Jennifer Yachnin

Rob Hotakainen

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday wrapped up two days of meetings in Washington, determined and optimistic that he'll get $7 billion from the federal government to help balance California's faltering budget.

John Myers

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger travels to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to pass the hat and ask the feds for cash.

David Louie

A 20-year-old Stanford University student is one of the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack on Google and others. The incident has members of Congress putting pressure on companies doing business in China.

Jennifer Bendery

Hispanic Republicans in the House are urging President Barack Obama to immediately grant legal status to illegal immigrants from Haiti, a move that stands in contrast to their relative absence in the push for comprehensive immigration reform legislation.

Michael Rothfeld and Richard Simon

Mike McGraw

In a dingy reception center across from the new terminal at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemalan immigration agents don surgical masks and brace for another day of controlled chaos.

By Eliza Newlin Carney
 
At a time when the rest of Washington can't seem to stop bickering, voting rights advocates have quietly scored a bipartisan victory to help military and overseas voters participate in elections.
 
With little fanfare last month, President Obama signed into law the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act as part of a larger defense authorization bill. The law will remove obstacles that have blocked as many as one-quarter of uniformed and overseas voters from successfully casting their absentee ballots.
 

Erika Lovely

It was a close call, but Peter Mirijanian narrowly avoided becoming a hood ornament. On a recent fall day, Mirijanian was tapping out an e-mail on his BlackBerry while crossing the street in Georgetown - at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street - when a driver making a right-hand turn nearly plowed into him.