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Just 48 hours after the Republican midterm victory, conservatives were debating whether it's better to try to change the law in the next Congress or lay the groundwork for 2012 when they could pursue a takeover of the Senate and White House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson's temporary spending plan has already been met with opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.

The debate in Washington, says the former president, is "all about 'is the government good or bad or taxes always good or bad?' "

With Israel's military poised to stage a land, sea and air invasion of Gaza, we hear from a Palestinian journalist who has already fled northern Gaza with her family.

BBC staff are on the first of two 48-hour strikes to protest pension changes. The walkout has disrupted many of the state-funded organization's broadcasts.

Election campaigns are a great way for reporters to see the U.S. NPR's Don Gonyea checked off visiting state number 50 on a visit to Wyoming, and says it was a great way to mark the milestone.

Have you got "rizz"? Oxford University Press has selected this shortened form of "charisma" as its word of the year.

Cirque du Soleil is trading in its trademark worldbeat vibes for banjos and country two-step, for a new show to be unveiled next summer.

The chairman of one of India's largest technology outsourcing companies has resigned after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years. The scandal at Satyam Computer Services Ltd. threatens future foreign investments in India and tarnishes the once-booming outsourcing sector.

Brazil's popular former president has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva denies wrongdoing. He remains free pending appeal.