Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. The following are images from the ceremony, his service in Afghanistan and his family life. 

Reuters - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, worried about the influx of money to groups supporting Republican candidates, said on Monday it would start supporting the struggling Super PAC designed to help Obama stay in office.

President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family members of a Mexican casino owner who fled the U.S. after facing drug and fraud charges.

The United States and Japan are discussing a plan to transfer thousands of troops to Guam despite their failure to replace a major U.S. Marine base on the southern Japan island of Okinawa.

AP - Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney emphasized his social conservative credentials Monday and criticized rival Rick Santorum as an ineffective senator who previously supported pork-barrel projects as he worked to fend off an unexpected challenge in the next states to vote.

ContributorNetwork - While the counting in Nevada took longer than expected, the winner of the state's Republican caucus was no surprise. Mitt Romney, as expected, handily beat his challengers in the first Western state to vote in the nomination process. Here's a look at the numbers behind the Nevada caucus:

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | If I wasn't already aware of the Republican presidential candidates now setting their sights on Colorado, the robo-calls from the Mitt Romney campaign on a Sunday afternoon, which incidentally followed robo-surveys of a political nature over the last week, would have certainly let me in on that little fact. According to the Associated Press, Romney -- galvanized by his recent wins -- is looking to hold on to his top position and build on it.

AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he doesn't think a prominent breast cancer charity should continue giving grants to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortion services.

ContributorNetwork - The four remaining GOP presidential hopefuls now turn their focus to the Minnesota caucus. Five states have completed the selection process for president in 2012 and Mitt Romney is the front-runner. Voice of America states public opinion polls in the state reveal any one of the candidates can win the state's caucus.

ContributorNetwork - As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is not allowed to have more than one living wife. Not only is it illegal in the U.S., it is also grounds for excommunication from the church, which Mormons believe denies someone access to their family and to the highest heaven in the next life.

The suggestion is that everyone but the rich is losing ground, but some analysts say that's not true. 

AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.

More than 40 U.S. states have agreed to a nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses.

Pulpits and pews are increasingly inflamed with talk of a war on religion after the Obama administration's recent decision on employers' birth control coverage.

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I have said before the most logical step for Ron Paul in this year's presidential campaign would be to run as an independent. Earlier in the campaign, there were some who would have burnt me at the stake for even suggesting such a thought. The general consensus from Paul supporters is there is no way he wouldn't get the GOP nomination to run against Obama.

Lawyers for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed their opening brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in her appeal of a ruling that blocked enforcement of the most controversial sections of the state's immigration enforcement law.

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has found another justification for being beaten by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney -- the Mormons caused him to lose Nevada on Saturday. During Gingrich's press conference Saturday night in Las Vegas, he said that Romney had the benefit of this caucus being held in a "heavily Mormon state," as reported by Bloomberg.

The governor and his wife, in their first interview since Perry dropped out of the Republican presidential race, told Fox News that they regret not jumping into the race sooner, and Anita Perry hopes her husband will decide to run again.

A federal judge on Monday upheld the Texas law requiring women to have a sonogram before having an abortion, saying an appeals court had forced him to declare the law constitutional.

On the eve of the latest contests,  Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all visited Colorado on Monday, while Ron Paul campaigned in Minnesota. Both states will hold caucuses on Tuesday, and a primary is set in Missouri.