The Christian Science Monitor / By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke President Obama has nominated Jim Yong Kim, a global health policy expert and the president of Dartmouth College, to run the World Bank. The selection took many by surprise since Mr. Kim is… more »

Posted by CNN Producer Gabriella Schwarz(CNN) – Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann continued to hit rival Herman Cain's conservative credentials Sunday amid a recent dust up over comments he made about abortion. Bachmann said th… more »

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISThe Associated Press   WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan picked up more GOP backing Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain confirmation next week, even as a top Republican lashed out at her as "dangerous."… more »

Gallupby Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ -- More Americans want the Senate to vote for rather than against Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, but the percentage in favor is less than a majority. Support for Kagan's confirmation remains… more »

Time By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON Solicitor General Elena Kagan will be the center of Washington's attention this week at her confirmation hearings to become the 112th Supreme Court Justice. She is President Barack Obama's nominee to take the… more »