Politics

The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home. AP's Mark Smith reports.

Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online Sunday amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures.

A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats' election-year outlook.

Shirley Sherrod talks with CNN's Anderson Cooper about the conversation she had with President Obama.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been saying for months that he was waiting for the opportunity to speak to the jury in his own defense. But now, that's not going to happen.

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs admitted "mistakes were made" in termination of fmr. USDA employee Shirley Sherrod.

A media watcher tells Rick Sanchez that Andrew Breitbart should offer Shirley Sherrod an apology.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stressed -- ahead of arrival in Kabul -- that engagement with insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan must only take place with militants who make a "sincere effort" to renounce violence.

Controversial U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene gives his first major campaign speech. CNN's Jessica Yellin reports.

The President blasts Republicans in the Senate who are blocking unemployment insurance and small business tax breaks to create jobs -- even as they push for permanent, massive tax cuts for the richest Americans.

Tests continue in the Gulf on the oil well cap and no one is declaring victory or failure. Even President Barack Obama is cautioning the public "not to get too far ahead of ourselves".

At the 101st annual NAACP convention on Monday, first lady Michelle Obama spoke about her "Let's Move" campaign to cut childhood obesity. "We need to take this issue seriously," she told the crowd.

BP robots attached a new, tighter-fitting cap on top of the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak Monday, raising hopes that the crude could be kept from polluting the water for the first time in nearly three months.

White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod talks about the realities of this election year.

ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: "People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things they will be characterized in a way that's not fair."

President Obama announces that the Department of Veterans Affairs, led by Secretary Shinseki, will begin making it easier for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to receive the benefits and treatment they need.

CNN's National Political Correspondent Jessica Yellin talks to Utah Tea Party Senate candidate Mike Lee.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted to reporters he never heard Gen. Stanley McChrystal make negative remarks about President Obama or any civilian leaders similar to the ones reported in a Rolling Stone magazine article.