's dominant broadband provider. Is Comcast getting too much power? Should broadband be regulated like a public utility?

Defense Secretary Hagel wants to cut the Pentagon budget. We hear what he's proposing, what it means for national security and the likely response from Congress.