MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. businessmen are expected to use a Russia-U.S. business summit on Tuesday to press Moscow to rein in corruption and improve conditions for western companies operating in the country.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes next week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama will help restore confidence between the two biggest nuclear powers, a Kremlin aide said on Friday, after strains over Georgia and a U.S. missile shield plan.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt....

High court rules evidence kept secret from suspect made it impossible to fight order to leave his London homeA government decision to "exile" a terrorism suspect from London based on secret evidence must be revoked, the high court ruled today.A judge said the decision was flawed because the father of five, identified only as BM, had not been given enough information to be able to instruct lawyers to challenge his exile.But the judge said he would have upheld the move if the law had allowed him to rely on the secret evidence kept from BM.BM, 36, is accused by the security services of being "a prominent member of a network of Islamist extremists".He was forced, through a modification to a control order already restricting his movements, to move out of the east London area to a one-bedroom flat in Leicester.The government said the move was necessary to stop BM associating with extremist contacts "with a view to engaging in terrorist-related activity" and there was a danger of him absc

LAGOS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his itinerary as a deliberate snub.

Welfare caseloads have been going up in most states over the past year, but not in all of them. In fact, cases are going down in some of the hardest-hit areas. That's raised questions about whether the program is an adequate safety net for families in need.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will fly to London on Sunday for a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, an Israeli official said on Friday.

Bob Schieffer talks to Education Secretary Arne Duncan and comedian Lewis Black at the Aspen Ideas Festival. CBS News' Fernando Suarez takes a look at the tradition of fireworks on the 4th of July.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring....

In the latest political podcast, NPR Washington Editor Ron Elving and Political Editor Ken Rudin discuss Al Franken and the myth of the 60-vote Senate majority.