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  1. Rev. Brendan McCormick of All Saints Episcopal Church of Ivoryton Conn. holds a candle during a Interfaith prayer vigil for healthcare reform in Stamford, Conn. Sunday Nov. 15, 2009 outside the apartment building of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I_Conn.). (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)
    Dems may lose Catholics over abortion Politico - Sun Nov 15, 6:57 AM ET

    Hanging in the balance are millions of Catholic swing voters who moved decisively to the Democrats in 2008 and who could shift away just as readily in 2010.

  2. FILE - In this May 1, 2008, file photo, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler is pictured before the start of a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Washington. In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
    Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

  3. FILE - In this July 26, 2009, file photo, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks in Fairbanks, Alaska. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, FILE)
    FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts AP - Sat Nov 14, 11:18 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

  4. This Oct. 2008 photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan and called him a hero, was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALES
    Report: Imam says he didn't pressure Hasan AP - Mon Nov 16, 12:42 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The radical Muslim imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect said he did not pressure Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday.

  5. U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reads the headlines in the Anchorage Daily News ("Board exonerates Palin") while at a coffee stop shortly before casting her vote in Wasilla, Alaska, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Nathaniel Wilder
    Hillary Clinton is open to coffee with Sarah Palin Reuters - Sun Nov 15, 11:24 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is open to having coffee with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whose forthcoming book about the 2008 presidential campaign is stirring controversy.

  6. US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting in Shanghai, on November 16. Obama has hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)
    Obama says al Qaeda still greatest threat to U.S. Reuters - Mon Nov 16, 1:18 AM ET

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the greatest threats to the United States continued to be terrorist networks like al Qaeda.

  7. In this book cover image released by Harper, 'Going Rogue: An American Life,' by Sarah Palin, is shown. (AP Photo/Harper)
    Clinton: Would look forward to coffee with Palin AP - Sun Nov 15, 9:15 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee.

  8. Obama says hopes for better China-Taiwan ties Reuters - Mon Nov 16, 12:51 AM ET

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he hoped for improved China-Taiwan ties and said economic links had helped lower tensions over Taiwan.

  9. FILE - In this March 1, 2003 file picture, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan. An Obama administration official said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 that accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court. (AP Photo/File)
    Dems, GOP split on NY trials of alleged terrorists AP - Sun Nov 15, 5:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Bringing those accused in the Sept. 11 attacks to New York for trial would increase the security threat to the city and give radical Islamists a platform to propagate their ideology, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday.

  10. Anti-Castro Cuban-Americans (right) attack two men in Miami's Little Havana who were seeking the trial of a man wanted in Venezuela on terrorism charges. Groups opposing Cuba's communist regime have dramatically shifted funding toward the US Democrats since the party took control of Congress in last year's elections, according to a study published on Monday.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)
    Anti-Castro Cubans shift funding to US Democrats AFP - Mon Nov 16, 1:42 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Groups opposing Cuba's communist regime have dramatically shifted funding toward the US Democrats since the party took control of Congress in last year's elections, according to a study published on Monday.

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