Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issues a warning against slashing spending. (Associated Press)
ASSOCIATED PRESS House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Rep. Paul Ryan, the author of a plan to overhaul government health care programs, would make a good presidential candidate. Mr. Ryan said he is not planning to run for president.
ASSOCIATED PRESS Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann allowed just two earned runs in 6 1/3 innings but still dropped to 2-5 on the season after a 2-1 loss to the Orioles.
Associated Press photographs A former Democrat, Jack Davis, is running as a tea party candidate in the race, complicating for Republicans what should be an easy seat to hold.
Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on May 20, 2011. (Associated Press)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs and has never failed a drug test.
**FILE** In this photo from October 1982, bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol are tested with a chemically treated paper that turns blue in the presence of cyanide, at the Illinois Department of Health in Chicago. (Associated Press)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate candidate Tim Kaine, a Democrat, has been pressured by Republicans to release documents that could further explain his decision as governor of Virginia to transfer convicted murderer Jens Soering to German custody.
