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Jose Antonio Vargas' new book is a memoir about living in the U.S. as an "undocumented citizen" — a secret he himself didn't discover until he was 16.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a West Virginia judge should have stepped aside from a case involving one of his big campaign contributors. The chief executive of a company involved in a lawsuit had given $3 million to a group formed to help defeat the judge's election opponent.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) formally suspended her presidential campaign Saturday and encouraged her supporters to join her in helping elect Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in November. At Clinton's farewell speech, reaction among her supporters was mixed.

Questions have been raised about whether it is wise to let foreign governments buy up stakes in U.S. financial institutions. Now, with Lehman Brothers, the U.S. is getting to see what happens when a foreign investor walks away.

Conspirata is the second novel in author Robert Harris' trilogy about the Roman politician Cicero. The series pits Cicero, who is called a hypocrite for his willingness to compromise, against Julius Caesar, who seeks to refashion the Roman republic in his own image.

The government's bailout of Wall Street and the mortgage market is changing almost daily. Is the $700 billion financial bailout working? David Wessel, economics editor at The Wall Street Journal, tells Ari Shapiro that some parts are working, but more funds may be needed to solve the problem.

Young tech nerds in Seattle are trying to preserve the mysterious machines — many of them almost lost forever — that made America's landline telephone system work before the age of computers.

E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post says President Barack Obama's speech marked a break with a lot of thinking since Ronald Reagan became president. David Brooks of The New York Times says Obama's speech represented the renunciation of a whole political era.

Matt de la Peña's new children's book covers the good and the bad of everyday life. He says, "I had to be honest that there are going to be these things in life that are tough and that are dark."

Novelist Celeste Ng knows Shaker Heights, Ohio well. Writing about your own hometown is "like writing about a relative," she says. "You love them dearly, and yet you also know all of their quirks."