WASHINGTON (AP) — Barring any new, damaging information, Chuck Hagel has secured the necessary votes for the Senate to confirm him to be the nation's next defense secretary. A vote ending the bitter fight over ... Read more
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Republican lawmakers' insistence that the border be secured before there is immigration reform a flawed argument. At a stop to ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's schools chief says more needs to be done to make sure children live long enough to attend college. He is joining more than 350 university presidents in urging Congress to take ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Chu offered his resignation to President ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in President Barack Obama's first-term Cabinet, said Tuesday he plans to leave the administration. His move continues an exodus ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager and president David Rhodes say Rice "will use her insight and vast experience to ... Read more