A new Target.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States will seek to hunt down and kill new Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri just as it did his predecessor Osama bin Laden, the top US military officer said Thursday.Link

Pushing through California budget package.

(Reuters) - California legislators on Wednesday pushed through most of a budget package that would rely on an Internet sales tax, spending cuts and fee hikes, and a host of rosy forecasts to close a $10 billion shortfall.Link

Libya clash reaches tipping point.

The fight over presidential authority in the military conflict in Libya reached a tipping point Wednesday, morphing from an academic discussion over the War Powers Resolution to a serious challenge to President Barack Obama’s authority to keep U.S. forces involved in the NATO-led air bombings of the North African dictatorship.Link