ATLANTA -- A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation resigned Tuesday, saying the breast cancer charity should have stood by its politically explosive decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. (Today)

After several failed attempts, Iranian lawmakers for the first time mustered enough votes Tuesday to compel President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to testify before them in coming weeks about what they called "irregularities" related to his handling of the country's struggling economy. (Today)

BAGHDAD -- Less than two months after U.S. troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq, a sharp sign of declining U.S. influence in the country. (Today)

A federal appeals panel in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a decision that could lead to the Supreme Court's consideration of the controversial social issue. (Today)

Leading Democrats have commenced a furious drive to galvanize and expand the network of wealthy liberal donors that has been largely dormant since 2004, hoping to recruit them to Democratic-leaning "Super-PACs" that President Barack Obama now believes will be critical to winning re-election in November. (Today)