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  • The Texas Capitol rotunda filled with supporters of state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, who filibustered a controversial abortion bill.
    Clock Runs Out On Controversial Texas Abortion Bill
    After a dramatic evening that included a filibuster, procedural back-and-forth and the crowds of chanting protesters in the Capitol, Texas lawmakers failed to pass sweeping abortion restrictions before a midnight deadline.
  • Coal Industry Concerned By Obama's Climate Change Plans
    President Obama on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging plan to address climate change. Rather than taking it to Congress, Obama is implementing the plan on his own. The president wants the Environmental Protection Agency to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The biggest source of those emissions is coal-fired facilities.
  • Senate Bill Would Do Away With Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
    It has been more than five years since the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac forced the government to move the mortgage giants into conservatorship. Congress is finally starting to grapple with what comes next.
  • Gay rights activist Vin Testa of DC waves a flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
    AS THEY HAPPENED: Supreme Court Rulings On Same-Sex Marriage
    The high court has overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act. It has also returned California's Proposition 8 to a lower appellate court with orders to dismiss it, saying petitioners didn't have standing to bring the challenge.
  • A well-wisher walks in front of a wall in Pretoria covered with messages for ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday.
    Archbishop Prays For 'Peaceful, Perfect End' For Nelson Mandela
    The 94-year-old anti-apartheid legend and former president remains hospitalized in critical condition.
  • A Jordanian woman surfs the Web at an office in the Amman, Jordan, on Sept. 30, 2009. The country's government is under fire from media activists for blocking hundreds of websites across the kingdom.
    Jordan Accused Of Targeting Online Dissent
    It's happened across the Middle East — and now it's happening in Jordan. The country's government has cracked down on news and other Internet sites. A new law requires those sites to be registered with the government and have a member of Jordan's press council on staff. Some are calling it another form of censorship.
  • Prime Minister Julia Gillard during question time at Parliament House on Wednesday in Canberra, Australia.
    Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Ousted By Kevin Rudd
    Gillard was Australia's first female prime minister. She said her gender doesn't explain everything, but it "doesn't explain nothing."
  • The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, in a major victory for supporters of same-sex marriage, who cheered the ruling outside the court.
    Court Overturns DOMA, Sidesteps Broad Gay Marriage Ruling
    A pair of 5-4 Supreme Court rulings struck down as unconstitutional a federal law denying benefits to same-sex couples and cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California.
  • Edith Windsor is mobbed by journalists and supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court on March 27, when the court heard oral arguments in the case that challenged the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
    After DOMA: What's Next For Gay Married Couples
    With the Supreme Court declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, the next move will likely be executive action by President Obama to equalize federal marriage benefits.
  • WORDS ON A WIRE: Jessica Soffer
    In a rebroadcast from June 30, 2013, Daniel & Ben talk with Jessica Soffer, whose debut novel is "Tomorrow There Will be Apricots." Soffer talks about the…
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