To the Point

The Supreme Court's 'Roe v. Wade' decision legalized abortions in 1973, but the debate over the "right to choose" versus the "right to life" has by no means been decided. 

A crowd of prominent Republicans is supposedly thirsting to run against President Obama next year, but they've waited a long time to make that final commitment. Now, Newt Gingrich says he'll take the plunge...

We look at the rapid pace of change in the Middle East and the Muslim world, and the challenges facing President Barack Obama.

Almost 10 years later, Osama bin Laden is dead, but the consequences of 9/11 live on. The US is still fighting two wars, and what about his effort to bankrupt the superpower?

The killing of Osama bin Laden might lead to change in American strategy. Will it speed the pull-out of troops from Afghanistan? What will it mean for US-Pakistani relations?

The head of al Qaeda was killed by a team that's part of the Joint Special Operations Command, an organization most Americans never heard of.

Osama bin Laden was discovered in a fortified compound a few miles from Pakistan's capital city. DNA analysis positively identified him as man killed by US Special Forces.

With all the trappings of history, will today's royal wedding raise the spirits of a modern nation in the throes of austerity? What's the attraction of a marriage between two people whose power is more symbolic than real?

An important personnel shakeup in the Obama Administration, and the launch of Endeavour as the government's manned space program goes on hiatus.

Protesters in Libya have help from the US and other countries, but those in Syria are on their own against another regime willing to kill its own people. What does that reveal about diplomatic realities in the Middle East?