Danville, Kentucky (CNN) -- Senior Democrats are predicting a scrappy competitive debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan when they meet onstage in Kentucky Thursday. But both men are collegial people so don't expect a fight club atmosphere.

(CNN) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in an interview on Tuesday that he has no abortion-related legislation on his platform but that he would reinstate a policy banning nongovernmental organizations from using federal funds to provide abortions.

(CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in an important affirmative-action case -- whether the University of Texas' race-conscious admissions policy violates the rights of some white applicants.

HERLONG, California (CNN) -- If the Pentagon holds off repairing, refurbishing or making new tanks for three years until new technologies are developed, the Army says it can save taxpayers as much as $3 billion.

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Tax loopholes should be closed, and the savings should pay down deficits, not lower taxes for the wealthy, according to Charles Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat.

Many people may not realize that the origin of "Yes We Can!" President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan, was a direct translation of rallying cries of the farm workers movement led by César E. Chávez, founder of the United Farm Workers, an organization devoted to defending the rights of farmhands and field workers across the country.

(CNN) -- Authorities in Oklahoma have arrested and charged a 23-year-old man who they say planned to blow up 48 area churches.

(CNN) -- American schools recognize African-American History Month and Women's History Month. This year, for the first time, two school districts are celebrating LGBT History Month, which started seven years ago and kicked off this year on October 1.

(CNN) -- The Columbus Day holiday is usually observed with a smattering of parades in a few cities and discount sales from retailers.

The question here could come down to whether a majority on the bench believes affirmative action has run its course -- no longer necessary in a country that has come far to confront its racially divisive past, a country that has a president who is African-American.