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A House panel has authorized subpoenas for White House adviser Karl Rove and other officials Wednesday, if they refuse to testify voluntarily. President Bush has said he would not make them available for testimony unless they appear in private, and not under oath.

Lt. Gen. David Petraeus is expected to take command in Iraq and oversee President Bush's new policy. A graduate of West Point, Petraeus commanded the fabled 101st Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq and went on to become the top trainer for Iraqi forces.

Top national security officials announced Wednesday that Iran and Russia have obtained voter registration data and are trying to influence the U.S. presidential election.

Both U.S. Senate candidates from Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman, have changed their positions on fracking, and say they now support it — despite climate change concerns.

Closing arguments are expected Friday in a trial against extremist Ammon Bundy. Idaho's largest hospital sued him for $7.5 million after armed protests he led prompted a major security response.

Author and law professor Stephen Carter started reading the novels of John le Carre in college and he hasn't stopped. After all these years, he says his favorite is still Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a Cold War spy story that demonstrates le Carre's marvelous craftsmanship.

Initially, the CIA was suspicious of Soviet aviation expert Adolf Tolkachev. But he earned the agency's trust — and provided blueprints, documents and plans that were crucial to the U.S.

Sen. Hillary Clinton has agreed to be President-elect Obama's nominee for secretary of state; New York Fed chief Timothy Geithner is in line to be treasury secretary; and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is up for the top job at Commerce.

Sen. Barack Obama topped Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Mississippi primary. Despite overwhelming support in the African-American community for Obama, exit polls showed that he lost ground with white voters in what turned out to be the most racially polarized vote so far.

Chinese leader Hu Jintao promises to make communist rule more inclusive and better spread the fruits of China's economic boom during a nationally broadcast speech to China's Communist Party congress.