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Sens. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, and Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, want information on federal grant funding of counterterrorism training and the standards that training has to meet to qualify for funding. (Associated Press)
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RETAIL POLITICS: Eva Yung, of Alexandria, joins other protesters at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments as to whether a group of female plaintiffs can bring a class-action discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced a full-scale law enforcement effort to deter illegal immigrants.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Mr. McConnell said President Obama failed to explain what is the "desired outcome" of the mission in Libya in his nationally televised address the night before. (Associated Press)
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Larry Cerne, of Cleveland, protests against Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday in Columbus. The bill would strip public employees of most collective-bargaining rights. Ohio's governor has said he would sign the measure. (Associated Press)
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Walter Hudson of Toledo, Ohio, protests against Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The bill would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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BLOOMBERG Jerry Brown, governor of California, says he still has time to get a referendum on the ballot in June to extend $9.3 billion in tax increases, the cornerstone of his effort to balance the state's budget.
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Journalists Carlos Loret de Mola (left) and Sergio Sarmiento speak at Mexico Initiative 2011 in Mexico City last Thursday. Most of Mexico's largest news media outlets agreed to a set of drug-war reporting guidelines, promising not to glorify drug traffickers, publish cartel propaganda messages or reveal information that could endanger police operations.
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Christine Kwapnoski of Bay Point, Calif., an assistant manager at Sam's Club in Concord, Calif., is one of the named plaintiffs in a class-action sex discrimination suit against Wal-Mart over pay and promotions. If the Supreme Court approves, it would be the largest class action in U.S. history, affecting some 1.5 million people. (AP Photo)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. during a meeting last month of the President's Interagency Task Force on human trafficking. "Human trafficking has become big business," says Mr. Holder. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., Prince George's Democrat, is among those supporting teacher pension-cost sharing by the state's 23 counties and Baltimore.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Christine Kwapnoski relaxes at home in Bay Point, Calif., earlier this month. Miss Kwapnoski, an assistant manager with Sam's Club in Concord, Calif., is one of the named plaintiffs in a class-action sex-discrimination suit against Wal-Mart over pay and promotions. If the court approves, it would be the largest class action in U.S. history. Arguments are set for Tuesday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS British riot police officers in central London clash with demonstrators against the coalition government's spending cuts. They were among tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators who streamed into central London on Saturday to march against cuts for welfare, health care and education, among other services.
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Demonstrators protest against the coalition government spending cuts as they march in London, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Some tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators streamed into central London on Saturday to march against government budget cuts, with a small breakaway group of demonstrators smashing its way into a bank, breaking windows and spray painting logos on the walls, as police struggle to contain the situation. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)
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A Ministry of Information official, left, tries to grab Iman Al-Obeidi, who said she spent two days in detention after being arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli, Libya, and was sexually assaulted by up to 15 men while in custody in Tripoli on Saturday, March 26, 2011. She stormed into the hotel's breakfast room to show her wounds to foreign media. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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FILE - This Feb. 2, 2011, file photo shows Memphis Grizzlies' Rudy Gay during the second half of an NBA basketball game against Minnesota, in Minneapolis. Gay needs surgery on his injured left shoulder and will miss the rest of the season. The Grizzlies announced Tuesday, March 22, 2011, the team's physician Fred Azar and orthopedic surgeon James Andrews have recommended surgery for Gay's partially dislocated shoulder. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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FILE- Britain's Prince Harry talks to journalists whilst his regiment helps out with the rebuilding of a school for disabled children in Batha-Bathe near Maseru, Lesotho, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Prince Harry announced Friday March 25, 2011, he plans to show his support for wounded Afghanistan war veterans by joining a small group on a segment of their punishing expedition to the North Pole, joining them in northern Norway on upcoming March 29 for three days of training and five days of trekking, to support the Walking With the Wounded charity for wounded Afghanistan veterans. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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A student is wheeled to a waiting Lifeline helicopter Friday, March 25, 2011, at West Middle School in Martinsville, Ind. A person was shot Friday at the middle school in south-central Indiana and a suspect is in custody, state police said. (AP Photo/Mooresville-Decatur Times, Keith Rhoades)
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A stone monument in Huoshan Park in Shanghai describes the Jewish neighborhood as a "designated area for stateless refugees" during World War II. (Associated Press)
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Dvir Bar-Gal, holding a magazine, talks with a group on a tour at the entrance to Huoshan Park in the Hongkou section of Shanghai. The neighborhood, part of Mr. Bar-Gal's tour of Shanghai's Jewish sites, was home to thousands of Jewish refugees during World War II. (Associated Press)
