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Detroit is America's poster child for urban decay. Can it be re-invented on a smaller scale? Could it become a model for urban restoration in other parts of the country?

Barack Obama's re-election has led the GOP to an agonizing reappraisal. Agreed on the need to reach out to new demographics, they are divided on how that should be done.

With a declining market for coal in the United States, the coal industry wants to export its product to China, where demand is bigger than ever. What about global warming?

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women in combat. We look at the pros and cons for the military, in Constitutional law and American culture.

Despite the Toxic Assets Relief Program 12 banks are still "too big to fail," with protection secured by taxpayers. We update the bailout and promise of foreclosure relief.

It's 40 years to the day since the US Supreme Court ruled that a woman has a constitutional right to abortion. We update America's most bitter cultural controversy.

Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated today for his second term, with an inaugural speech that looked to the future...

President Obama and Congress are looking for ways that mental health agencies to share information so law enforcement can take action. Is the next step preventive detention for people who’ve never committed crimes? Is prediction possible—or is there no choice but to wait for violence to happen?

At a time of upheaval all over Middle East, Israel’s alliance with the United States is in trouble.

The President today signed 23 executive orders and asked Congress for additional gun control measures—with an appeal to the public…