U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu  —  Tourists on an almost empty tour bus in Mexico City on Sunday.  Swine flu has killed more than 80 people in Mexico.  More Photos >  —  American health officials on Sunday declared a public health emergency over increasing cases of swine flu …

In GOP base, a ‘rebellion brewing’  —  A quick tour through the week's headlines suggests the Republican Party is beginning to come to terms with the last election and that consensus is emerging among GOP elites that the party needs to move away from discordant social issues.

Gingrich On Whether Waterboarding Is Torture: 'I Can't Tell You'  —  On Friday, Fox News's Greta Van Susteren interviewed former House speaker Newt Gingrich regarding President Obama's recent release of Bush-era OLC torture memos.  Throughout the interview, Gingrich tried to sit on the fence …

Member and Overseer of the Finance Club  —  Last June, with a financial hurricane gathering force, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. convened the nation's economic stewards for a brainstorming session.  What emergency powers might the government want at its disposal to confront the crisis? he asked.

Exceptions Are Proposed to Deadline of Pullout From Iraq Cities  —  BAGHDAD — The United States and Iraq will begin negotiating possible exceptions to the June 30 deadline for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraqi cities, focusing on the troubled northern city of Mosul, according to military officials.

Computer Program to Take On ‘Jeopardy!’  —  YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — This highly successful television quiz show is the latest challenge for artificial intelligence.  —  What is “Jeopardy”?  —  That is correct.  —  I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of completing …

Minnesota Poll: Most want Coleman to call it quits  —  The Republican should end his recount fight, most say, and fatigue over the six-month ordeal is clear.  —  Nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans surveyed think Norm Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate race to Al Franken …

Antiabortion movement gets a new-media twist  —  Lila Rose, a UCLA student, goes undercover at Planned Parenthood clinics to pose as an underage girl pregnant by a 31-year-old.  Her surreptitious videos go on YouTube, and inspire outrage.  —  The girl's voice in the videotape is tiny and tentative.

Chrysler and Union Agree to Deal Before Federal Deadline  —  DETROIT — Union leaders said Sunday that they had reached an agreement with Chrysler that meets federal requirements for the automaker to receive more financing.  —  The deal includes Fiat, the Italian automaker with which Chrysler …

‘This Week’ Transcript: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  Exclusive Interview Between ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: During the last administration, no other world leader next to you was as critical of the American administration as Mr. Chavez.

Italian cruise ship foils pirates  —  A captain of an Italian cruise ship has given the BBC a dramatic account of how his crew fended off a pirate attack near the coast of Somalia.  —  Capt Ciro Pinto said six pirates in a speedboat approached his Melody ship and opened fire, but then fled after security men fired in the air.

At the Polls, Icelanders Punish Conservatives  —  REYKJAVIK, Iceland — It is a tale of light and dark — of a small but rugged country far from anywhere that has suffered as severely as any in the developed world at the hands of buccaneering free-marketeers, but which is now slowly digging itself out from the financial wreckage.