President Barack Obama marked the start of his second term with an inaugural speech at the U.S. Capitol. Obama weighed in on “what makes us…

Elena Kagan, building on a long, diverse legal career in government and academia, was officially sworn in as the 112th justice at the Supreme Court on Saturday, promising to “faithfully and impartially” discharge her new judicial duties.     With friends, family and four of her new colleagues looking on, the 50-year-old Kagan took the […]