Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. The following are images from the ceremony, his service in Afghanistan and his family life. 

As Egyptian officials prepare to send to trial 19 American democracy and rights workers, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited Cairo last week where she suggested Egyptian revolutionaries not use the U.S. Constitution as a model for the post-Arab Spring.

The Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous ruling found that the law that bans people from publicly advertising services to assist someone in a suicide violates the free speech clauses of the U.S. and Georgia constitution. 

President Obama orders new sanctions against Iran's Central Bank, saying Tehran is imposing "unacceptable risk" on the international financial system by its activities.

Egypt on Monday released the names of 19 Americans, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who face trial for alleged illicit activity related to running pro-democracy and human rights groups.

Without addressing the first lady's comments about being portrayed as an "angry black woman," President Obama says it's tough to see his wife dragged into the "political realm."

Obama Walks Tightrope on Economy Hype; GOPers Frustrated by February Lull

The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed.

Despite a slow start in nominating judges and Republican delays in Senate confirmations, President Obama has managed to alter the balance of power on four of the nation's 13 circuit courts of appeals, and could impact more courts in a second term.

If it were a Viagra ad, it be considered a crime in some states. But a political message, that's all perfectly legal -- A Fox News study has found nine states are selling email addresses listed on voter registration cards to political parties, organizing groups, lawmakers and campaigns who can then use them to send unsolicited emails. 

They've been here before, but this time, they say it is for real. After a yearlong haul that has featured numerous false starts, federal and state officials aim to wrap up this week a multi billion-dollar agreement with five major banks to settle probes of alleged foreclosure abuses.

Nevada Republicans early Monday released the final results of their Saturday morning caucuses.

Officials in New Orleans are considering tightening a youth curfew in the latest attempt to fight crime in a city with the nation's highest murder rate and what its mayor has called "a culture of death."

President Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge.

The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is bringing charges of racial insensitivity.

Panamanian police say former dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega has been transported from prison to a hospital, possibly because of a stroke.

A U.S. State Department bid to fulfill President Obama's quest for cooperative scientific centers -- outlined in his well-publicized speech in Cairo, Egypt, in 2009 -- may soon result in a cross-cultural network of scientists based in Oman to work on water issues -- and could serve as an opening to ease Israeli and Palestinian tensions.

Republican Secretary of State Charlie White was charged with illegally registering to vote at his ex-wife’s house, and was convicted on six of seven felony voter-related counts in the early hours Saturday morning by a Hamilton County jury in Noblesville, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis.

Calling the jury verdict, "a travesty," Indiana's former top elections official vows to appeal the decision that declared him guilty of voter fraud and resulted in his temporary removal from office, spurring Democrats to try and take the secretary of state office from Republicans.

Mitt Romney could face a significant challenge in Minnesota, where Rick Santorum may have an advantage over the frontrunner in a state where Republicans have taken a decidedly conservative turn after a bitter government shutdown last year.