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David Gergen on Obama

Editor at Large David Gergen, a White House adviser to four presidents, on the challenges ahead.

The Supreme Court

Seated in the front row, from left to right are: Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Associate Justice David Souter. Standing, from left to right, in the top row, are: Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. Alito took his seat on the court Feb. 21, 2006 replacing Sandra Day O'Connor. Justice Stevens, nominated by President Gerald Ford, is now the longest serving member of the current court; he took his seat in December 1975.

Obama Win Crushes GOP's Supreme Court Hopes

New liberal nominees likely to replace aging liberals on the high court.

GAY RIGHTS

Supporters of same-sex marriage pass through the edge of Chinatown as they march between predominantly Latino neighborhoods to over-turn Proposition 8 in Los Angeles, California.

Same-Sex Marriage Likely Headed to Courts in California

Jerry Brown, the state attorney general, filed a brief saying the matter merited the court's attention.

ECONOMY

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other members of the House Democratic leadership address the media following the failure of the $700 billion bailout measure.

Congress Mulls New Stimulus Package

Bernanke's endorsement makes plan more likely to move forward, perhaps as soon as mid-November.

OIL

Washingtonians pumping gasoline costing over $4 a gallon.

A Push to Boost the Amount of Ethanol in Gas

Proponents contend higher levels could displace foreign oil, but car makers fret about engine damage.

ENVIRONMENT

Canada's heaviest icebreaker, the Louis St.-Laurent, passes through Baffin Bay, north of the Arctic Circle.

Warming Sparks Race for the Arctic

As the ice melts, national rivalries heat up over oil and gas deposits and shipping routes.

TERRORISM

A member of an elite Indonesian antiterrorism unit leads a hooded suspect off a plane.

Lessons From an al Qaeda Affiliate's Undoing

Jemaah Islamiyah, "al Qaeda's Southeast Asian wing," is a shadow of its former self.

RELIGION

A rural Church in Autumn in Windham, Vermont.

Public Says Churches Should Stay Out of Politics

Some believe religious institutions should not speak out out on political issues.

GAS PRICES

The Katahdin Paper Company's Millinocket (Maine) Mill.

Death Watch in a Mill Town

High oil prices may be the final blow for a legendary paper plant.

FOOD PRICES

The price label of a grass fed black angus steak is photographed at the Grazin' Angus Acres farm stand at the Union Square Farmers Market Friday, June 13, 2008 in New York. The Labor Department reported Friday that consumer prices rose by 0.6 percent last month, the biggest one-month increase since last November, as gasoline costs surged by 5.7 percent. Food prices, which have also been rising sharply, were up 0.3 percent as the cost of beef and bakery products showed big gains.

Tough Times for the Beef Industry

Beef prices are likely to increase as rising food and fuel prices threaten many cattle ranches.

AGRICULTURE

Indian farmers harvest wheat in a field near the village of Bathinda, some 100kms south east of Amritsar.

Toxic Effects of Green Revolution

Indian farmers find that benefits of chemicals may come at a high cost.

GUANTANAMO BAY

A guard stands at a gate at the Camp Delta detention compound, which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, June 6, 2008.

Supreme Court Ruling on Guantánamo Bay a Rebuke to Bush

The decision will mean a flood of new cases.

Washington Whispers

Washington Whispers

Hillary’s All the ‘Relevant’ Buzz

Our friends at Zeta Interactive say Americans like Clinton and want her to be secretary of state.

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Photo Galleries

Supporters watch election results on television monitors at the election night party for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama at Grant Park in Chicago.

A Historic Election

Barack Obama is elected the first African-American president of the United States.

Karen Loewenstern and Betsy Henrickson of Vail, CO with Barack at a reception in Albuquerque, NM, for Washington Whispers.

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Michael Barone

Michael Barone

On the Bailout, Incompetence All Around

There is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to the struggling economy.

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Mortimer B. Zuckerman

Mortimer Zuckerman

The Housing Crisis Remains Barack Obama’s Most Immediate Problem

There are possible solutions to the problem, but the president-elect must move quickly.

Ken Walsh on the Presidency

Ken Walsh

Having covered the White House for U.S. News full time since 1986, Ken Walsh brings perspective and insight to his magazine column.

A photograph of Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III taken during an interview with U.S.News & World Report after his release from captivity in Vietnam.

John McCain Recalls Life as a P.O.W.

In this first-person account originally published in U.S. News in 1973, McCain describes five harrowing years spent in captivity.

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