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Mitt Romney continued firing across the bow of President Obama on national security in a high-profile speech today. The former Massachusetts governor hit Obama for cutting funding for missile defense, especially given North Korea's recent nuclear and rocket tests. He...

President Obama's grassroots organization is trying to fight back against critics of his healthcare plan, asserting that the same groups that "swift boated" Democratic nominee John F. Kerry in 2004 are trying to pull off a sequel. Obama's allies point...

By James F. Smith, Globe Staff Dr. Paul Farmer, the global health crusader who has crafted life-saving projects from Haiti to Rwanda, has told colleagues privately that he is mulling a possible appointment by the Obama administration to coordinate growing...

According to NPR, Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire from the bench at the end of the court's current term.

NPR has learned that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the current court term.

The vacancy will give President Obama his first chance to name a member of the high court and begin to shape its future direction.

So, resident court watchers, who should Obama nominate?