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President Obama held his first news conference Wednesday since winning re-election. He addressed the scandal involving former CIA chief David Petraeus, as well as the "fiscal cliff." Host Michel Martin discusses this week's political news with Andrea Seabrook, host of Decode D.C., and Keli Goff, political correspondent for The Root.

Hypotheticals about hunting lodges and Motel 6 saved the oral argument at the Supreme Court Tuesday from being strangled by legal weeds.

Major stock indexes dropped sharply Friday; the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 2.6 percent amid signs that wage growth is picking up. It was the Dow's worst weekly performance in two years.

Kevin Anderson needed more than six and a half hours to beat his American opponent, John Isner. It was easily the longest match that late in a major tournament in men's tennis history.

The former president also doubled down on his support of participants in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, saying that the "real insurrection" happened on Election Day.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the House select investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said Trump is legally obligated to comply with the subpoena, but there's a chance he won't.

The semifinal match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed by 50 minutes because of a disruption by environmental activists, one who glued his bare feet to the concrete floor.

Earlier this month in Utah, a shy, 6-year-old indoor cat named Galena vanished from her home. Then her microchip was detected 650 miles away in California.

The 6-3 ruling is a major blow to the president's signature economic policy.

A letter from the U.S. General Services Administration, which is dated Tuesday, tells agencies to submit a list of contracts they have terminated with the university by June 6.