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In an image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and made by the GOES East satellite, Hurricane Irene moves over the Bahamas on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former first lady Nancy Reagan is helped by Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, as she falls at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Mrs. Reagan, 90, had invited Mr. Rubio to speak at a forum in the library there. Several people rushed to help her as she stumbled. A spokeswoman for the former first lady said she wasn't hurt after tripping over a crowd-control post.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (right) is greeted by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday at a military garrison near the city of Ulan-Ude in Buryatia, a predominantly Buddhist province near Lake Baikal, Russia. (Associated Press)
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After losing his Senate seat in 2006, George Allen opened his own consulting firm with one of the country's largest coal producers as a client. Now running for the Senate again, he is being scrutinized about his ties to the industry. (The Washington Times)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential hopeful, got welcome news from a pair of polls released Wednesday. Less than two weeks after joining the GOP presidential race, the blunt-spoken Texan, in his third full term as governor, has catapulted into the front-runner's position. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Hattiesburg, Miss., Mayor Johnny DuPree, a Democrat, on Tuesday became the first black candidate in modern times to win a major-party nomination for Mississippi governor. He faces the Republican lieutenant governor in November.
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The amiable Rep. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, is only five months in office, but already hosts presidential town meetings. Rep. Michele Bachmann joins his second event on Thursday in Charleston. (Image courtesy of Rep. Tim Scott)
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White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest gives a press briefing at a hotel in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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A ferry from Ocracoke Island delivers passengers to Hatteras, N.C., on Aug. 24, 2011. A visitor evacuation is underway on Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Irene approaches the Carolinas and the east coast. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Marco Rubio (right), Florida Republican, helps former first lady Nancy Reagan as she takes a tumble at the Reagan Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Rebel fighters stomp on a part of a statue of Col. Moammar Gadhafi after overtaking the Libyan leader's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli on Tuesday. The rebels stormed the military compound after fierce fighting with forces loyal to the regime. Col. Gadhafi was not found inside the walls. His whereabouts were not immediately known. (Associated Press)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (left) meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) at a military garrison outside Ulan-Ude, Russia, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (right) greets U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. before their meeting at Mr. Kan's official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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A limousine without license plates reportedly carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is seen in Ulan-Ude, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anna Ogorodnik)
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An image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration made from the GEOS East satellite shows Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, as it moves northwest from the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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"Instead of condoning the policy, Vice President Biden should have condemned it in the strongest possible terms," said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. "There can be no defense of a government that engages in compulsory sterilization and forced abortions in the name of population control." (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's campaign promise to get gas back down to $2 a gallon if she's elected has created skepticism among energy industry experts. "Many [politicians] will say or do just about anything to get elected," said Robert Rapier of Consumer Energy Report. (Associated Press)
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Former Sen. Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican, said open meetings give too much ammunition to single-issue interest groups that "have no interest in the national agenda of fiscal responsibility." (Associated Press)
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Gerri Mason Hall, former chief of staff for D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, confers with counsel while listening to testimony during a hearing in April about hiring practices of the new administration. Ms. Hall was fired in March. (Barbara Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Associated Press Somalis rally in the capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday as part of government-organized demonstrations in support of military forces' driving militants out of the city.
