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Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock speaks to supporters in Indianapolis on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, after he defeated incumbent Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, in the primary. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Signs backing and against the Constitutional Marriage Amendment line a sidewalk outside a polling site at Leesville Road Middle School in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday. A constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage was driving turnout for the state's primary. (Associated Press)
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President Obama nominated Kristine L. Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission despite opposition from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (NRC via Associated Press)
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Rep. Sandy Adams, Florida Republican, is the lead author of a bill to renew the nation's domestic-violence prevention law. A House panel passed the bill during a daylong session Tuesday despite the objections of Democrats. (Associated Press)
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"We must rebuild our nation. We cannot let our hard heads get in the way of hard hats." - Rep. Nick J. Rahall II of West Virginia, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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Developer Tim Toben testified at former Sen. John Edwards' campaign finance corruption trial Tuesday that in 2008 he warned the campaign of Barack Obama to look closely at rumors about Mr. Edwards' infidelity. (Associated Press)
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Grady Luebbert reacts after being asked a question by Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock at a voting precinct Tuesday in Avon, Ind. Backed by tea party activists, Mr. Mourdock toppled six-term Sen. Richard G. Lugar in the Republican Senate primary. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, leaves a polling location after meeting with voters Tuesday in Greenwood, Ind. The six-term lawmaker, 80, first elected in 1976, will be leaving the Senate in January after his defeat in the GOP Senate primary Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Prospective Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigns Tuesday in Lansing, Mich. The former Massachusetts governor has tried to reach out to Hispanics with an economic message, arguing that they have lost 300,000 jobs on the Obama administration's watch. (Associated Press)
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Al-Asiri "has demonstrated real proficiency as far as concealment methods as well as the materials that are used in these" bombs. - John Brennan, President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser
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Friedrich Lehmann and Manfred Handte pour molten bronze into a mold at the Foundry, a century-old bronze-casting firm in Berlin. Owner Hermann Noack refused to lay off any of his 33 workers in 2009, even though he did not get a single new commission that year. (Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times)
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First-year apprentices Leonie Burgmaier (left) and Lisa Beckhold work at Deutsche WorkStation, a firm in Dresden, Germany, that produces custom interiors for yachts, offices and hotels. The firm recruits craftsmen out of apprenticeship programs. It has 25 apprentices on its total staff of 250. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)
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Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, is video recorded by a cell phone during a visit to the West Lafayette wastewater treatment center Monday, May 7, 2012 in West Lafayette, Ind. Lugar lost Tuesday's GOP primary election to tea party candidate Richard Mourdock. (AP Photo/Journal & Courier, Michael Heinz)
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Partisan pajama tops are part of the new "Political PJs" collection at Cafe Express, which says they're a particular favorite of Republicans. (CafePress)
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President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, after a day trip to Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Dmitry Medvedev became Russia's prime minister on Tuesday, a job Vladimir Putin just relinquished. Mr. Putin is again serving as his nation's president. He struck back against critics in parliament irritated by failed policies and slow progress during Mr. Medvedev's four-year term as president. (Ria-Novosti via Associated Press)
