


An unusual alliance of conservatives and liberals is pushing to break up or downsize banks deemed "too big to fail," rather than create a new regulatory regime led by the Federal Reserve to try to keep them from getting into trouble again.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop the execution Tuesday of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, seven years after he and a teenage accomplice terrorized the District, Maryland and Virginia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in the United States this week, but he might not see President Obama.
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