Tags: U.S. Politics

Amid criticism from campaign finance watchdogs, President Obama spent time at a second "political outreach event" of the day to deliver a speech to about 60 donors and former staffers at an Organizing for Action dinner, elucidating the organization's purpose for his second term.

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted on a host of federal corruption charges - guilty of 24 criminal counts, including racketeering, extortion and bribery.