Kateri Jochum

President Obama will be presenting a new $50 billion proposal for infrastructure investments at a speech in Wisconsin.

20 million people have been affected by the floods in Pakistan in the past three weeks, in what some say is the worst natural catastrophe in recent history. However, even with the United Nations calling for $459 million for immediate relief efforts, aid assistance is still only trickling in. Whether it is "compassion fatigue," lack of funds or a distrust in the Pakistani government's transparency – the real question is, will a failure to act now have greater foreign policy implications for the future stability of the region?

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a point to demonstrate a warm relationship and pledged concrete steps to revive Mideast peace efforts with Palestinians when they met Tuesday in Washington.

Activists poured oil-like liquid in front of London's Tate Britain Monday and sprinkled bird feathers over the slick to protest the gallery receiving corporate sponsorship from British Petroleum.

General David Petraeus will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the first day of confirmation hearings which most believe will end with Petraeus taking over as commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan.

The FBI has arrested 10 people in Yonkers, Boston and northern Virginia the agency claims are secret Russian agents and an eleventh alleged spy was arrested overseas later today. 

The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution's Second Amendment restrains government's ability to significantly limit "the right to keep and bear arms," advancing a recent trend by the bench to support gun rights.

Tropical Storm Alex was gaining strength as it swept across the Gulf of Mexico Monday on its way to Mexico's northeastern coast - well clear of a massive oil spill.

Leaders of the world'd 20 largest economies pledged to slash budget deficits in half by 2013 and balance their budgets by 2015, even while they downplayed national differences in their fiscal strategies.

After three days, and 11 hours and 5 minutes of play, John Isner hit a backhand up the line Thursday to defeat Nicolas Mahut in the fifth set, 70-68.

New problems upset relief efforts in the gulf, as the government promises a new moratorium on deepwater drilling.

President Obama accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. He will be replaced by General David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command.

Photographs by Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol and Lucas Samaras were among those on the auction block this week, when iconic images from the Polaroid corporate collection sold for record prices.

Before heading to the White House, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting California's Silicon Valley, on the lookout for talent and money to reinvigorate the Russian economy.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been called on to explain his controversial statements in a magazine article.

Governor David Paterson has proposed roughly doubling New York's DNA database to include samples from low-level offenders. It would make it the first in the nation to so broadly collect and use DNA evidence.

While President Obama will expand leave-rights for gay workers this week, advocates criticise the piecemeal approach to reforms.