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• Conservative donors slow to back Romney's campaign
  Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney and his party raised a sizable $40 million last month from donors who want him to replace President Barack Obama. But even as Romney solidifies his position as the eventual GOP nominee, many supporters who backed his primary election challengers have not yet come to his aid.
• APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
  Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
• Party leaders refuse to budge on debt positions
  Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax increases to deal with the nation's debt.
• At least 10 killed by suicide bomb in Yemen capital
  SANAA (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber on soldiers practicing for a military parade in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a police source said. The parade was scheduled for Tuesday to mark Yemen's national day and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was due to attend. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Louise Ireland)
• U.N. nuclear chief begins talks with Iranian officials
  DUBAI (Reuters) - United Nations nuclear chief Yukiya Amano started talks with senior Iranian officials on Monday, Iranian media reported, on his one-day visit to Tehran that diplomats say could lead to an agreement for further inspections of Iranian nuclear sites. Hours after his pre-dawn arrival in Tehran, Amano met the head of Iran's nuclear energy organization, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, ISNA news agency reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency chief is also scheduled to meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and Iranian foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi during the day. ...
• Romney faced leadership test in Big Dig tragedy
  Mitt Romney was at his New Hampshire vacation home on a summer night in 2006 when 26 tons of concrete ceiling panels in one of Boston's Big Dig highway tunnels collapsed, crushing a car and killing a female passenger.
• Suicide bomber targets soldiers in Sanaa, several killed
  DUBAI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeted soldiers practicing for a military parade in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, killing several people, a police source said. The parade was scheduled for Tuesday, marking Yemen's national day, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was due to attend. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Louise Ireland)
• Factbox: Australia's Gillard back on knife-edge numbers
  CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's grip on power has been weakened over the past month after independent Speaker Peter Slipper stood aside due to a sexual harassment accusation, cutting her ability to command a majority In parliament. Gillard's government has also been weakened after her ruling Labor Party suspended one member of parliament, Craig Thomson, who is under investigation over his union expenses from before his time in parliament, although Thomson continues to vote with the government. ...
• Defiant Australian legislator rejects brothel claims
  CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian member of parliament accused of spending union money on prostitutes said on Monday he had been framed by union rivals and he made no mention of resigning, which would threaten the government's thin majority. The legislator, Craig Thomson, has been suspended from the ruling Labor Party over the scandal, but he continues to support Prime Minister Julia Gillard's minority government, which clings to a knife-edge one-seat majority. ...
• Two killed in heavy clashes in Beirut
  BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least two people were killed in Beirut in heavy clashes early on Monday between rival Sunni Muslim gunmen, the latest violence fuelled by tensions over the uprising in neighboring Syria. Gunmen firing rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns clashed in the Lebanese capital's Tariq al-Jadideh district in some of the fiercest battles since sectarian fighting four years ago brought Lebanon back to the brink of civil war. The violence followed the killing of two members of a political alliance opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday in the north of Lebanon. ...
• The Note's Must-Reads for Monday May 21, 2012
  Compiled by ABC News’ Carrie Halperin and Amanda VanAllen The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com CAMPAIGN ADS ABC News’ Dylan Stableford: “Cory Booker slams...
• Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion
  SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40 percent stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo Inc for $7.1 billion, in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing. Under the agreement, Yahoo will sell half its stake in Alibaba for at least $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million in new Alibaba preferred stock. ...
• Alibaba buys back 20 pct stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 bln
  SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40 percent stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo Inc for $7.1 billion, in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing. Under the agreement, Yahoo will sell half of its stake in Alibaba for at least $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million in new Alibaba preferred stock. ...
• Greek leftist brings message to Europe: "Let's talk"
  ATHENS (Reuters) - The charismatic Greek leftist who could determine the fate of the euro begins a tour of European capitals on Monday carrying a single message: it's time to talk. In an interview on the eve of his first visit abroad since his surprise rise in a May 6 election, Alexis Tsipras veered occasionally into the combative rhetoric that has seduced disaffected Greek youth and alarmed Brussels and Berlin. But he also stressed repeatedly that he wants negotiations to keep Greece in the euro. ...
• Ruling party headed for 1st round win in Dominican election
  Santo Domingo (Reuters) - Early results from presidential elections in the Dominican Republic show ruling party candidate Danilo Medina headed for victory 12 years after he lost in a landslide to opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia. With almost 75 percent of votes counted, Medina and the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) held a 4 percentage point lead (51 percent - 47 percent) over Mejia, the candidate for the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), according to official election results. ...