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Participation in the school lunch program suffered after USDA restricted the amount of grains and protein that could be served to kids at lunchtime. Now school food directors are applauding the decision to allow more of them back on lunch menus.

Venezuela's top state prosecutor has accused security forces of excess in their response to protests. As John Otis reports, the prosecutor announced investigations into alleged human rights abuses.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has a new study of tax breaks in the tax code, and sure enough most of the biggest ones benefit the wealthiest taxpayers.

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try Zombie Burger in Des Moines, Iowa. It does not serve brains — but does offer a timely "World War B" burger. The B stands for bacon, but if you like your sandwiches handsome, you can imagine it stands for Brad Pitt.

A new study reports that women donors accounted for more than 44 percent of President Obama's campaign contributions, the most for any White House hopeful since at least 1988.

The secretary of state's comments are the sharpest to date from a top Obama aide. He also said, though, that "innocent people are not being abused" and that the intelligence gathered by the National Security Agency has prevented terrorist attacks.

In an interview with CNN, Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, praised Edward Snowden, saying his leaks could spark a debate about government surveillance.

In one neighborhood, 54 were people rescued. They described a water level that "swallowed up trucks and was chin-high."

Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who first offered to step down a month ago without a timetable, said he would demand that parliament accept his resignation.

Fabius presided over December's landmark climate agreement and helped to negotiate the nuclear deal with Iran.