Aides to President-elect Obama, who said lobbyists would not work in his White House, said Tuesday that lobbyists could serve in his transition so long as their activities do not involve areas of policy they have tried to influence in the past year. ...more

November 11, 2008

Before resting from the grueling presidential race, John McCain began discussing with senior aides what role he will play in the Senate now that he has promised to work with the man who defeated him for president. One obvious focus will be the war in Iraq. After two years spent more on the campaign than in the Senate, McCain will return as the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee. ...more

November 5, 2008

Madelyn Dunham, who watched from afar as her only grandson rapidly ascended the ranks of American politics to the brink of the presidency, did not live to see whether he was elected. ...more

November 4, 2008

With Congress considering a new spending package to get the economy moving, think tanks and lawmakers are tossing out stimulus proposals faster than their aides can pump out news releases. Here are some outside-the-Beltway ideas to supercharge the nation's economy. ...more

November 4, 2008

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of Israel ran out of options in her efforts to form a government and decided her only choice would be to press for early elections, now likely to be scheduled for February, party officials said Saturday night. ...more

October 26, 2008

A dig north of Rome has turned up the tomb of a nobleman who led Rome's legions in the second century A.D. ...more

October 17, 2008

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — John McCain sought to change the course of a campaign moving decidedly in Barack Obama's direction Wednesday night in the third and final presidential debate. ...more

October 15, 2008

John McCain is on course to lose the presidential election to Barack Obama. Can he turn it around, and surge to victory? ...more

September 30, 2008

At the "make-or-break" stage of talks with the United States on the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has swept aside his negotiating team and replaced it with three of his closest aides, a reshuffle that some officials involved in the discussions warn risks sabotaging the agreement. ...more

August 31, 2008

Tuesday's primary election ballot contained the names of several city council aides who found themselves running for a position they know little about. ...more

August 27, 2008