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Mayor Ray Nagin and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu will meet in a May runoff election to decide who will serve the next term as mayor of New Orleans. John Mercurio of the National Journal discusses post-Katrina politics in the Big Easy with Debbie Elliott.

South Korea indicts the chairman of one of its biggest companies, Hyundai Motor group. He is charged with setting up a $100 million fund to bribe politicians. The scandal has already claimed one life, a government official who committed suicide. It also threatens a pillar of the Korean economy.

The hedge fund industry is one of the fastest growing corners of the investment world. Now Wall Street insider — and hedge fund manager — Barton Biggs has exposed the industry's cast of characters to scrutiny in the book HedgeHogging.

The Biden administration is working to address the shortage of baby formula in the U.S. as it faces pressure in Congress to do more.

Many WNBA players head overseas to play during the off-season, where they can be paid much more than they earn in the U.S. Griner, who was arrested for allegedly transporting drugs, is one of them.

White House documents were found in former President Trump's Florida residence. They should have been archived with the federal government. Congress wants answers.

California state legislators are seeking ways to blunt the impact of new federal tax law on their state. The symbolism of their move is politically important in the deep blue state.

President Biden said he's worried about broader threats to issues like marriage equality, while Democratic leaders take aim at conservative justices who they say lied about settled precedent.

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse stood outside Capitol Hill Wednesday to share their stories and call for full the release of government files.

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.