Iran fury update: Supreme leader addresses nation

In a speech before a crowd at Tehran University, Ayatollah Khamenei warned protestors of last week's presidential vote that they will face a stiff reaction from authorities if they do not show restraint.

The supreme leader passionately defended the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling it a"definitive victory" and dismissing charges of vote tampering.

Protestors have staged noisy demonstrations for the last six days to dispute what they believed was a rigged election.

Senate approves war funds

An $106 billion spending bill has been sent off to President Barack Obama for signature after the Senate passed the legislation (in a 91-5 vote) which includes about $80 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The money will fund the wars through October and brings the running tab for both conflicts to about $950 billion. Most of the money (three-quarters) has gone to the war in Iraq, where most of the U.S. troops sent to those conflicts have been deployed.

Laura Bush weighs in on Sotomayor

Yesterday, Former first lady Laura Bush sat down with Good Morning America and had a few things to say about President Obama’s recent nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice.

Happy with the decision, Mrs. Bush said Sotomayor “sounds like a winner and a good nominee,” and added “as a woman, I’m proud that there might be another woman on the court. We’ll see what happens, but I wish her well.”