A 24-hour vigil for prisoners of war and those soldiers still missing in action ended with taps being trumpeted from the front north steps of the Rotunda on Tuesday evening.

The U.S. government’s takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac marks a sharp change in the world’s long-standing view of the United States as a low-risk investment, according to several former foreign finance ministers Monday at a global economic summit at the University of Virginia.