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President Obama will propose a "conciliatory" budget tomorrow with proposed cuts in Medicare and Social Security and an increase in taxes. Is there any chance of consensus?

The US and its allies are dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons. Will Iran be next? We hear the outcome of weekend negotiations, ten years after the process began.

After charges of systematic cheating on standardized testing by administrators and teachers a backlash is growing against standardized testing.

There's been a huge leap in the diagnosis of ADHD in American children. Doctors are prescribing Ritalin and Adderall to treat it. What is it? Are drugs the right answer?

Google promises to "do no evil," but is Google Glass going too far? Are there limits to the relationship between human beings and digital technology?

Will a guest-worker program for unskilled laborers kill a Senate deal on immigration reform or will it be border security, a "path to citizenship" or some other obstacle?

The President and the Mayor of New York are coordinating the effort to enact some form of gun control before the Sandy Hook massacre is forgotten.

The rebellion against Syria's al-Assad regime have aroused hostilities between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. What are the consequences for the US and the rest of the Mideast.

Today, the US Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the Defense of Marriage Act, which limits "marriage" to a man and a woman in 1100 federal regulations.